Hits similar notes to Uncharted for its grounded 'cinematic' feel and weird supernatural bits, and it doesn't feel all that unique of a third-person shooter kind of experience, but I found the gameplay satisfying enough to play through. The story and characters are much less engaging than Nathan Drake.

More of the same from The New Order.

2016

Another lovely score by Austin Wintory and a wonderful atmosphere from ex-thatgamecompany developers. Maybe my favorite of his thatgamecompany/Giant Squid Studios work so far. It's like Journey but under the water, basically, with a similar focus on exploration and external story-/world-building without dialogue. Big fan of the vibe!

A nice short little story with admittedly limited gameplay.

Amusing parody of a bad part of video games. Short enough not to get too annoying.

Good voice acting, okay story, solid open-world, easy yet satisfying fighting gameplay,

The resolution, humor, story, and complex gameplay all seemed to improve significantly in the sequel.