ryanscullin
2022
First 50-60 hours: 9/10
Last 10-20 hours: 4/10
When it turns into a linear boss rush towards the end, and loses the open-ended structure, it quickly turns from a super fresh and interesting open world game to the worst soulslike From Software has made.
Some of the later bosses are okay, but most of the enjoyment I got from the game were the random optional pockets of the world that provided interesting challenges/dungeons. Some of the later bosses felt horribly untested and imbalanced compared to From’s better work, where amount of damage is the sole challenge the bosses provide vs interesting rhythms and thoughtful combat patterns. In Bloodborne/Sekiro I rarely felt like I needed to grind to improve my character’s stats enough to survive more than one hit of a boss’ attacks, the challenge wasn’t in how much damage the bosses did per-hit but in parrying or reacting properly to patterns.
Last 10-20 hours: 4/10
When it turns into a linear boss rush towards the end, and loses the open-ended structure, it quickly turns from a super fresh and interesting open world game to the worst soulslike From Software has made.
Some of the later bosses are okay, but most of the enjoyment I got from the game were the random optional pockets of the world that provided interesting challenges/dungeons. Some of the later bosses felt horribly untested and imbalanced compared to From’s better work, where amount of damage is the sole challenge the bosses provide vs interesting rhythms and thoughtful combat patterns. In Bloodborne/Sekiro I rarely felt like I needed to grind to improve my character’s stats enough to survive more than one hit of a boss’ attacks, the challenge wasn’t in how much damage the bosses did per-hit but in parrying or reacting properly to patterns.
Best modern open world adventure I’ve ever played. Nothing has really come close.
Loses some of the original’s art direction in the process. I wish there was an option to just have the original with a bit less pop-in for higher resolutions but maintain the misty hazey atmosphere that was somewhat lost in this remaster.
2008
Literally just too short but still the best first person parkour in any game
Bowser’s Fury is a 5/5
3D World is a 4/5, good with friends but not on the same level as other 3D Mario titles.
3D World is a 4/5, good with friends but not on the same level as other 3D Mario titles.
2014
It’s fine
2001
GTA games are fun and mindless. The only game in the series that approached being anything more than that was GTA 4
2011
The 3D King is horrifying in this.
The game is also like 4 hours long and had the worst DLC practices you could imagine for a game series that originally started as a critique of capitalism
The game is also like 4 hours long and had the worst DLC practices you could imagine for a game series that originally started as a critique of capitalism
They didn’t touch it besides making it HD which is fine because the original was already perfection.
2011
Still waiting for Ubisoft to release the Ubi Art engine/framework to the public like they promised.
2012
All of the dogs are awake and not sleepy as the name implies.
1992
First and worst
2022
The goat
Horrendous stealth segments, fun ship combat, boring story with wooden acting like every other game in the series.
2014
Still looks great today, great mechanics, unlikable cast especially if you go down the evil path where there’s 0 nuance, he’s just a dickhead.