Just a damn fun time. It looks great in both the gameplay and animated cutscenes, the voice acting and music rules, and the combat is fluid and fun as hell.

A few minor issues hold this back from being any higher than an 8 - the repetitive industrial environments got kinda boring after a while, the platforming is annoyingly finnicky in parts, and I wish there were more delineated rhythm-based set-pieces.

But still, a pleasant surprise to kick the year in gaming off.