Recent reviews by Kipperfaust

Uncharted 4 - Masterful storytelling by Naughty Dog, much more engaging gameplay, great characters and villains. First time I really felt any kind of real genuine emotion apart from the end of 3. Setting was
great, but I wish the game was just a bit shorter. Felt a bit too drawn out.

Lost Legacy - Surprisingly much better than expected. Loved the Sam cameo but didn't like that he was made to be the "dumb white man" that the story chose to make fun of. India setting was extremely interesting and characters were very engaging. Decent villain, much better gameplay than original trilogy.

One of the greatest stories in gaming of all time.

Takes the original game and gives you more of it, but better. Cooler environments and variety of gameplay, more story, added sprint too which was nice. Took the war to Italy and Belgium which was cool.

Great for its time, holds up pretty well too with some cool story moments and other cinematic elements, but story was kind of lacking and mechanics were a little clunky. Great atmosphere when playing as Soviets.

You can really see the foundations of what would become Cod 4 in this. Huge upgrade in every single way from the first game. Better graphics, better gameplay, scrapped the health pack system, less clunky,
good soundtrack, dedicated grenade button. Takes place in not just Europe, but AFRICA. Also takes on D-Day which was great.

One... more... turn...

Tells a simple yet emotional story. Beginning is slow, but since the game is only three hours long, it's not a big deal. There was one part towards the end of the game that made me burst into tears and man, I wasn't expecting it. For the price, it's definitely a nice short game to kill some time, just don't expect groundbreaking gameplay or deep, multi-dimensional storytelling. It's a cat game, not The Last of Us.

One of the best sci-fi RPG trilogies of all time. Unlike many games claiming that choices matter, here they really do and players get to see the consequences and/or benefits of those choices unfold throughout the trilogy. Great story, decent soundtrack, interesting characters, and good gameplay.

Great sequel, pretty much identical gameplay to the first but with brand new places to explore, characters to meet, and a continuation of the story with higher stakes than before. Lots of variety in the biomes, lots of new machines to fight, and quite a few new tribes. Point is, Forbidden West takes what made Zero Dawn great and adds much more variety to it. After finishing the main story, i'm waiting eagerly for the next game.

Only negatives are the occasional cringe dialogue and the fact that the antagonists are not expanded upon as much as I feel they should have. I would have liked to see a little bit more fleshing of the story in that regard. Also... HEY ALOY. SHUT UP HUH? I don't need you to comment on EVERYTHING. I don't need you to tell me that [Machine] is vulnerable to [Element] every time I scan it, I don't need you to speak every single thought out loud, and I certainly don't need you to always IMMEDIATELY tell me how to solve a puzzle. So HEY ALOY? Shut up.

Also, as of the time of this review, five days after release, there are occasional framerate issues during cutscenes and in the open world of the Burning Shores DLC. Usually get about 90fps in the main game, but can drop to 20fps while playing Burning Shores on a 3080. Apart from that, the port is incredibly well polished, especially compared to some previous console to pc ports lately.

TL;DR - Game great, dialogue could have been better. Very polished port with some occasional performance hiccups, but nothing too frustrating.

I'm just repeating what everyone else is saying at this point, but with mods this game is absolutely wild to experience. I personally haven't really even done any quests yet, i'm just having fun with the sandbox. Without mods I still think the game is worth buying on sale, but it's nowhere near as immersive. Take the extra hour or two and look up a tutorial to get this game as immersive as possible with some mods, and don't look back. It's worth it.