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Elden ring is a masterpiece.

Hideo Kojima, that man's way ahead of our time. Playing Death stranding during the pandemic hit on a different level. After playing a lot of FPS RPGs, this felt like a much-needed break from fighting bad guys to peacefully (not so much) delivering parcels to the people in need.

>> The Good

- A good storyline with a sense of purpose.
- Great game mechanics, from toggling b/w R2 and L2 to balance your footing, to scaling mountains using pieces of equipment.
- A great ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ soundtrack, the soundtrack is just legendary, songs kick in when you stop at a shelter or when you are about to reach your destination, ♥♥♥♥ hits deep in the bones (Pun intended, s/o to low roar).
- Stunning Landscapes.
- Attention to details.
- Funny names lol.
- Amazingly Optimised for low-end graphic cards.

>> The bad

- The vehicles in the game, feel like a complete metal framework (if that makes sense). They don’t have that feeling of moving parts in them, and whenever they hit a tiny rock, they tend to have this screeching sound which is a bit annoying, but it ain't a game-breaking thing.
- The story is great, but every time a parcel is delivered to a location it’s a message with the same base, with the same end objective, but different words.
- Not-so-rewarding side missions, side missions are just not rewarding and they don’t give you the sense of accomplishment when completed. ( Finishing your zipline connection is more satisfying).

>> The ugly

- Ain’t no ugly in this game.

Bottom line, if scaling beautiful landscapes with some bomb-ass music is your thing go for it, even if it’s not, go for it, it’s a much-needed break from all the recent action-adventure games.
Overall, 8.7/10

No no no no no no no, okay. Hmmm, Interesting. So Little Nightmares II is a well-knit narrative falling a bit short of the first one, still a great game tho.

>> The good

- The Characters are very 3-Dimensional (Figuratively and Literally).
- Still has that queasy eerie feeling from the first part.
- Great visuals, especially the skyline of the city in the later parts, gave a true sense of a dystopian world.
- Great puzzles.
- Innovative and immersive storyline.

>>The bad

- Oh lord, I can rant about the mechanics for hours. Firstly, this game wants the players to go in a certain direction, and It won’t entertain any other route you would like to take.
- The grab mechanics is a pain in the ass, you need to press R2 to grab something, be it a ledge or an object, my finger was perpetually pressing the R2 button the whole game.
- During chase sequences, I would run alright, but Mono(The MC) would randomly hit the screen on hit right all the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ time, it's like Mono was trying to come outta the screen.
- And those Alan Wake wannabe levels, Frustrated the F outta me, I would have punched a hole in my monitor if I was rich enough.

>>The ugly

- I.Could.Not.Hold.Hands. I do not know why, but even after restarting the games multiple times Mono would hold Six’s hand but the hands would never meet, they would rather just levitate upon each other.
- Would not recommend playing this game without a controller.
The bottom Line being, this is a good prequel to the first part. But still falls short of some elementary game mechanics, Honestly, the mechanics were better in the first part.
7.2/10

Horizon is the breath of fresh air from the usual AAA games which are released nowadays.

>>The Good
- Amazing narrative and story, the story is so so well thought out and executed, it on the same league as Uncharted.
- I had shelved this game for a while, so when I burned through my library, I found this again and I thought might as well give it a try, I am not so much of a guy who likes to grind on single player games, but I really liked the side quests of the game, they weren’t that rewarding but they were cool.
- Bomb Gameplay, the gameplay is really good, from scanning the Robots to targeting each part in focus mode was awesome
- Strong Protagonist with a sense of purpose

>> The Bad
- We are now living in the era of games like Rdr2, so playing any game after that masterpiece will feel like a 'Game' not an experience, The NPCs in this game were very 'Gamey’ (if that makes sense).
- The Parkour was unpredictable, Aloy would randomly jump and grab the small ridge at the bottom or if you're lucky she might jump to the highest, every jump was uncertain.
- Variety of Weapons, this game does offer a lot of weapons and types of ammo, but you can very well complete the whole game with a bow and arrow on Normal Difficulty.

>> The Ugly
- Naa Fam there aint no ugly in this game.


Overall, 8.5/10
The main selling point being the combat mechanics and the Bombass story.

After spending 40hrs in Night city I see myself qualified to share my opinion on this game. I won’t be mentioning the bugs and glitches in the same as they are ubiquitous. I would rather rate the storyline and substance the game provides.

Story

Off the bat, the game felt pretty solid in the initial hours but then after the prologue it slacked off. Night city was filled with loads of NPCs but all of them felt dead, unlike the NPCs in RDR2, heck even GTA V’s NPCs had more life in them. Personally, when I jumped into the game, I was expecting an experience similar to RDR2 if not greater. Cyberpunk 2077 barely even gave us time to get attached to V and his/her companions.

Driving
Honestly, Driving is a mess in this game without a controller. It's like there’s a perpetual handbrake on while taking a turn, the only solid car which followed some sort of physics was johnny’s Porsche, which was a delight to drive. The cars feel as light as a cardboard, ramming your sedan into a truck would lift the whole thing over your head.

Combat

Guns feel great. The reload and recoil feels amazing. However, stealth is very basic and mediocre nothing like what MGS V provided. You can’t pick up daggers once you throw them. Katana feels ‘ok’, but can be further improved when coupled up with some combo slashing cutscenes.

Overall, it feels like the Devs put a lot of effort in building the whole world (which is breathtaking and beautiful) but filled it with underwhelming NPCs. The game has a huge potential to improve with further addition of DLCs and bug fixes. But for now, the game is a 7/10 for me.

Steep learning curve , but it only gets better

wasted 1.8K hours, would I waste more? Hell yea.

This game is not as good as the first game, it has an improved combat system(I personally preferred the previous game's combat mechanics and animation more indulging and fun). The story is not as good as the stick of truth.
I bought it for 90% off. anything less than that is not worth it. The combat gets routine and the fart jokes get stale.
The main campaign took 16-17 hrs approx and I didn't bother to do the side quests.
If stick of truth was a 10/10, this probably is a 6/10.
The only thing that saves this game is the general satire.

Great game to play with friends, Would have been better if controller configs were added.