Recent reviews by squareshield

Great story, dialogue and acting.
The gameplay is fun. It's basically simplified hitman mechanics plus some gadgets, brawling (including different kinds of attacks and parrying) and more shooting.
However, the game does feel a bit too simple or on rails at times. My biggest wish for a sequel would be for them to maintain story quality and improve the gameplay by adding more depth/options/thinking.
I thought that the game was an appropriate length and you visit a good range of locations.

Overall, it is worth playing if you like these types of games (single player, linear and story driven). They did a good job creating a young newbie Bond so fans of James Bond should be happy with this too.

Great music and animations.
Good range of boss fights, weapons and powers.
The overworld is also fun with some hidden details to be found.
The difficulty is appropriate for a game that's pretty much just boss fights and the game doesn't outstay its welcome.
The DLC is definitely worth it if you like the base game.

This is one of those games which are generally pretty good and are recommended for everyone (as long as you are ok with a bit of horror).
Good acting (except for Ada), good graphics, gameplay, decent enough music and boss fights.
Playing Resident Evil 2 remake before is recommended as that game introduces Leon who appears here.

It's probably worth getting while on sale especially if you are a fan of the series.
It copies over things from the RE2 remake such as UI, graphics and gameplay mechanics.
However, I gave this a negative review due to:
- Short (even for a resident evil game) with no replay-ability as there are no alternative playable characters/routes.
- Content in original RE3 that was not included in this remake.
- Changes to Jill's character. I have not played the original RE2 as of this review but have played RE1r as Jill and the "Jill" in this game looks and acts very different. The Jill in this game is more quippy and curt making her feel more like a generic action hero compared with the Jill of the original games who was more mature and collected (which fit her experienced background). I prefer the old Jill as the Resident Evil series has enough quippy badasses.
- The main evil monster in this game (Nemesis) is not very scary especially as the main characters never really seem scared of him (this is not helped by Jill's new personality).
- The main bad guy's motive and actions make no sense.

Classic resident evil gameplay with a few modern updates
Great graphics
Good cutscenes that don't waste time
It is connected to RE1 but definitely playable as your first RE game

Great soundtrack
Good visuals (for the time). During the game you travel through different "zones" (e.g. rural areas, villages, urban areas) which are all well designed and large enough to feel real and immersive
Voice acting is good enough
The story is good with some fun character moments
Overall, all these aspects combine to create a world which is fun and interesting to explore and play in

The combat isn't so great and takes a bit of getting used to. The biggest issue with this game is that the difficulty spikes at the end with multiple very hard boss fights, some of which directly follow each other. What makes things worse is that the combat system does not allow for much skill expression meaning if you are too weak there aren't many ways to outplay the bosses (except for running around and using igni which does not work for everything!). Another problem is that you cannot change difficulty during a playthrough for some reason. I would recommend playing on easy as you won't be missing out on anything.

Overall, I would recommend this game to those who love the other Witcher games or love the books. I would recommend playing the Witcher 2 or 3 first if you haven't as this one is quite clunky. Technically the story of each does carry over to the next one but the stories of each Witcher game are fairly separate

This is one of those games which is very good and does not waste your time

Great visuals and atmosphere. Night City has many areas which are a joy to walk/drive around and interiors of the buildings you visit are also great
Decent soundtrack
Very good voice acting and cutscenes - Keanu Reeves' character is great
Quests are generally good but sometimes felt like you didn't have many choices making the game feel less like an RPG
Combat is good with many different upgrades, weapons, skills and playstyles which are all viable
There are decent love interests, however there is only one per gender/sexuality combo (i.e. a straight man, straight woman, gay man and gay woman). This again means that it feels like there is less or no choice depending on the kind of character you are playing as.

Something that I did not see mentioned before I played this game was that the story is shorter than the WItcher 3. However it is still worth playing and I really liked the ending.

This game has one DLC which is just as good as the main game if not better. Definitely recommended if you like the base game.

The biggest negative point about this game would probably be the lack of roleplaying elements. It is visually impressive and everything is consistently presented but ultimately there are not many choices that you get to make during the game. Furthermore, this is not an RPG like Skyrim - the experience feels very controlled and curated through quests and cutscenes. This means that you can't really get immersed and feel like you are actually living in the world. One example is that at the start of the game, you have an apartment with a computer. If you read your email on the computer, you will see that you have an email from the landlord complaining about missed rent. But this is just window dressing - there is no way to pay the landlord nor are there any future repercussions. I don't think CDPR intended to make a game more like Skyrim (as the Witcher 3 is similar in some aspects). However, as I look at the world they created I can't help but feel like there was a missed opportunity to create something more.

Gameplay is very good - you get steadily stronger throughout the game and end up fighting hordes of hundreds of zombies which is as cool as it sounds, plus the game is well optimised so the larger hordes do not make the game laggy. Great selection of tools to deal with zombies and guns are satisfying. Riding the motorbike is fun too
Voice acting is great especially for Deacon (main character you play as)
Visuals are pretty good
Story is okay
Soundtrack is underrated

Overall, this is a good zombie game with top tier zombie horde gameplay. The biggest downside would probably be the story which is structured a bit badly at times but overall is good enough with an interesting ending if you 100% something

its fun to play with friends
the difficulty ramps up in map 2 which i think is too difficult making it a bit less fun