I had already posted about F.E.A.R and Oblivion I believe, both really great, probably 9/10 for each.

Since I posted last time I finished Crysis, which was a pretty impressive experience. I really like the first 2/3 of the game with the sandbox-lite level design, great weapons and abilities. Of course also a technical marvel, for 2007. It clearly shows now that it isn’t anymore, but it does look good. What really impressed me was the sound design and soundtrack though, very well done, super immersive. Also the physics hold up very well, a lot of modern games don’t dare to be as ambitious with those.
The game goes in a more linear direction in the last third, there are still cool moments, but it becomes a bit more generic.
Overall an 8/10

I also played Hitman - Blood Money. Very nice game! Love the stealth and all the options to experiment with the gameplay, level design was high class too, except maybe two stages.
Also an 8/10

I played some of God of War (2018), probably made it about a third through (about 6 hours). All if it however just felt kind of okay. Solid enough combat, solid story, solid puzzles. But nothing that blew my mind, and it was starting to feel a little repetitive. Just wished I was playing the old GoW games instead. I will probably not finish it, life is too short for “ok” games that are 20 hours long. Initial impression - 6/10

I played Rollercoaster Tycoon for the first time, I can’t say I finished it (is that even the point). Just did a few scenarios, but probably more than 10 hours. And oh boy, the hype was real! Ridiculous how addictive that game is.
9/10

Astro’s Playroom, a short experience but overall really fun all around. Not so challenging. Doesn’t quite reach the point of excellence, due to the length, but a game that leaves you wanting more is a good thing. Pretty hyped for Astro Bot!
7/10

Finally played though the first The Last of Us. And yes, overall I do understand the praise. Quite good story, with an unorthodox ending, for a video game. Gameplay was good, with some issues, it clearly pulls from games that have more refined gameplay loops (MGS, Resident Evil).
8/10

Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart - I didn’t finish this one. Got maybe 60 % through. Fuck this game, I really don’t get the praise it gets. I liked the series when I used to play it 15-20 years ago, now I question my taste from back then, or Rift Apart is just much worse than the old games. There are the elements of a good game, some interesting mechanics, but they are never used for something great, you never get to experiment enough with them. Instead the game just throws you into shooting gallery after shooting gallery with the same bullet-sponge enemies over and over and over again, with almost zero strategy to it. But I guess it is pretty to look at?
4/10 based on what I’ve played.

Sonic X Shadow Generations - I already played through Sonic Generations multiple times before, and I did it again, still one of my favorite platformers of all time, if not my favorite.
Shadow Generations was a fantastic surprise. It is close to the quality of the Sonic game, even a bit better in some aspects. Very strong mechanics, interesting powers, exceptional level designs, with so many paths and the challenge stages are also good all around. The bosses too. Only flaw is the overworld, which wasn’t that interesting if I am being honest. Still have to replay some of the levels to be sure where it lands. It could be a 10/10, but I will put it at 9/10 for now.

Resident Evil (1996) - First time playing through a game in the series from before 4 changed everything in 2005. RE 1 still holds up really well I think. The tank controls are surprisingly good when you get used to them. The mansionnis really well designed with good puzzles, and the enemies are fun to fight. For sure they increased the ambition for the latter titles, but this is 100 % still worth playing.
8/10

Nice. You got me interested in a Sonic game, don't think that's happened since 1995. Is it worth 50 euro though, for someone who doesn't play Sonic what would be your recommended discounted price if not?

For someone who may not be into Sonic games? Perhaps not. At least it means you haven't played Sonic Generations already, so you wouldn't be buying it for half a game. I think maybe 30-35 euro? 

When you play the game, don't just play through it once, you should replay the stages trying to get the collectibles and beat your times, that's when you find out how well designed it is. The stages are designed to be replayed many times, because they have many different paths.

Oh yeah, I'm on a plat streak so I'd ve 100%ing it. I have only played one Sonic game since, I can't even remember the name of it was 2d on Megadrive or that old handheld they had. I almost bought Fronteirs but ended up skipping it cause the tracks looked to haphazard and confusing. This sonic x shadow game looks very solid at a quick glance, it's in my wishlist for now, I'd say half price and I'll probably give it a go. 

Just played through Resident Evil 3 remake for the second time. Most of the criticisms it got were warranted. As a remake it is not so great, and it is quite short for the price, especially since a second playthrough is not gonna be all that different from the first.
That being said, it is actually a really good game when you don’t start comparing it to the original, it’s a focused, condensed experience that never wastes your time. The presentation is gorgeous, cut-scenes and voice acting are really good. There is a good amount of enemy variety, and the game never keeps you in the same area for too long, so it won’t get boring. The new dodging mechanic is just perfect and so fun to use.
Maybe some areas are a bit too much in and out, not allowing much exploration, but the downtown part in the beginning (the attention to detail there with movie posters and toy shops is just breathtaking) and the hospital section are just incredible to go through.
I am kind of in between a 7/10 and an 8/10. Will give it a small 8/10 for now.

Death Steanding 2 @ 60 hours. Unscored.

I have no idea how to settle the raring on this, it makes all my criteria for a 10 buy giv8ng ut a 10 seems wrong. It's not a masterpiece, they touched on the greatness of MGS5 and even referenced metal gear lightly and sometimes directly but they refused to implement the gameplay of that game. The story feels needless. There are few boss fights, better ones but fewer. The music doesn't hit quite often. It has such cringey parts.

However when it's cool it is so fucking cool and when the delivering package loop becomes micromanaging and planing efficency it is bonkers fun. My main critiques are things they didn't do but had a clear chance to. I can't score it right now as I'd be taking into account the first game and things they didn't do rather than what's here but I know if I had only stuck to the main path and done only what was nessessity, I'd be hovering between an 8 ot a 9 however since I did much side content and spent a good chunk of time playing the game as a delivery and recourse managemnt simu I'd take both into account and it's a 10 no doubt. I have to let to those aspects digest in mind a little more to see if that 10 holds but they really did miss an opportunity to make this a masterpiece with just some light reworking anf having the main story be more along the lines of MGSV's gameplay loop and weave that throughout leave the deliveries to the side missions. Adding the objectives and subobkectives from MGS5.

It also feels like Kojima made the game, knew it was to safe and then retroactively inserted points that are weird for the sake of it and Idk how to feel on that, it's certainly
..something.

Finished in 2025
* Diablo 4
* Persona 3 Reload
* Danganronpa 3
* Mortal Kombat X
* Street Fighter 4
* Resident Evil 8
* Final Fantasy XVI (cleared all DLC as well)
* Resident Evil 2 (Jill Run)
* Final Fantasy V pixel remaster
* Class of 09

Currenlty playing Palworld and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Path of Exile 2 Early Access
Persona 3 Reload
Dynasty Warriors Origin (Sun, Liu, Cao)
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (Platinum)
Monster Hunter Wilds

The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt

I beat the the witcher 3. Fun game and extremely long. It took me longer as well due to my hiatus from gaming. It was difficult to get into at first and the enemies in the early game really destroy you. I played on the 2nd hardest difficulty throughout the game. Then in the midgame you get too strong, you upgrade the weapons and you upgrade all the mutagens and start destroying. The DLC re-balances things, but by then you have a solid understanding on what to do against almost everything. Gwent was fun, I always challenged everyone. The game has very nice world building and realistic people in it, which is great. Unfortunately, after so many years, the game still has many game breaking bugs. These bugs didn't bother me with Cyberpunk launch, because it was a launch game. But years after, bugs that brick my system or generally break the game is quite annoying. I can't imagine Witcher 4 launching without problems knowing the track record for this developer. It is even worse than Bethesda games. Music was good and fitting throughout. The story/plot was entertaining and Geralt fits well into it. I hope Ciri can fit into the world in Witcher 4nicely with everything included like the comedy, dry wit, seriousness, romance, etc. Overall a good game, one of my top WRPGs for sure.

Little behind here, beat Astro Bot finally, started playing ages ago but never got around to finishing it, it's fantastic and one of the best platformers ever, well worth anyone's time.

Then in the time waiting for D4 to arrive on PS+ did a Mass Effect 1 run, intending to renegade run, I forgot and put all my points in Paragon, ah well, only took me 8 hours, you know how odd it is that you can beat ME1 in like 6 or so hours (I have a save that long) but if you get lost, explore and really look around it can take up to like 40-50. Mad. EDIT: Just looked at how long to beat, the fastest for PS4 there is 6.52hr. My save can't be wrong but it says 6.42hr and it's the start of a new game plus.... hmm.

Anyway, Diablo 4, so I was just intending to play this for the story, I liked the Beta story part but didn't get on with the gameplay so didn't buy, now completed the story and it was... okay, good okay but not great but makes sense with the tone of the game going for more gritty. I'm on end game now and becoming very powerful, but mainly trying for trophies really, some are very easy and other weirdly tedious but that's standard with these games. Not sure of the MMO thing they were going for either.

Congrats in beating one of the best games ever and one that can take so many long hours. Indeed, the game gets to easy at the mid point and it doesn't matter how high you put the difficulty cause the top two are just an increase/decrease in HP. There is two choke points in the main path though at the highest difficulty, one being the witches fight with Ciri and there are some really hard side quest bits. Thankfully the game is rumoured to be getting a new update and hopefully a feature will be a reworked h8gher difficulty that doesn't just focus on making enemies hit harder, tbh Idk how they would do it cause quen with adrenaline is so OP, you can hit quen, spam didgeridoo until it recharges and it trivialise the game, you could make the enemies one hit and it would make little difference. It's really fun to go into the DLC though and do the quest 10 or so levels higher, it feels right.