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Yes, it is a little bit off a rip-off of limbo, but I think Limbo is exceptionally good and as I can only play it so many times, it's nice to have another similar style to scratch that itch. My main complaint is that it's very short and (as it was supposed to be episode 1 of 4) the ending really feels like it's leading to a sequel that I very much doubt it'll ever get. Which I think is a great shame, as I thought it was a really solidly designed and nice feeling little puzzle platformer.
A small thing that doesn't really seem to say much, but it doesn't ask much money or time either.
I only got this because it was cheap, as movie tie-in games are generally poor; but this turned to be a massive exception to that rule. Absolutely worth playing, and continues Avalanche Stockholm's good pedigree.
As someone who's not a fan of horror games, this is one of my favourite games of all time. Well worth playing, and its sequel as well.
An odd little puzzle game with a cutesy aesthetic.
Due to the fact that this is just The Trouble With Clones DLC for Saint's Row the Third, it has massive balancing issues, is pіss-easy, has elements that there is absolutely no point to (i.e. vehicle customisation), and if you've played SR3 there is absolutely nothing new to do.
TL;DR: Buy The Trouble With Clones DLC for Saint's Row the Third.
Unfortunately turns into a weird RTS type thing toward the end, but nevertheless is a very good hack-n-slash with a really good soundtrack and art style.
The best game in the Just Cause franchise. Not only is it not plagued by performance issues like JC3, it has a much more varied environment, slightly better car handling, a bigger feeling map (not actually bigger, but you travel slower), and many more advantages. Also, it's made by Avalanche Stockholm not Avalanche NYC, so it's clearly superior.
Not a bad game (although not as good as JC2 in my opinion) but it's filled with bugs, performance issues, and always online DRM. And don't hope that avalanche will fix it, as they're too busy pushing out DLC to make more money.
Gameplay 10/10
Story N/A
Graphics 5/10
Soundtrack 10/10
Sound Effects 5/10
Story N/A
Graphics 5/10
Soundtrack 10/10
Sound Effects 5/10
«Blew my mind»
«Sit back and relax»
Gameplay 8/10
Battle Pass (Season 2 - 3) 8/10
Map (Season 2 - 3) 8/10
Soundtrack 10/10
Sound Effects 7/10
Battle Pass (Season 2 - 3) 8/10
Map (Season 2 - 3) 8/10
Soundtrack 10/10
Sound Effects 7/10
«Blew my mind»
«Better with friends»
Gameplay 5/10
Battle Pass (Season 7 - 10) 5/10
Map (Season 3 - 10) 10/10
Soundtrack 5/10
Sound Effects 5/10
Battle Pass (Season 7 - 10) 5/10
Map (Season 3 - 10) 10/10
Soundtrack 5/10
Sound Effects 5/10
«Boooring»
«I could make it better»
Gameplay 10/10
Story 10/10
Graphics 10/10
Soundtrack 10/10
Sound Effects 8/10
Story 10/10
Graphics 10/10
Soundtrack 10/10
Sound Effects 8/10
«Blew my mind»
«Can’t stop playing»
Gameplay 10/10
Story 9/10
Graphics 9/10
Soundtrack 10/10
Sound Effects 8/10
Story 9/10
Graphics 9/10
Soundtrack 10/10
Sound Effects 8/10
«Blew my mind»
«Can’t stop playing»
Gameplay 10/10
Story 10/10
Graphics 9/10
Soundtrack 7/10
Sound Effects 8/10
Story 10/10
Graphics 9/10
Soundtrack 7/10
Sound Effects 8/10
«Blew my mind»
«Can’t stop playing»
Gameplay 10/10
Story 10/10
Graphics 9/10
Soundtrack 7/10
Sound Effects 8/10
Story 10/10
Graphics 9/10
Soundtrack 7/10
Sound Effects 8/10
«Blew my mind»
«Can’t stop playing»
A nice game with simple yet pleasant mechanic. Becomes slightly boring near the end because of overall repetitiveness but it ends at the right time.
It's complicated to review a game that was teased more like an event or an experience, I fell in Square Enix's trap and I eat all the media that came before the game: movie and anime episodes, so my time with the game was pretty positive in regards of lore and story. With that in mind, my review goes as follows:
First things first, the mood of the game it's perfect, it starts as a best friends road trip and that feeling of adventure and friendship never gets old, the sound team made an amazing job making every sound feel almost real, things like footsteps, rain, forests at night, even the sounds of the Regalia (your car) when closing or open its door, it may sound dumb but the immersion and the feeling of traveling with friends through the sound design it's outstanding, it also makes the Regalia like a 5th companion to your adventure. Which leds us to another great topic, your party, the developers took the great decision of making a small party that always accompanies you, they feel real and their dialogues are so detailed and at times silly that only helps to build a real bond with them, there's no need to watch the anime episodes about them but it sure helps to stablish and understand some things related to their personality or bond with Noctis, speaking of Noctis, at first I taught that I was going to hate this guy because of his "generic character and design" but the truth is that I really like it, I understood his feelings and decisions, also I firmly believe that is necessary to play this game with japanese audio, I'm not a big fan of the english dub, its not bad but not great, also is pretty noticeable that they took a lot of liberties with Noctis, they feel like complete different persons, where the Japanese is kind of introvert, sweetheart and silly, the English one sounds more stoic, "cool" and it kinda tries to be Cloud, so at least for me, that it's a big no, no. As for the supporting cast, there are some cool characters like Aranea or Lunafreya, they're good but not as good as our main villain, I won't spoil anything but as for me, at least he is now a top tier antagonist on Final Fantasy franchise.
I really liked how Square Enix dished out unnecessary complex and convoluted stories like the one presented in the first installment of FFXIII, instead, we have a simple "reclaim your throne" kind of story that works for the best, I really liked a lot of the twists and turns, I have no issue with that, but its worth note that there are major events hinted through the game that are just hinted but really important to the overall plot, mainly things in the movie and stuff that happens in the Episode DLCs, its not that they felt so necessary to the plot but they sure feel like holes, speaking of holes, the game has a nice rhythm and passing until you arrive at a point of no return (at 3/4 of the game more or less), it feels rushed and suffers a lot of breaking the immersion.
As for the gameplay, I have mixed feelings about it, first, is very simple and enjoyable, at times almost addicting, its simplicity compensates with its flashiness and fast passing action, my only problem is that the HP system it's broken, you can kill almost everything if you have enough potions so in order to enjoy it you must put a rule of limited potions, but then again that's a thing that was meant to be solved by the designers, not you. Another negative aspect is the side questing, the world map is massive and so beautiful, it's accompanied by a masterfully crafted soundtrack led by no other than Yoko Shimomura (which make instant classic songs for this already filled with classics franchise), but it kind of feels empty at times, the only thing that makes you do any quests is for the combat, which maybe is no the cup of tea for everyone but it's very fun.
In the end, the negative aspects didn't were overweighted by the positive ones, its characters felt to me like real friends and its twists and turns were for the most part very interesting and enjoyable, as for the ending, it has a heavy punch that reminded me why I prefer storytelling in videogames over other media.
First things first, the mood of the game it's perfect, it starts as a best friends road trip and that feeling of adventure and friendship never gets old, the sound team made an amazing job making every sound feel almost real, things like footsteps, rain, forests at night, even the sounds of the Regalia (your car) when closing or open its door, it may sound dumb but the immersion and the feeling of traveling with friends through the sound design it's outstanding, it also makes the Regalia like a 5th companion to your adventure. Which leds us to another great topic, your party, the developers took the great decision of making a small party that always accompanies you, they feel real and their dialogues are so detailed and at times silly that only helps to build a real bond with them, there's no need to watch the anime episodes about them but it sure helps to stablish and understand some things related to their personality or bond with Noctis, speaking of Noctis, at first I taught that I was going to hate this guy because of his "generic character and design" but the truth is that I really like it, I understood his feelings and decisions, also I firmly believe that is necessary to play this game with japanese audio, I'm not a big fan of the english dub, its not bad but not great, also is pretty noticeable that they took a lot of liberties with Noctis, they feel like complete different persons, where the Japanese is kind of introvert, sweetheart and silly, the English one sounds more stoic, "cool" and it kinda tries to be Cloud, so at least for me, that it's a big no, no. As for the supporting cast, there are some cool characters like Aranea or Lunafreya, they're good but not as good as our main villain, I won't spoil anything but as for me, at least he is now a top tier antagonist on Final Fantasy franchise.
I really liked how Square Enix dished out unnecessary complex and convoluted stories like the one presented in the first installment of FFXIII, instead, we have a simple "reclaim your throne" kind of story that works for the best, I really liked a lot of the twists and turns, I have no issue with that, but its worth note that there are major events hinted through the game that are just hinted but really important to the overall plot, mainly things in the movie and stuff that happens in the Episode DLCs, its not that they felt so necessary to the plot but they sure feel like holes, speaking of holes, the game has a nice rhythm and passing until you arrive at a point of no return (at 3/4 of the game more or less), it feels rushed and suffers a lot of breaking the immersion.
As for the gameplay, I have mixed feelings about it, first, is very simple and enjoyable, at times almost addicting, its simplicity compensates with its flashiness and fast passing action, my only problem is that the HP system it's broken, you can kill almost everything if you have enough potions so in order to enjoy it you must put a rule of limited potions, but then again that's a thing that was meant to be solved by the designers, not you. Another negative aspect is the side questing, the world map is massive and so beautiful, it's accompanied by a masterfully crafted soundtrack led by no other than Yoko Shimomura (which make instant classic songs for this already filled with classics franchise), but it kind of feels empty at times, the only thing that makes you do any quests is for the combat, which maybe is no the cup of tea for everyone but it's very fun.
In the end, the negative aspects didn't were overweighted by the positive ones, its characters felt to me like real friends and its twists and turns were for the most part very interesting and enjoyable, as for the ending, it has a heavy punch that reminded me why I prefer storytelling in videogames over other media.
«Just one more turn»
«Can’t stop playing»
7/10
+ Incredible cinematic setpieces
+ Camilla Luddington's performance as Lara
+ Traversal is a blast
+ Darker story (even if it never fully commits)
+ Lush visuals and fluid animation
- Middle act pacing
- Not much innovation upon previous titles
- Half-baked RPG elements distract
+ Incredible cinematic setpieces
+ Camilla Luddington's performance as Lara
+ Traversal is a blast
+ Darker story (even if it never fully commits)
+ Lush visuals and fluid animation
- Middle act pacing
- Not much innovation upon previous titles
- Half-baked RPG elements distract