Recent reviews by Shina

good

Awesome Game!

Good
Beautiful graphics.
Side stories are nice.
Jack the Ripper DLC is a few years later from the main history and adds new mechanics and ways of playing.
Free run has improved a lot, it’s a lot more fluid comparing to the previous AC game.
Combat is really fun and has awesome animations.
2 Main characters to play, with a fun personality.
The main enemy looks bad ass, i kinda liked him.
Zipline makes traveling a bit faster and help’s a lot on the larger streets on this game.
Really nice theme.

Average
Carriages are a nice addition but i didn’t like to drive them, they felt a bit strange to drive.
Not a bad main history

Bad
Easy combat
Was expecting more for the ending, i liked the enemy character and was liking the history, but the ending was too fast without many interaction with the enemy.

Good
Beautiful graphics.
Fun side missions, really liked the riddle missions.
Good Stealth.
New parkour animations, free running looks nice and more fluid.
Fighting is harder in a good wa

Average
The history was ok
Arno looked funny on the prologue but then got all serious during the history, probably my least favorite character on the series

Bad
The sound is awful, don’t know if it’s a problem with my setup but it sounded bad.
Despite the improved parkour animations, the character still gets stuck or does’t do what you want a lot of times.
They removed some nice things from previous games, like whistling and hiding bodies.

History

This game has a good history, nothing awesome and special but still good. It also shows us a bit of Lara's dark past between the recent events.

Gameplay

Gameplay is very good overall, killing everyone with Bow and Arrow is fun and hard sometimes in a good way, the guns are good but a bit hard to aim, except the shot gun, you don't need to aim with those. The puzzles make you think and use different techniques to solve them. You have 3 skill trees to choose from and you can upgrade your weapons with materials you get from the world. I hope they polish the grabbing and climbing for the next game, i died so many times from falling because Lara refused to grab into walls and ledges, and close combat is not the best too on this game.

Graphics

The graphics on this game are amazing, from the green forests to the snowy mountains, everything is beautiful on this game. When i started playing, i thought this game would have a lot of boring snowy places, but i was so wrong, the most beautiful places on this game are the snowy mountains with ancient building carved onto the mountains. Cut scene graphics are really well done too. The game is well optimized too, compared to other games i played recently, like Mafia III that had a lot of problems.

Sound

Not much to say, only that the voice acting is great.

History: For me it’s one of the best things on this game, it’s a bit different from the other Mafia games but it kept me playing and wanting to check what happens next, the characters are great and feel alive.

Gameplay: Combat and gun play are well done, the game has upgrades for the the weapon types. I have mixed feelings about the driving one this game, is well done for some parts but feels clunky in other’s. I got some bugs where i couldn’t speak with NPC’s to continue certain missions, but a game restart solved it. Now, what i think it’s one of the worse things on this game, the missions are so repetitive, you just do the same thing over and over again, sometimes you even go to the same places, i started the game taking my time in the missions, but halfway trough i switched to Rambo mode and just did most of the missions the fastest possible.

Graphics/Visuals: Characters on cinematics are awesome, really well done, the environment is really nice too. The reflections suck and there isn’t many graphic options on the game. The game was a bit blurry too, but i used a reshade that solved that problem. Performance isn’t the best too.

Sound/Music: The soundtrack on this game is amazing, and there’s some nice little details, like when you enter a tunnel the radio gets interference, gun sounds are really good too. The only thing I didn’t liked about the sound is driving sounds.

Sign of the Times DLC: This is the only DLC i got, still thinking if i should get the other’s, maybe ill get them on sale. This DLC adds a secondary story, it is a nice and creepy story, you get some extras too when you finish it.

Overall and despite being a little disappointed i still think it’s a good game for it’s history and soundtrack, but expect to get a bit bored on some missions. I think if this game had less missions or different ones it would be a lot better

Gameplay: This is a really short game. It doesn’t have much history and there are some puzzles but they are easy. But there are different weapons you can choose and a lot of enemies to kill on all levels. Overall i think it’s a fun game and being short it’s a good thing in this case. I tried to play with a Xbox one controller but it’s a bit hard, i would recommend playing it with mouse/keyboard

Graphics/Visuals: The graphics aren’t bad but there is a bit too much green.

Sound/Music: TI liked the music and sounds, but the music is a bit too loud and i had to lower it every time i closed and opened the game, because the music level kept reseting.

Gameplay: This is a short game with a nice but kinda sad story. You can read almost all the story on the first few minutes of the game and you get the rest after you complete all puzzles. You use time manipulating powers to complete the puzzles. The game looks simple but some of the puzzles are really challenging and clever. Despite of them being challenging you don't have the pressure of failing them and having to start the level from the beginning, you just rewind time, and try again, which in my opinion provides a relaxing experience and let's you focus on solving the puzzles. I played this game with a Xbox one controller and it worked really well without needing to change anything.

Graphics/Visuals: The game has it's own visual style. Graphics are simple but great and beautiful.

Sound/Music: The music and sound provide a nice atmosphere for the game. The sounds are affected by the time manipulation.

This one took a bit of time because I was getting a bit bored if i played it for too long.

It took me a bit to get used to the controls and the tutorial doesn’t help much, but it has a nice gameplay, some good puzzles, it has a cooking system that gives you food you can eat to heal/get buffs, you can collect pets that help you on your journey and it has some hard to defeat enemies if you don’t go prepared, some zones lack saving points, if you die you have to backtrack all the way from your last save point and it can get boring if you die a lot. It has a nice story too, it kept me playing until the end.

The graphics were nice, with a big and beautiful underwater world, lots of different creatures.

I have mixed feelings about the soundtrack, i liked the soundtrack in some zones and hated it on others.

Overall i think it’s a good game to play in bits, when i don’t have much time to play other games.