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My only complaint is that there isn't more game. I had so much fun with this, but I wanted longer and more complicated puzzles. Still, a very fun and charming game, and perfect length to enjoy over a weekend.

Probably the only liver service game which justifies itself. Creating an immersive, galaxy wide war campaign that all players contribute to.

It's a lot of fun to goof around with a few friends, and kilotons of explosives.

Play this game. If you've already played it, play it again. Some of the best writing I've ever seen in a game, ever. It has the courage to come swinging at every ideology you offer up, and has the chops to do it.

A solid game for two players. The fact that one person can just install a friend pass version of the game is great too. You're probably only going to play through this game once, and convincing someone else to buy it would be hard.

A solid battle royale. A great example of what the source engine can do. Characters are fun and likable, gameplay is solid. If you have two friends this game is a great one to throw into a multiplayer rotation, and play a few times a week.

Tales of Vesperia is a fun game and one of the iconic entries in the Tales series. On a gameplay level this game is fantastic, however there are some framerate issues and minor bugs that still affect the overall experience. I'd recommend it but with the caveat that you check for any issues your hardware might have with the game.

As of the last time I played this (October of Last Year) It has a game breaking bug that causes an early scripted event to not properly play, blocking all further progress. Can't recommend this game on the steam version at this time, until it has been fixed.

I've only played the mutiplayer aspect of this game.

While it has moments of fun, it suffers from the same problems that GTA5's online suffers from, with the added problems of a less immersive experience and lack of compelling asmetrical gameplay experiences with other players. It would have been fun if bounty hunters could go after Moonshiners, or people holding up stores for money. Instead the bounty system has such low penalties that almost no one will be flagged for bounty hunters.

At some point I will play through the single player game, but I'll save that for a rainy day.

Another entry in the Soulsbornekirosurgeofthefallenvein genre, Sekiro deviates from the standard formula to great success and middling drawback.

Combat is intense and fluid, and it has some of the best boss fights in the genre. What it trades off for this is perhaps it's most damaging point: Sekiro focuses its gameplay on only a single weapon. There are side weapons that have some limited uses, but by and large you will be playing the game with a single weapon with a pretty reserved move list. This makes Sekiro an amazing game, but one that fulfills most of its worth in a single playthrough (Taking about 8-15 hours at most).

The game also divorces itself from the standard Soulsborne formula by focusing itself more towards an action stealth game with relatively linear layouts to most sections of the game. Luckily, these sections quite well designed, and the game does not immediately punish you for being discovered while doing stealth.

That being said, Fromsoft are again at the top of their game with setting design, focusing on a psyudo-historic sengoku period piece with plenty of mythology thrown in. The music is fantastic, and boss battles are presented in a unique way that is cinematic without taking standard gameplay out of your hands.

Overall, Sekiro is a fun time and a flawed diamoned. I highly recommend it to anyone that enjoys the Soulsbornekirosurgeofthefallenvein genre, with the caveat that you buy it on sale if you're less interested in something that departs from dark souls or bloodborne a little.

The best way to play board games with friends that don't live close to you.

The interface is a good balance of mechanically deep without being too unintuitive for people that have just installed it and are joining in on a game night.