Recent reviews by Jack

Amazing and beautiful space exploration and fun sandbox, one of the greatest comebacks of gaming history rivaling FFXIV, fully recommend.

The best Sonic game in a decade, game-changing for the series and opens so many possibilities for the future.
It sets the template for what will be an UNDEFEATABLE franchise like we deserve.

Update 3 closed us off in the best way possible, keeping the hype going for a year is something rarely felt in a single player game, can't wait for what's coming next!

Game Of The Year
10/10 Gameplay
10/10 Music
10/10 Characters
10/10 Style
10/10 Fun

Simply amazing, great place to start playing souls games if you haven't before. Complete package from day one and with a lot of content, no dlc ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

The new update the Free Trial is almost a crime, it gives you the entire base game and first expansion for free, it really helped to get me into the game, if you were interested in getting into FFXIV now is the best time. ARR is a little slow, generic MMO beginning and all, but it starts developing into an amazing story halfway through, and by the end of Heavensward the gameplay is already amazing, complex and fun.

The gameplay is slow at first, through most of ARR you don't have a lot of skills to worry about, the rotations are easy, the mechanics start off very easy as well, it's good if it's your first MMO it really eases you in this style of gameplay. It gets very hard and chaotic when you unlock savage modes of trials and dungeons, that's when it becomes really challenging and the most fun. The endgame raids and dungeons are like dances, balancing your rotation with the mechanics of the fight can get very complex and also incredibly fun and challenging, and it's where much of the game's focus is on.

One thing that differentiates FFXIV is that you can be every class in the game on one character, you can try all of them and switch at will, which is great for varying your playstyle, because every class is different, and all of them are viable you don't have to choose the best, you can choose whatever feels best for you, the one you think is cooler, specially because fashion is a big aspect of the game for most players, you can really create your look any way you want.

The Main story of FFXIV is one of the best parts of the games, it really is a FF game first, but ARR starts off slow, with the standard MMO forgetful fetch quests, characters and such. It starts to pick up when your main purpose is found (and the main group of characters), then it has good dungeons and trials (bosses), with interesting designs, looks and backgrounds, this is most of what kept me going in the beginning, getting to the next dungeon. It's a good thing they made the Free Trial so comprehensive with trimmed down bs fetch quests, and free first expansion, because it makes the barrier of entry non-existent, and gives you the first big jump in quality with Heavensward.

The last arc of ARR is where it begins to get interesting, and with the setup of Heavensward making you feel invested in the story more than ever.
Now Heavensward that's when it grabs you, it has an amazing setting, new cities and areas, incredible music, characters, dungeons, and the story is so good, so high stakes it really makes you feel like you're part of this story and not just some grunt in a faction. Stormblood isn't as amazing and personal but it is still a very good story, setting, interesting characters and amazing music. Shadowbringers is just astounding, it's everything I thought it would be and more, I never thought a MMO story could become one of my favorites ever, the quality here is really on another level in all aspects, story, characters, villains, music, gameplay design.

The best community of any online game I've ever played, 95% of players are helpful and won't call you out if you make mistakes, completely noob friendly.

PvP is very barebones, just a couple of modes to have fun every once in a while, hopefully they'll give PvP more attention on future updates. It's the only thing keeping it from being the best MMO for all styles of players.

But since I don't care about PvP for me it's a 10/10 it's not only the best MMO I've ever played, but it might even be the best Final Fantasy I've ever played.

2024: still awesome, Dawntrail's story took a hit, but gameplay wise it's the best it's ever been, but it needs more long form content at expansion launch

Fun game

The best fast paced shooter of all time. Movement is extremely fun, Titans are awesome and badass, lots of playstyles, gun and Titan variety.
The single player is one of the few worth playing in modern FPS along with DOOM, the characters are likable and the dynamic between Jack and BT is amazing to experience. 10/10

If you liked The Blind Forest this an easy pick, it takes what the first did and refines it to perfection.
The combat is satisfying, sharp and varied, with lots of different choices and styles.
The visuals are stunning making the great exploration a joy and not just a chore.
The music is really amazing and captures perfectly the atmosphere and mood.
The story is already engaging and heartfelt, Ori is really cool and cute at the same time.
Strong GOTY contender 10/10, it's a crime that it didn't even get a nomination.

Awesome spiritual successor of Descent, levels are a bit bland but the 6DoF gameplay is tight, great controls and visuals.