Recent reviews by Aya

I've had these thoughts stewing since early access start, ill fire them off in little groups.

The Dawntrail story is an utter joke and anyone with half a working frontal lobe can see and understand why.

Krile was promised backstory in this xpack and was given at most what felt like 30 minutes of backstory - and in the end it resulted in her not even being able to use her birthright to do anything in the plot, she is immediately shelved once again.

The "Competition" between the Scions - Thancred and Urianger is what appeared to be an interesting plot point, why are they on opposing sides? what are they up to?.... This potentially interesting plot point is dropped almost as soon as it begins.

Wuk lamat just feels like someones self insert OC in the story and the writers attempt to force the player to love and sympathise with her is a joke.
In this contest for the throne everything goes right for her regardless of what happens, she suffers such minimal setbacks, she doesn't grow as a character and basically stumbles head first into victory by accident - she technically wins the contest by default which is also such a joke.
She is whiny and annoying - complaining about virtually everything, not endearing or enjoyable to be around, she suffocates every other character in this story by proximity, she is a noxious weed that chokes out and prevents other character growth by stealing the limelight in this story.
The payoff of this character? nothing, SE "gambled" that everyone would LOVE her - but the resounding consensus is that she is widely hated instead.
And thats the sad part - she started off as an interesting character in the Pre-Dawntrail quests at the end of Endwalker.

Bakool Ja Ja - has more character development in 1hr of screentime than Wuk Lamat does the entirety of the Xpack.


I would HIGHLY recommend skipping the story if you choose to do so, it is a lot of repetitive menial slop with poor writing and missed opportunities.
Battle Content is however the greatest upside of this xpack and its the best its been in a long time.

Life is brilliant. Beautiful. It enchants us, to the point of obsession.

Victory.

The best Final Fantasy game


"Listen to my story....
....This may be our last chance"

There is honestly a good game here despite all its issues and problems.

as of the 1.2 update its actually playable for me personally and this is where i started my playthrough as i wanted a more stable product than 1.0

Its defs worth a buy when on sale - maybe even full price if they give it the NMS special.


My only gripes in the game would be the following.

- Stealth, you would expect to be able to backstab enemies a-la Dishonored style with your mantis blades but sadly that is not the case.
- The Weapon pool feels like it could use another 1-2 types of guns in each class.

Its ok, i feel like yakuza 0 was better imo.

Pros
- Majima and his antics

Cons
- The Story is kinda... ya know
- Combat is annoying and not as fun as 0
- Devs pull the good old "End of game time to drop you in the midst of 30 guys with above average health to stunlock kiryu"
- Kiwami actions kinda suck as it forces you to flex all 4 styles
- Random overworld enemy ai's sole purpose in life is to aggro to you and just slow you down as you try to do the story.

ive never played a yakuza game before this, but its too perfect to not play - go give it a go!

My childhood on PC.
Finally done LASO Halo Reach after years of dreaming it.


10/10 the bugs are still being ironed out though it runs perfectly and is amazing to have all the games here on pc


ONLY thing i would want is Halo reach's original customization and unlock system instead of a season pass theme.

Cleared an ultimate without clearing a savage tier come at me gamers ;)

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