Recent reviews by creamweasel

You there! Don't always feel like you need AAA sugar in your gaming coffee. As bad as that analogy is, I stand by it. Maybe this doesn't float everyone's boat but I'm liking it so far, warts an' all. Why? Not Forsaken. Story isn't terrible. Side quests are even sometimes worth waking up for. Voice acting stands up. And more importantly, the controls and combat feel tight and responsive. Sure, you'll probably need to turn the difficulty up a notch to eek out some semblance of a need for build strategies, but I can think of a long list of disappointments worse than sand-surfing into a fight and whipping about with some snappy air-dodging and a slow-motion fisticuff finisher while the bass drops. With a bit of armour a la mode thrown in, I'm recommending this to like-minded minions of this genre, so to speak.

Update: After 20 hours or so and well into the latter half of the game, my opinion is soured a little. The game has been showing its weaknesses the longer I've been playing it. Aerial combat especially becomes very frustrating when later boss fight flying wraiths become a thing. Which also made me realize that all elite wraith fights are made "harder" not by introducing evolving phases, but more by the boss wraith simply spawning in all-too familiar minions; my least favourite way of the game increasing difficulty. This then unfortunately amplifies another game weakness; the targeting system. It's...not always fun.

Okay, I'll stop complaining. Overall I still recommend this game, I guess, especially during heavy discounts. But for folks who have a similar game personality to myself, it's going to get harder and harder to convince yourself to finish this game if you take too long and allow it to show you why it's not the best designed experience on the market.

Looks fantastic with some memorable set-pieces and the rats turned up to eleven. Some very immersive world-building and what I felt was a much more accomplished storytelling than the first game with a powerful worthwhile ending (although some of the walk-n-talk hand-wringing gets a little repetitive). Improved gameplay controls but be aware: if you're looking to buy this game because you think it's a stealth-em-up, you might not be too thrilled. This isn't a game that lets you always choose stealth over aggression. There are more than a few sections (some overly long and, for me, frustrating) in which you are forced to fight waves of melee and ranged soldiers in order to proceed. Still, overall a great title and my compliments to the developer.

What's not to like. Everything you remember but with better crispy HDR graphics. Renegade Jane never looked so good in 4K. And if somehow you never played the ME series before now, this edition is a no-brainer.