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...Meh.

Get it on sale and keep an open mind, it's kinda fun sometimes. NG+ is just starting the grind over so don't bother. First playthrough's ok, but all the criticism about emptiness and blandness is earned.

Bethesda makes modding frameworks that pass for games. Skyrim and Fallout 4 at least had something of their own that was playable on their own... This one is nothing without mods at all. It's sad because combat is actually a lot of fun and the gunplay is super satisfying compared to Fallout 4. There's not much to shoot at though, most hostile locations have like 10 dudes total with one or two notable exceptions.

I bought this on a whim.

I've never been so grateful for 2AM whimsy and impulse-spending, to be honest, as this sort of title is not something I'd normally ever touch (I'm not a horror fan), but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. This is pure gold.

To preface, if you're on the fence about this game and doomscrolling the reviews, hi there! This game is more a wild, cosmic romance story than it is a horror game, and if you're not much for horror you can definitely avoid some of the horror-themed endings and story branches by using a guide (I didn't really find the wiki guides to be too spoilery which was nice). The Princess is such an amazing ever-changing and morphing character, altering herself based on your actions. Your inner dialogues change too which is great, and often humorous as they banter over your decisions.

At the end of the story, true to what a lot of the other reviews say, I was left sitting there and thinking. I had a hard time sleeping that night. Thought about it at work the next day. There are sprinklings throughout of deep, thought-provoking things about mortality, relationships, perspectives and themes like trust and relationship fallout.

Kudos to the voice acting, it's phenomenal. The Adversary and The Thorn have my whole heart.

TL;DR This story really grows on you and hooks you in, what all story games should do. Worth full price. 10/10 would get stabbed and punched to death by princesses again.

It took me a while to review this game after I played it. If there was ever one single game I would give anything to re-experience for the first time again, it would be this one. I can't put a price on the experience of playing this blind. The voice acting, soundscapes, music, and storytelling are the best I've ever seen in this type of game.

If you're passionate about space exploration, this should be in your library.

Let me preface this review with the acknowledgement that at the time of writing, I am 5hrs shy of 700hrs sunk into this game, and probably somewhere north of $200 spent on DLCs plus the base game.

To you, potential new player who may see this... Run. This game is a trap.

I loved this game, as obvious with my hours played. I pretty much lived and breathed it for a while, bought the base game for my brothers and even a few friends too. I realized eventually though, that this is no longer the game I fell in love with. Paradox has gutted the dev team who once created it, and the developers who remain seem intent on turning this into Age of Wonders 4 but space. Rather than focusing on building up gimped systems and mechanics, they've taken the stance of ripping up and completely reinventing core gameplay mechanics in order to nerf them down - most of which were unnecessary, and all of which were nerfed/restructured WAY too hard.

Don't even get me started on the DLC system. They create The Problem: Every couple of months they release a $15-20 DLC that adds/changes core gameplay and adds new stuff to do alongside a free update to support said new stuff. This game came out a loooong time ago... The cost of buying all DLC at full price will make your eyes cross at this point. Then, they sell you The Solution: A paid-monthly subscription that grants you access to all the DLCs.

I had to work up the guts to walk away even with the Sunk-Cost Fallacy dragging at my heels, as the game has been warped further and further away (Technology Update & Leaders Update) from the game I had previously been so enamored by. And that's just it, that's the reason I can't recommend this game.

No matter how much you enjoy it now, Paradox still can't make up their minds about what Stellaris is supposed to be or how it's supposed to play. Will you enjoy the next update? Will it alienate you? Roll the dice and wait a couple months to find out what inane new balance change Paradox has in store for you along with the next $25 hickie.

Truly a shame.

Some people ought to give Karlach a hug prior to fixing her Mortis Engine. :)

Edit November 21 2023: This game deserves GOTY 2k23 on its own merits, but it also needs to win GOTY 2023 to show these chronically reality-deprived, disconnected Videogame Investors and AAA studios what the audience actually wants. They wrecked the grade curve just like Elden Ring did last year, and deserve all the recognition they can get. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

When this DLC first released, the weapons were all geared towards a more... Flashy, Action-Movie styled gameplay it seemed. Extremely inaccurate, sights felt off or in some cases were obviously altered for spraying lead everywhere. Idk if they actually fixed or changed this or if ACE mod Compatibility patches took a bonesaw and scalpel to the entire DLC. Sans the sights on some of the weapons still lacking front-sight pins and such, all the weapons I've tried recently seem to behave more realistically now... But it was a massive putoff that marred my enjoyment at first.

The modules for the Editor that spawn AI are difficult to work with and lack functionality that mods like DAC AI have.

Otherwise, for all the content and the maps themselves, I found a lot of enjoyment. Kinda hated the missions and campaign personally... But then again I like to play in very small groups, and these missions are very obviously meant for big teams.

TL;DR the DLC feels more theatrical than realistic in my opinion, and is geared towards large multiplayer groups/servers rather than 1-4 man co-op or singleplayer. Solo players will have a bad time. Recommend if you like building missions or playing co-op.

Denuvo Anti-tamper almost completely bricked my OS and BIOS had I not caught it in time. I'm not reviewing this game based on its own merits until Denuvo is removed - It is literally like injecting the brain of my computer with cancer cells and expecting it not to die.

Never Denuvo.

This game is a masterpiece. If you haven't played it, you should. It brings back that feeling of playing games in the Golden Age of AAA titles, feels fresh as a first-time player.

I find it rather hilarious that people caricaturize Aloy for not being a generic, sterotypically beautiful female. She looks 100% more human than most other female videogame protagonists and I'm here for it.

Quick aside unrelated to the game itself, I love how Sony keeps most of their games as PS Exclusives (like Horizon: Forbidden West,) yet everyone's losing their marbles over Microsoft buying Activision. It'd be the same if Sony did. Exclusivity sucks no matter whose platform it's on.

Leave this DLC alone. :(

In all seriousness, everyone complains about the narration and whatnot but to be honest, this DLC felt more unique than all of the others. It's shorter, and the story's not exactly the most complicated or clever, but the narration, theme, aesthetic, and map design were all great at least to me. The core shards you can knock around are useless and shouldn't have been included... But I really feel like they tried something new and got roasted for it way too hard.

My only serious gripe besides it being too short was that the first few bosses were a bit too easy for their level (contributing to it being short). Bare-chested Tattoo guy boss melted in one mag to a Hellshock, never even saw his moves. F.

Overall though I enjoyed this more than GLT. It's not as good as Handsome Jackpot but it's got some good qualities. Look at it for what it is, not what it isn't. It's got soul to it.

I'm ONLY recommending this game because the gameplay loop and playable vault hunters, DLC included, are the most polished and satisfying in the entire series, maybe the whole damn looter-shooter genre.

Every piece of criticism you're reading about the main storyline and dialogues (Ava is a mistake) is deserved and warranted. Main villains are so pathetic it's a mercy-killing when you finally get to them. Rushed the fights just to get them to stop talking. They killed my favorite characters in the series also.

I'm actually finally writing this review just to say this: I have never seen a triple-A title get abandoned so fast. Gearbox went to go get some milk and left BL3 standing on the curb.