Marci Imeris

Let myself start by giving my true rating. The games a solid 7/10 It has enough Bethesda jank in it to lower it from an 8. And it's not good enough to be a 9. The game plays very similar to skyrim from a pacing perspective. The many factions act as skyrims do, and not so much like fallout. Atleast at the point I'm in not a single faction has been "1 or the other for the final battle" so if you're expecting that. Drop that expectation. I still haven't completed 2 of the faction storyline though so that may change. The exploration. The game was never meant to be like no man's sky. I have no Idea where the misconception that it was. It's a Bethesda rpg of course they're going to limit it to create a centralized experience. Most Bethesda fans knew this. The amount if loading screens can be tedious but once you figure out how to properly fast travel it gets a bit better. Most of the low ratings seem to feature many of the same talking points that Twitter Playstation fans use and it begs the question. Are they even real? Have they played the game more than 5 minutes? Google doesn't require a verified purchase to review . Don't trust the low score as we have verified reviews bombing happening from Twitter ps fan Boys. Give it a try. If you like Bethesda rugs you'll like this game.

This game is a genuine masterpiece. To start, the visuals really feel like we're finally getting to see the vision the original creators had. No more of the locked combat with 5 or so attack animations, or pixels. The game of flashy, beautiful, and grandiose in all the correct ways. There are scenes in the game that have, on their own brought me to tears. Enemy Spells look more powerful than ever. Next is the combat, one of the most common complaints I've seen is that it feels samey, like a spam square to win. And this is true, however it's only true if you're playing the game wrong. The combat was developed by ryota Suzuki, the same person who did the combat for dmc5. Knowing this, as a player, it's crucial that you understand that the combat isn't just about survival, it's about owning the enemy completely. Youtuber max0r said this in regards to dmc5, and the same holds true here. Sure I can spam square and kill the enemies without effort, but it's way more fun to play actually combo and juggle the enemies, completely annihilating them. It's so much more fun and engaging when you play this way. The soundtrack is next and well what needs to be said. It's masayoshi soken. The same man who did the ffxiv soundtrack, which is considered to be one of the best parts of that game, and the same is true for this as well! Every song fits the scene perfectly. Never a missed opportunity. The games only flaws really fall on the side quests, they do feel a bit underdeveloped, but I'll take 20 underdeveloped side quests coupled with this stellar story full of dark twists and turns at every corner. Each villain feels like a unique character, no more stereotypical jrpg villains with the same set of motives. Not every ff needs to be this wild whacky and zaney adventure that follows the stereotypical ff template. The darkness of this game, added by its M rating truly make this game unique among its peers. The only other fault I can give it, is it's ps5 exclusivity. When playing on ps5, 4k in fps mode. It tends to have frame dips occasionally. Coupled with the lack of graphics settings that you get with a pc release, it can be bad during certain points of the game. But despite that and despite it running on a console with the power of essentially a 2070s the game still performs well enough, the dips that you do experience never truly take away from the experience. If I had to vote, I'd say this is the strongest contender for goty so far. Only thing close is zelda.