Anthony Chiurco

I'm not sure why so many have negatively reviewed this game. I thought it was pretty good. I had no performance issues while playing, and my only major critique is the controls were a bit clunky. Outside of that, it's a nice game to play. The story is interesting, it's graphically well put together, the characters are all good and connectable, and there are plenty of tense and jumpy moments. You're missing out if you don't snag this and play it through.

This review is probably a bit premature since I just started playing Biomutant over this past weekend. However, I'm so far finding this game to be a breath of fresh air. It's quirky, yet fun. Graphically, it's pretty good. The controls are fairly smooth and easy to pickup. The story is interesting, as are the characters. I love the narration aspect. I find it enjoyable. I'm looking forward to playing further.

I haven't come close to finishing the main story. Honestly, I'm not really sure if there's actually a main story to complete. The arc of the game is pretty shallow. The gameplay is good, and the mechanics work well. It's fun to play with a friend, and I think that's how it's meant to be done. There's not much enjoyment playing solo. Essentially, the game is run and gun through each map, and upgrade your gear. That's pretty much it. Not bad, but not great either.

Not quite finished with the game yet, but I'm close. The story is good, and I like the character of Eivor, but the gameplay is just horrendous. The controls are so clunky and unrefined. Simple things like climbing through an open window become much harder than needed. The game crashes at least once daily, and almost certainly crashes whenever I'm in the middle of something important. The layout of the game makes being stealthy pretty difficult most of the time. After playing a game like Ghost of Tsushima, playing AC Valhalla is pretty unenjoyable. I loved the older games in this series. These last few releases are essentially different games with the AC moniker. It's just not the same.

I don't know how anyone can hate this game. It was unbelievably fun to play. The story was fantastic. It had suspense. The characters were awesome. There wasn't anything about the game that was a problem. It was hours upon hours of enjoyment.

To put it bluntly, this game is absolutely outstanding. Graphically, it's fantastic. The story is gripping and compelling. The structure of the storyline is exciting and interesting. It's action packed and tons of fun. It's a wonderful sequel to the first installment. You should definitely buy this. You'll truly get your money's worth out of this game. There's honestly nothing to dislike about it. One of the best games I've ever played.

Overall, the game is fine. The gameplay and story are fairly decent. Graphically, it's okay, even though the cinematics are vastly better than actual gameplay, which today seems so odd. Navigating the maps and simply playing as Cal was fun. But, for me, this game misses in so many ways. For starters, I experienced a lot of bugginess. The game would crash constantly, or it would simply run choppy. The crashing was most frustrating since it takes a thousand years to restart, and you only resume from your last manual save point. The targeting aspect of combat was useless. It was easier just to jump around and fight than it was to try and lock onto an enemy. Blocking and parrying were basically pointless. More often than not, you had to dodge most incoming attacks since you'd hardly be able to parry, and blocking was only semi-effective. The difficulties made no sense. Story mode was so easy that it wasn't enjoyable to fight enemies, but moving up one level to Jedi Knight made some boss fights just impossible. Finding chests was a waste since they did nothing other than change your ship, BD, and character's appearance. Also, having to discover the workbenches on your own without some guidance was just stupid since you need those upgrades to progress through the story. Going back and forth between planets became tedious, especially since you couldn't fast travel to specific parts. Not to mention, you have to meditate to save the game, and enemies respawn every time you rest and heal. Like I said, the game had some good aspects, but in totality, it's a whiff. The only reason someone would love this game is because they've told themselves they would before playing it.

I think the game is good, not great. I've enjoyed playing it, but I feel like there's not much consistency with the story. The extra missions somewhat feel pointless. They're just time killers, really. They don't affect the story in anyway. I enjoy it enough to complete the main story, but it's not the best game I've ever played. Not close really.

I've always enjoyed the series. I find the aspects of history to be quite interesting and fun. But, these past two games have really strayed away from the feel of Assassin's Creed. It's almost to the point where there's no need to be an "assassin" since I'm not actually assassinating anyone. I miss how the games used to play. They were more enjoyable than they are now. Currently, the games have so much going on that you lose sight of the story. I'm having trouble progressing through the various arcs because of constantly doing other things. I enjoy the gameplay to an extent, and I love the time period, but I want these games to go back to what they were before.