Gilles Sooben

Unnecessary sex and drug use scenes, poorly written characters and dialogues, after 4 episodes I realised I didn't care one bit about any of it.

An original reboot with a great lead character. Sadly the same cannot be said for the supporting cast. The asian girl and the "human lie detector" in particular are truly awful, it seems they were written by someone who was trying to come up with the most cringe characters possible. The premise of the story is interesting enough but I just hope they won't drag it for too long without major plot progression otherwise the show will get cancelled.

I can't help but think that the show was streched beyond what was originally planned. The first two seasons are near perfect. The third goes a bit in circles for a while but nails the landing. The fourth and fifth seasons are a major letdown though. The secondary characters aren't that interesting when the focus is on them and there is a lot of filler, unnecessary sex scenes and romances that aren't of any value to the story. Marie-Jeanne is outright unlikeable and interesting characters like Sylvain and Andrea completely disappear from the story without any explanation and their storyline unresolved. I was especially disappointed with how the show ends, the decision to hand the last 2 episodes to Audiard was a huge mistake.

Good combat, poor story and narrative, average music and sound, average graphics and performance, very repetitive open world activities. I'm also really tired of the classic Japanese trope of having to fight the same boss 10 times at different points of the story. Another tired cliché of Japanese games is: we are enemies, let's fight. Oh no you beat me therefore you must be right and I was wrong. Let's be allies now. Or vice versa. It's always the same thing and I'm tired of it. And then there's the women in Japanese games and anime: either a femme fatale or damsel in distress. What bothered me the most though is how terrible the voice acting is. It's the worst I've ever experienced in a game in the English version but the Japanese is still bad. The game is soooo full of filler, every character you meet becomes a Bond, a system that the game abuses so much it loses any value it might have had in the right amount. At some point playing becomes a chore and I was exhausted long before the end. A very disappointing entry from Team Ninja that usually makes great games. I'm glad I didn't spend 70£ on this and got it on sale instead.

So in the very first episode, the main character texts "compromised" when she realises she's in danger. She's upstairs, looking through her dead lover's things and downstairs two assassins posing as cops just killed the landlady with one of those completely inaccurate silencers that go pssh in the movies. The man who receives the call for help is in a hotel room, stark naked and having sex. In the time it takes for the assassins to climb up the stairs, he manages to get dressed, get to his car, drive to the location and save the day. All this took barely a minute as the scene takes place in real time. A whole room of writers, producers and actors looked at this and thought "Yes, that's awesome." Now you all go ahead and gush all over this, meanwhile I'll be watching The Bureau, a show that doesn't insult its audience's intelligence.

The first season had some redeeming qualities but the second is a complete disaster. Not only is it not funny anymore but it's outright toxic and annoying.

Sure Mister. The feds got my wife and kid hostage until I bring a criminal to justice but I'll put that on hold to fetch 20 feathers, a whole bunch of flowers and skin some animals for you. No rush. That's pretty much the game in a nutshell and it's a shame the main storyline loses of its urgency as a result. The first part of the game is excellent and moves forward at a decent pace. Then it goes downhill. I gotta say the whole Mexican side of the story really drags the game down. It goes on freaking forever and all the quests are exactly the same. After riding shotgun a dozen times I was ready to move on. Then just when you think you're done, nope, now you gotta do the same type of quests all over again but for the rebels. The whole Mexican saga comes across as pretty racist too. The way they are portrayed and voiced is a bit much. Plus there's things like Reyes doing his big speech in English all of a sudden for a crowd of local rebels instead of Spanish. It's not great. There's also the fact that it's 2024 and some bugs that were there at launch still haven't been fixed. The world of RDR is still great fun to explore but I really wish they had developed the story more, which is why I guess the sequel is the better game.

This is so stupid I don't know how it gets so many 5 stars but then again these are from the same people who elected a rapist Russian asset so it kinda makes sense.

Ted Danson is a delight, as always, but it was nice for once to see Stephanie Beatrix get a role where she can do more than grunt and snap. Unlike her roles in BKL99 and Twisted Metal where she pretty much played the same character, here she can show a much wider range of emotions in her acting and has proper lines to say. The show itself is very funny and touching but my favourite part is that they didn't name it Inside Man, because they're already dozens of those. It deals with serious topics associated with old age without falling into pathos while managing to be very funny and entertaining. Loved it.

A truly outstanding game that deserves more recognition. The learning curve can be quite off-putting for those who aren't ready to put in the effort but the sense of accomplishment as you make your way up into the world and become a skilled and respected knight is the most rewarding. The writing is exceptional, and so is the character development of not only yourself but also the npcs that you can develop relationships with. Rooted in historical accuracy, the setting of the game means there are no dragons and mythical monsters to be slain here. But wolves in human skin are plenty and as you navigate the political intrigue of a country in turmoil, you grow from a simple son of a village blacksmith into a key figure that will shape the future of a nation. No wonder they are making a TV adaptation of this incredible story.