Tyler Slowiak

Visuals: A+ If it's not the best looking game ever made, it sure damn gets a close second :D Story: Jin is a character you immediately love. The story revolves around you fighting off Mongols who've invaded your home. Jin is an honorable samurai who is confronted with a conflict that forces him at times to break his code. This hits home in multiple ways, I wont spoil much in characters and story but I'll say that I felt attached to Jin and it made me legitimately rethink decisions based on what was the "honorable" thing to do. The world feels incredibly authentic and helps engage you in the characters and plot even more. ** I strongly encourage playing on the Japanese audio track with English subs** Just adds to the feel even more! Some reviews mentioned bland side quests........ I dont know what they're smoking but I felt like the side quests were sick. Especially the epic tales. One has you hunting down a legendary sword technique the ends with an epic duel on top of a sword laden dueling ring in the middle of a lightning storm that's giving me goosebumps just thinking about it. It felt like a movie. Gameplay and Mechanics: Although the comparison to other open world games is fair. There are so many things that set apart GoS from your old assassins creed, horizon zero dawn, etc. Using the guiding winds feels natural and not too "gamey" I liked not having a glaring waypoint or other minimaps to follow on my screen. The non quest activities like fox dens, golden bird shrine hunting, haiku poems, bamboo sword training, all felt great and different. Not having a lock on system at first was weird but honestly again, added to the feel of being a samurai surrounded by guys. Photo mode: this needed it's own comment! I'm not a photo mode guy, but I've spent hours making screenshots etc with this game. It's just that fricken good looking and frankly the photo mode is far more complex and interesting than any other game I've used it in. Just an incredibly memorable experience, immediately an all time favorite.

Still the best game ever made. You can come back to it years later and still pour hundreds of hours in. Its the GOAT

Plain and simple it's one of the most boring 3 hour movies you can watch. It's got so many plot holes that I was completely uninvested half way in. I love the first movie but this is such a clear money grab and rushed writing that it's just embarrassing. Worst super hero movie I've ever seen. It's not worth two stars, if I wasn't watching with my fiance I would've stopped. Mad I wasted 3 hours of my weekend watching this.

Awe-inspiring. Playing on ps5 I've had 0 issues. Don't watch any videos on the game and spoil it, just go experience it.

First off you know gameplay and presentation are going to be stellar so let's skip that. I finished the game yesterday, I completely disagree with all the hate. It was fantastic and frankly the story to me was better than the first. Plot had weight throughout rather than just the big payoff. I went into the game without reading any spoilers but anticipating the big moment, you cannot present a game as a revenge story and not expect that. I was worried where they were taking the story and if It would be a money grab. I COULDNT HAVE BEEN MORE WRONG!! Generational game, and a must buy. Ignore the fake reviews and bigots hating on the game because they cant get over a lesbian and a trans character. SPOILERS BELOW The one thing I will say is expect a big change in the game around 18-20 hours in. It will change who you play as and switches at a huge moment which upset me at first. By the end of Abby's segments, I was actually totally on board with it. She was an unbelievable foil character and the plot will be talked about for years and years.

Been wildly enjoying it, thought I'd miss the turn based more, but frankly it's combat slaps. It gets much better as you gain more eikon abilities. But what really stands out is the story, music, and voice acting. All stellar. Beware of the review bombs. This game is legit. Also glad the final fantasy series is back on their cutscene game! FF10 is still my favorite game of all time haha :)