Christian McBrearty

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An absolute masterpiece. I can see why it wasn't everyone's bucket of fish but personally, I loved every second of it. The story is intriguing, the gameplay varies between relaxing and full of action and the music is some of my favourite in any game. This game is beautifully strange, thanks mostly to Hideo Kojima's limitless imagination and creativity. I was glued to the screen for months just taking in the pure vastness of the game world and winding down in the private room listening to tunes, checking in with BB and drinking monster energy drinks. The cast is brilliant, all of them deserving every award that comes their way and more. I have spoken to Tommie Earl Jenkins on Twitter a number of times and his character of Die-Hardman was definitely my favourite character, especially in the late game. But I also grew attached to the game's protagonist, Sam Porter Bridges, played by the badass Norman Reedus. Guillermo Del Toro is always awesome, as is the king of video games, Troy Baker, and I was thrilled to see Mads Mikkelsen play one of the most unique roles I've seen in a video game narrative ever. He has been one of my favourite actors since I watched James Bond - Casino Royale as a boy. Lindsay Wagner was wonderful as Amelie, as was Margaret Qualley as Mama and Lockne. I loved the whole idea of Heartman and how his heart stopped every ~20 minutes and full credit must be given to Darren Jacobs for his excellent portrayal of the character. Heartman is an extremely interesting character in the game's lore and Darren does an outstanding job at bringing him to life. Overall, I enjoyed every moment of this game and would rate it as my favourite game of 2019 without a doubt. Also I would like to thank Hideo Kojima for making this whole project happen, ignoring the haters, of which there were many, and pushing through with this masterpiece as he had envisioned it. I was super pleased to see all the bonus content on my birthday (Jan 16th) and I was actually playing the very moment it ticked over to my birthday when I was pleasantly surprised by these wonderful and thoughtful additions to the game. For anyone who has made it this far, thanks for reading my review and I do hope you give this game a go. It may not be for you, and that's okay, but you may find yourself to thoroughly enjoy it like I did.

Where do I even start? I don't know if anybody will actually read my review of a film that came out in 1997 but I felt I had to write one anyways. I'm a 22 year old guy. This movie was made four years before I was born. I genuinely haven't cried in FOUR YEARS. And this movie finally made me cry 😭 It's not that I didn't want to, and I have shed a tear or two watching a few other movies but never properly cried. Even in my personal life, where I've wanted to be emotional I felt like I'd locked that part of me away and therefore I couldn't cry even if I was desperate to. This was a genuinely surreal experience for me. I haven't had this bittersweet feeling, so strongly, and for such a long time I had started to believe I would never again. I've always been hugely invested in the story of Titanic since I was a kid. I have studied it in detail for a few years out of interest. But in all the documentaries I've watched and all the articles I've read about it, nothing conveys the true tragedy of what happened quite as well as this film. I know some of it is fictional (as is to be expected) but there are also a great number of historical accuracies that are represented in this film, down to the minor details. Until tonight I had only ever seen a few clips of the movie. And I'd obviously heard about it due to its notability as one of the best and most popular films ever made. But if never watched it in its entirety. I am so glad I did 🥲