Jye Kang Ng

Black Myth: Wukong Reviewed on a PC: RTX 3070, Ryzen 5 5600, 32GB DDR4, SSD This game was not marketed as a 'souls-like' game which caught my attention immediately. I personally don't enjoy souls-like games. However, the influence of the souls games is very clear. Is this game considered a generational great? I'd say it's on the verge of that. It is not a generation defining game but it has definitely influenced me and many other people in a good way. From the stunning graphics, AMAZING soundtrack/sound design and even extremely enjoyable gameplay, this game stands out as one of the greats of 2024. I can definitely see why this game has smashed basically every record that had been set previously on steam. However, this game runs like absolute dogwater at times. Running this on an RTX 3070 at 1080p will give you a mostly 60-FPS experience. But with FSR enabled, the game runs reasonably well but with SEVERE ghosting and artifacting issues. Not only that, even after switching to DLSS, the game has severe pixelation issues. I ran this game on high/very high settings but the stuttering and random FPS drops made me annoyed at times especially when fighting a boss where milli seconds matter. I hope that the further patches and updates will make this game run slightly better. I might do a second playthrough after that.

[Spoiler free review.] Red Dead Redemption 2 is a worthy sequel to the first Red Dead Game which came out quite a few years ago. When I played it I thought it was one of Rockstar's finest works and did not expect this game to be this ridiculously focused on detail and story telling. Speaking of story telling, Red Dead Redemption 2 has a fantastic story carried by the main protagonist Arthur Morgan. He has fantastic development over the roughly 60 hours of the game. The detail in this game is second to none. Starting from random encounters which encourage you to explore the huge open world to hunting animals with certain types of guns or shooting them in certain places to get the perfect pelts. This game has though of everything the player will do and executed it perfectly. Overall, this game is near perfect with some minor unseen flaws that float around but we don't need to bring up the negatives of this game because this is a 5 star review after all. 10/10.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla, I am lost for words. I didn't expect much from this game honestly, but I was like hey, why not give it a shot anyway? Darby the game director has really done something magical to save the franchise. From my around 10 hour gameplay, there are still new things I am discovering. Above all, it FEELS like an Assassin's Creed game. The combat has gotten a HUGE overhaul, it feels weighty and grounded along with the parkour system. I don't feel like some demigod that can jump off cliffs without taking damage. But, why 4 stars? I understand that it is a day one release, there are sometimes elephant lag of FPS and weird graphic glitches. Maybe in the future, when this game gets a better optimization and performance patch, I will return with 5 stars.