Gabe Ennis

Overhyped, underdeveloped. Playing starfield after hearing what Todd Howard had to say about it was like going to a high-iq sperm bank and giving birth to a fish 9 months later. Nothing you do will affect how characters speak to you. None of your choices matter in any way. Nothing the npcs tell you about the place you're in actually reflects gameplay. It has dragon shouts. If yelling was your favorite part of Skyrim. I guess you might like this game. "You can explore entire planets" meant you can go through a loading screen to explore 4km² fishbowls at a time. Starfield captures through its gameplay exactly what a toddler goes through when you tell them that you're giving them a delicious chocolate chip cookie, and they recognize the oatmeal and raisins immediately.

Weak characterization. Overuse of computer graphics. Masks with goggles that don't fit the eyes of the character wearing it. The scene with Tom Hanks was ripped straight from Top Secret, minus a tape measure. The weakest writing I've seen in the MCU, second only to She-hulk. This movie was made for people who like to watch helmets flip, but not be worn. For people who like to go to buffets only for the croutons at the salad bar. For people who like characters to be built up to as being all-powerful, but then be average when the fighting actually happens. For people who like black villains and white saviors. For people who like to laugh at bald guys for having weird body parts. In short, something I would've written in 8th grade. Gave it an extra star because I'm sure there are still people like that, and I'm just not the target audience.

The most relaxing soulsborne game I've played so far. These guys made full use of the open world buly slapping high-level bosses right in the middle of low-level areas and I'm absolutely loving it. I've been waiting for a game like this since before I knew what FromSoftware was. Bringing in sneaking and a mount really expanded on what what builds players can make -from a stealthy archer to tanked up cavalry, the limit is the players imagination. Not a lot of people have caught on to the cavalry thing yet. It does wonders to bosses.