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Admittedly, I started playing this in the very last days of 2020, but I finally managed to beat it in the opening hours of 2021. I didn't expect to like it so much, but I understand now why people talk about it so much. Its game loop is pretty great and I love how randomly strategic every run is. Every attempt keeps you on your toes. The voice acting is also great. I had a great time with this. DONE?
Still playing this ocassionally.
Started playing this again.
I LOVED the first Spider-Man game and as a huge Miles Morales fan since his literal first debut in the comics, I was stoked for this. This game really organically features many great elements of the character's wonky comic history in a way that makes sense. Miles is a really endearing character and it makes a real difference playing through the same New York environment through his eyes. It also translates to gameplay as Miles has more powers, but is more of a fragile glass cannon compared to Peter (Still hate his new face). This game is far shorter than its predecessor, but I actually don't think that's a bad thing. The story is great and very tight, not going into too many unrelated directions as it weaves a very strong tale and Miles personal journey is as relatable as it is strong. I really enjoyed this. DONE
Oh god... Where do I begin with this game? David Cage has taken to making a story about Racism and Slavery through the allegory of the Whitest Androids you know, delivering one of the most tone deaf high budget takes on the Race I've seen in a while... And I say that having seen tone deafness of this type on a regular basis. There are a lot of VERY VERY cringey narrative choices it takes based on a very modern White perspective of slavery, racism, inequality, the underground railroad that really misses the entire point. The entire story is also told through very White Androids who I keep finding either do or say very problematic things to Black humans or Black androids in the name of "freedom", which is off putting considering how it's trying to echo Civil Rights movement as set dressing. It also boils down race to something you can just take off and walk off casually. It's very cringey to watch at points as a Black person as you kind of lament at the obvious things its very casually paying empty lipservice to. It's pretty clear that Cage loves using the history, imagery, and plot points of racism for the sake of woke street cred, but is far too cowardly to actually say anything meaningful about any of it through the game and would rather just dance around the issue with shallow metaphors than actually addressing it. This is common in these these types of experiences by White writers, but Detroit goes nauseatingly all in with its long-winded approach. The controls are pretty atrocious. Even casual movement has issues and all story moments are broken up by having to Hadoken your character's every movement. Prompts pop up all over the place suddenly with little rhyme or reason and can easily throw you off since nothing is consistent between them and just missing one unexpected QTE can drastically change the story. I'll admit the game looks pretty, a select few of the action sequences are pretty engaging, and the web of story choices would've been very interesting if the story had substance. There are 3 protagonists with little difference between them gameplay wise and none of them come off as particularly endearing. However, Connor's segments in the first half of the game is probably my favorite. There actually is an allure in playing a Robot Detective with his disgruntled human buddy cop partner and I actually liked his style of reconstructing crime scenes, finding clues, and negotiating with Deviants... If they only just made a game just about that, it might've actually have worked well. As is the game tried to do so much, it really does nothing at all. This is the third(?) David Cage game I've played, but the first I've finished and it was not really worth that time. In short, please stop giving White People free license to make cowardly Racism themed stories and allowing them to use allegories instead of actually confronting the issue with some sort of sense outside themselves... Also, just stop David Cage. REGRETTABLY DONE
Still playing this a bunch.
Playing through it on stream with FamicomPunch! Halo 1: DONE
A really insightful and interesting game about refugees ruined by an unstable codebase that is prone to crashing for really stupid reasons despite the game being ONLY TEXT MESSAGES. I played this on my Phone but I've heard this game is prone to crash on every platform, which is a shame because it tells its story in an interesting, time-based manner. The game is brutally simple, which is why its crashing issues are unfortunate. I have my guesses as to why a few of the crashes happened based on my understanding of games, but I don't know why the developer has never bothered to patch this...
I played the demo on Switch. It had giant robots and was pretty cool, so I was hyped and bought the full version on sale. Is this game good? Yes. It's fun, it's fast-paced, side-scrolling giant robot action. The story is full of space anime cliche's but it's serviceable and the mech designs are great. The story ends pretty anti-climatically though, which is disappointing, and it does a pretty meh job of world building itself that well. There's also a really fun multiplayer mode as well. Problem: The Switch version is GARBAGE. Despite not being graphically intense, this game freezes constantly and full on crashes regularly on Switch. It is not uncommon for the game to Crash your Switch mid-level and save none of your progress. Not only have I had this happen to me many times, I've had it crash mid-boss fight. Sometimes it's sudden and other times you get warned by the game constantly freezing and having seizures. I really like this game, but I can't recommend the Switch version in any way. Buy it on PC if you can. DONE
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