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15’ish hours in two days on top of everything else, don’t have the energy to make a video and we already have a live stream and two reviews hitting tomorrow.
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Great review Jesse! it seems that the main negatives of the game are the nerfed difficulty and the bland story/characters. Still a fun game but again a safe AF, watered down and probably worse sequel too from a Sony 1st party studio, they’ve done it many times this generation and it seems that it starts to slowly degrade the “prestige” image of their games. Sony’s studios should try new things and get out of the comfort zones a bit IMO. Imagine a metroidvania with the great shooting/bullet hell inspired gameplay that Housemarqe clearly have nailed, it could turn out something really really cool for example and definitely a lot more exciting/unique than a Returnal sequel in all but name.
BTW the streams were a lot of fun!
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Solid review. I guess you lean toward the same with IGN, which has a rare praise. I can understand what you mean from the stream itself. I hope the Sony influence doesn’t disrupt too much on the sensation.
Anyway, solid review. I wonder if your review will pop up in Meta now that you are reviewing other platforms.
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Thanks, guys, it’s a ton of fun, still, it just didn’t click nearly as hard as Returnal did for me.
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Review video set for 8am edt tomorrow morning
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Returnal was hard but enjoyably so. Being so OP in this sounds like an odd design choice, unless I’m missing something.
I don’t think it sold a ton? It did fine, but nothing close to their other titles. At $70, making it more approachable for the masses is a smart decision, and it’s reviewed even better than Returnal. I just didn’t like it quite as much.
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Good review! Putting the game on my list.
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Video is now live
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