Recent reviews by Lexii

I've beaten every boss in the game solo and with randoms multiple times now.
It's a lot of fun, but could use some balancing tweaks here and there.
Got all achievemts, but there is still stuff to unlock ingame.
Needs better meta progression and endgame unlockables though.
Also more, I need mooore bosses.
My top 3 classes: Raider, Wylder, Duchess. They're all a lot of fun!

I've played through this game a few years back on PS4 and now again on PC.
And it is still the best game I have ever played. The story, the characters, the visuals, the voice-acting, the soundtrack are all the best there are. And on top of that excellent gameplay, allowing you to play through this game in your own way. Guns blazing or stealth. Or something in between.

Other than that this port to PC is really good. I've played through this on native 1440p capped at 165 FPS without DLSS and/or FrameGen. Only in the one single "open world" area did it drop below the cap. Close to zero bugs on my end, only 2 crashes within 26 hours of runtime.
Hats off to everyone involved in this game and this port.

Editing my initial review:
The first few hours of this game nearly got me to quit. So much talking and running around looting things.
Plus I wasn't really interested in the characters and the story.
But progressing through the main missions (and pretty muching ignoring all site-content) was worth it in the end. Still, most side-characters fall pretty flat and don't get much to do, but Aloy, Sylens and the main Story are actually pretty captivating and kept me going.

Overall a 6.5 maybe 7 out of 10 for me. Could've easily been higher if not for the beginning and the filler side-content, with forgetable and not very likeable characters. Music, sound and graphics are top tier though voice-acting is a bit rough on some parts.

Bought this game day 1 on Epic and then later day 1 again on Steam.
This is a 10/10 recommend for everyone.

A lot of suffering throughout the game, only to then kill Sword Saint Isshin on my very first attempt.
Incredible game, with a massive learning curve. Once it klicks you're almost unstoppable, except for Demon of Hatref of course...
10/10 would play again, though I still prefer FromSofts Souls-like games.

Cozy little game with great music, some neat environmental storytelling as you progress through the years and a few cute eastereggs.

Takes about 3 to 4 hours to complete.

Incredible game with a masterclass in map and enemy design.
Combat is challenging but satisfying and rewarding.

Coming from Elden Ring and DS3 it does feel a bit outdated though, despite not being that old.
Still absolute top tier and close to perfection.

I don't have a single negative thing to say about this expansion. Story, characters, music, voice-acting, world, missions, gameplay and grafics are all top tier. This is as good as it gets.
Also adds stuff that bleeds into the main game.

I'm really torn when it comes to giving a positive or negative review. On the one hand I did have fun and enjoyed core things about the game.
On the other hand the negative list is a bit longer with some bigger annyoances.

Things I liked:

- Story (Main and Side)
- Lore
- Characters
- Shipbuilding
- Core Gamplay
- Combat
- Music
- Soundeffects
- Very few bugs

Things I disliked or missed:

- Graphics and graphics options
- Animations (Mostly the character and facial ones)
- Little to no modern QOL features or settings
- Perfomance is abysmal, even on my high end PC
- Loading screens and how the "map" works. Why is every single house/base/cave behind a loading screen?
- No Land-Vehicles. Landing on a planet and having to run 500 meters every single time is quite annoying
- Mods on day one improving the game massively (like the inventory mod, FOV and DLSS)
- Lack of cutscenes and character interactions with other characters and the world
- Dialog Options (A lot of really unvelieveble responses from your counterpart, espacially when persuading someone)
- Mute Protagonist. Cyberpunk for example has really raised the bar with this.
- NPCs walking faster and running slower than you...
- Everything feels small. New Atlantis, Neon, Akila feeling a lot smaller and more unalive than characters in the game make them out to be. Neon espacially feels really lacking.
- No transmog system

Overall it just feels so outdated and pale in comparison with Cyberpunk2077 or other current RPGs.
But still, fun has been had.
I'd give this game a 7/10.
Probably coming back in a few months to replay with some more mods.

Still a masterpiece, despite horrible PC port.