Recent reviews by MadRat1171

Persona 5 Strikers is a sequel to Persona 5/ Royal that swaps turn based combat into a button mashy madness.
It's a step down from first title but it's still a good game.
BUT HOLY F**C THIS PORT IS ♥♥♥♥ !
Graphics glitches, broken AA, collision bugs, problems with performance on Intel 12th gen CPU's due to Denuvo and the most annoying... CRASHES... A LOT'S OF THEM
Sadly I must say, stay away from playing this game on PC to not ruin your enjoyment out of it...

Persona 5 Royal is my first turn based JRPG ever played and I fell in love with it.
Game is HUGE, took me around 130h to finish it. Gameplay is engaging, art direction is breathtaking, OST is one of a kind and story hooks you from the beginning to an end with one of my favorite team of misfits.
Port of this game is good and runs very well.
Thank you Atlus for letting PC players play this masterpiece :)

Silent Hill 2 x Resident Evil 1 Remake x NieR
Just bumping it so it reaches Ultra Overwhelming Positive
Yep, it's really that good

This game was pretty uneven experience, sometimes was awesome... sometimes bad...
It takes a lot of inspiration from old God of War and DmC (Ninja Theory one, not the GOOD DMC) with some Berserk inspired aesthetics.
The good things
- The story is intriguing and pretty unique, the mystery is unfold through the course of a game and main cast is written well with Briar and Lute in the spotlight.
- Quite impressive for such a small team to pull out AAA graphics, it has a realistic look with stylized characters.
- Soundtrack is pretty decent, it's composed with atmospheric ambiance and blood pumping combat tracks (I only wish there was more of them).
- Unique combat, Briar controls like a standard melee character but with Lute as a companion that has a lot of offensive and defensive abilities with plenty of synergies between sisters.
The bad things:
- The camera is your constant enemy. It works inconsistent during combat and exploration. I have never seen more clunky lock-on system, sometimes is just impossible to lock into exact enemy you want to follow. I hope this will get patched as it was the biggest issue of this game for me.
- Color coded combat with flying enemies. Huge pain in the ass to deal with them, makes bow weapon most of the time useless, some types even teleport constantly which makes you run across arena back and forth all the time.
- Inconsistent enemy telegraphs and Lute defense. You never know if you can block/parry attack with Lute or you have to dodge them. To make this more annoying, some enemy hit boxes are huge that even perfect evade distance won't escape it.
- Game is paced very uneven. There is a lot fat that could be trimmed to make this game shorter but much more enjoyable experience.

Despite flaws that mostly can be fixed with patches, I recommend giving Soulstice a try if you are fan of spectacle action fighters. I also hope this production will be successful enough for sequel to be made because I am eager to see what might happen next.

We need more games like this
Tight and fun gameplay, great characters and writing, interesting story and amazing art direction
No ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ included
Personal GOTY 2021

Raji: An Ancient Epic is nice game from a small Indian indie studio.
It feels like a mix of Prince of Persia and old God of War.

Static camera can create some amazing shots for beautiful stylized environment.
The story is basic but it has a lot of insights into Hindu mythology. Many story events are shown by visually attractive pupet scenes.
Story narrators, Durga and Vishnu, made a great job while Raji VO was a step down.
Platforming is pretty good, very PoP style. It is sometimes difficult to judge jumps with some camera angles. Gamepad is a must here !

And there is a combat... It is a let down and drags down the whole experience for me. It's unbalanced, clunky and repetitive.
There is no progression to it, every weapons has literally the same move set, talents are copy/pasted but with different element and there are just few enemy types that still feel very similar. Player attacks are sluggish while enemies can stun lock you to death very fast.
It can be balanced by the devs in patches with tweaking attack and evade speeds, different damage values (you don't feel difference between dealing) and balancing enemy AI and damage dealt.
It would be nice to have a chapter select option to have a better replay ability.

It's a Nice game but with some tweaks here and there it can be a GREAT game.
Still I recommend to play and support Raji: An Ancient Epic devs !

"Life is Strange" is the masterpiece of story-driven adventure games. It starts very slow, innocent and goes to criminal drama packed with emotional rollercoaster. Max and Cloe are lovely duo that you will like no matter what on their adventure. Atmosphere and music are amazing and fits perfect into story. Hand painted visuals are timeless and looks great even now.
Prepare for emotional blast, this game will shed few tears even the most cold hearts like me.

The third game in Darksiders series is very different than previous games. Adventure of Fury is more Souls-like but it still has combo based combat of previous games. It's very fun to play but it's more difficult this time.
We have beautiful semi-open world where we hunt for Seven Deadly Sins. World is full of hidden places to explore where we can find crafting items, humans to rescue and optional bosses to slay. With combat and platforming will help us 4 Hollow Powers what we get from progressing through game. DLC's are pretty fun too.
Story of Fury is more personal this time and development of character makes this Horsemen my favourite.
Only flaw of Darksiders 3 at the current, more polished state than release, is poor optimization in some places where frames can drop even to 40 FPS on my pretty powerful rig. Yet...
Darksiders 3 is a game worth checking out and must play for Darksiders fans.
Now let's wait for Darksiders 4, I'm counting on it ! ... and Genesis

I didn't expected much from this game and I received THE BEST indie character action game !
Assault Spy maybe look low-budget (it was developed by small team) but IT GIVES SO MUCH FUN !
Both characters Asaru and Amelia play different and have a lot of moves in their arsenal.
Story is completely crazy, packed with anime humour.
Music is good and enhance battles greatly and VA fits characters. Sound and visual effects gives amazing satisfaction in battle, sometimes you don't know what's going on at screen because everything explodes xD.
Only cons of this game that bothered me are camera (lock on system is garbage and it works properly on boss battles, sometimes...) and battle areas (sometimes they are full of object that makes you and enemies stuck or they have pits where falling off is very easy). Game is worth playing, just get it on sale.

DEVIL MAY CRY IS BACK !!! DMC5 is a perfect entry in the series. What can I else say ? PULL MY DEVIL TRIGGER !