Recent reviews by Old Weeb and the Sea

The Long Dark does a fantastic job of helping me to forget the agony of being alone in real life by instead letting me experience the joys of food poisoning roulette with various canned foods.

skill required ahead

The Finals is what the youths these days would call "a banger."

Pros:
Well-designed and unique fighting mechanics
High customization
Potential to be (even more) awesome

Cons:
Short campaign
Server instability (Fix is underway)
PvP matchmaking is seemingly random

As someone who bought the game almost exclusively for its PvP aspect, I am quite pleased. Even after about 20+ hrs of gameplay in the game's first week, I still feel like a novice. Half of my PvP matches involve me winning 3-0 against the enemy player, while the other half usually end with me getting stuck in a rage-inducing chain of 15 attacks that leads to me me yelling at my computer. The server instability is can be rather irritating, but I would like to believe that the issue will be resolved soon. The short story left me even more confused than that of the Dark Souls series. I was motivated not by that, but rather by my desire to keep unlocking new moves and perfect my playstyle.

7/10 with the potential to be 9/10