Recent reviews by Phantom|Pain

I've played all the mainline single player Final Fantasy games, and VI is the best one.

Not my personal favorite, but I duly recognize the greatness of its design as well as its masterful craftsmanship. Absolutely breathtaking.

If you're a fan of Final Fantasy, or JRPGs in general, Final Fantasy VI is an essential experience.

Phenomenal. Absolutely outstanding. Took everything from the iconic original and improved upon it in every way imaginable. (Maybe except a certain voice performance but it is not as bad as I thought it to be.)

It was an honor and an absolute joy to play through this masterwork. Major kudos to the devs for handling this game with the loving care it deserved. This extends to everyone involved in the project from voice actors, to sound designers, every element of this game is just done in such an extremely high level.

The best remake ever of one of the best games ever.

And in its own right, Resident Evil 4 Remake takes it place firmly as one of the greatest games ever made.

Upon completion of Final Fantasy V, I have finally finished the entire mainline Final Fantasy series. What a journey. With the games and where my life is now from when I originally set out to play through all of them.

I know this is not a review, but I just wanted to put it on here... Thank you Final Fantasy. Thank you to the great people who made all of this happen. And for everyone sharing this moment with me.

This is best game I have ever experienced in my life. By far. Without a doubt in my mind.

The narrative, creative direction, music - everything about Red Dead 2 is supremely, masterfully designed and presents the absolute pinnacle that this medium has to offer.

If you're reading this, I wish you well in your life and hope that you strive til the end of your days to be a Good Man (or Woman).

Everyone always says that Resident Evil 4 is one of the greatest games ever.

Now I see why.

Pumped for the remake!

Exiled God
Father's shame
Mother's hope
Child's trial

One of the best coming of age stories* for both a young boy carving out his identity and a man haunted by regret. And one of the absolute best video games I have ever played. A true masterclass of scene direction, design, story evolution, and thrilling combat.

It really makes you feel like The Human Spider.

"Empty your mind.
Be formless, shapeless, like water.
You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup.
You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle.
You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Now water can flow or it can crash.
Be water, my friend."

- Bruce Lee

"Help me, please... The Red-hood is come to eat us... to eat our Dark Souls."

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is fantastic fun. Some of the Voice Direction is subpar and there is no option to scroll story text (that of which moves at a sluggish pace). Nitpicking at this point.

And to be fair, story text is very few and far between, and the original voice actors for the cartoon are back and are splendid!

The most excellent, radical, and bodacious TMNT game since Turtles In Time. Cowabunga, dudes! Let's kick SHELL!