Recent reviews by Gryffin

I haven't played a game that brought out the tears of joy in a really, really long time, but this one pulled it off.

This is normally not my style of game (musicals, visual novels, however you'd like to categorize it), but as a massive fan of Gaider's previous work (Dragon Age, KOTOR), I decided to give this a try. This felt like Dragon Age meets Life is Strange: The Musical / Visual Novel, but in the best way possible. Your choices matter every step of the way, and the musical interactivity is something I've never seen before. A tier.

The game's an awesome experience & I 100% recommend everyone to go through it.

Not the best sequel, but if you look at it as one, it's a pretty damn good standalone Dragon Age game.

Writing is a little funky in places and the story doesn't truly pick up until act 2 or even 3, but I was fully hooked once the game finally settled into a good rhythm. It was engaging, and allowed for a lot of player choice where your decisions had consequences whether immediately, or at times when you least expected them to come up. Certain twists were entirely unexpected, and the existence of a "secret" ending, which I stumbled upon on my first playthrough, was a lovely inclusion. The entire ending sequence (which took me about 4 hours to go through) was epic and reminded me of Mass Effect 2. If you've loved the ending in that game, you're gonna enjoy this one just as much.

The gameplay itself is fun and Inquisition-esque, with the combat feeling like a direct improvement over what BioWare decided to switch to in Inquisition. Fans of Origins will probably not enjoy it, but as someone who embraced the fact that BioWare changed the fighting style with every installment, I've grown to really like the route they've gone with Veilguard.

The lack of the Keep sucks, but the game is fun despite this. If you're a fan of the series, give it a try - whether that be paying full price, waiting for a sale, or simply downloading it as there's no Denuvo.

PSA: look up how to disable bloom and download the Dark Fantasy LUT. Looks like a heavily remastered Inquisition that way.

Came back to the game after an at least 6-7 year long hiatus and been loving it. Still one of the GOATs when it comes to F2P games. Grinding exists, sure, but you can get /anything/ you want by simply playing the game & trading items you drop for Platinum, i.e. the game's premium currency.

Still holds up well in terms of both graphics and gameplay, and the amount of story content is insane. Play it, whether you're brand new or a returning player like me.

paid 100 million for gloves 10/10

People who say the game sucks are thinking of Fallout 76 when it came out. Go play it - it's pretty good & pretty fun now.

there's enough grass to touch in this game that you don't really have to touch real grass anymore

i'll finish this review once i'm done calibrating the weapons

horrible game, don't buy

No native 21:9 support, although there are workarounds with which the game runs very well on an ultrawide monitor.

I only got the game yesterday thanks to humblebundle, and already got hooked to the point of nearly completing a playthrough. The visuals are impressive, the transitions in the 'dream' scenes are unbelievably smooth which overall make the game stand out. Aside from that, there can be a few head scratching moments in terms of puzzles, although they're very well made and most players will catch onto what they have to do rather quickly.

The game reminded me of other 'walking simulator' games, where you essentially don't have any weapons and most actions consist of interacting with various objects, people, etc. If you're into this style of games, you should get it, I doubt you'll regret it.

Another thing to note is that the tone of the game changes as you advance, which some may like and some may not, but in general, I'd say, the so called tone change feels fairly seamless and 'real' in the world that is presented. Oh, and.. Did I mention the beautiful cyberpunk aesthetics?

Observer gets an 8/10 from me at the very least. The game itself is great, although the fact that there's no native 21:9 support, and it seemed like I had unusal fps drops during the more visually intense scenes, certainly brings its rating down a little, however if you don't mind working around those small issues, it's well recommended.

Multiplayer seems to usually be broken, ranked often has horrible racers, but its an OK game otherwise if you count out the bugs.

Career mode will get boring just like it did with 2017, but, it's fun if you take it slow. Otherwise I only bought the game for league racing & I feel like I'll have fun with it.

Tldr I recommend the game if you already have plans to race seriously or simply want a solid singleplayer F1 experience. If you're looking for casual multiplayer racing then it's definitely not the best game for that. Price is also a bit steep so its best to wait for sales.