>Head into an alley to avoid Godzilla
>husband gets nailed by a buff rock throwing monster
>take a pic of him getting eviscerated
>take his camera, snap a pic of his dead body
>friend runs passed, gets crushed by a flying hot dog stand flung by Godzilla.
>snap a pick of him getting pulped, take his camera.
>Other friend follows me and gets eaten by a sewer monster. Laugh and take his picture and his camera.
>Turn to leave and head through the hell that is flying debris and win the game
>Get eaten by a second manhole-dwelling monster

We played for six hours straight with many laughs. Though please look into the bug that removes the equipment and customization from any player that isn't the host on occasion. Looking forward to expanded customization, level design and store rewards. Other than that....

11/10, would face karma from exploiting my friends' deaths again and again.

Dawntrail is easily one of the more nuanced and well-told stories in the whole of FF14. As a standalone story, it introduces the characters and new portion of the world and builds upon them with delicate care, where new players don't have to feel so lost after missing 10 years of story. This begins the new ark and the next 10 years with a push in the right direction (let's be real, the suffocating amount of FF4 was not promising at the end of Endwalker, and this exeeded my expectations coming off of that plotline). Yes, our Warrior of Light is playing a more "Mentor" role in this story; it is not our story, it's Wuk Lamat's. As long as you are willing to sit back and watch a tale unfold and not be the center of attention, then this is a lovingly crafted story of growing as a person, adopted family and being true to yourself under great societal pressure. It is the tale of Stormblood told right with a lead character you cheer for and celebrate alongside them. I genuinely do not remember the last time I related so well to so many characters in the Main Story, and that warrants recognizing and applauding. The dungeons are a bit more challenging, the new jobs are fun and there is still so much more yet to come!

I've played the Early Access and now the full game. I can't stop playing it even though I haven't completed Act 1 and I have 4+ characters and counting. Larion's handling of this game is exactly what has been sorely missed in the gaming industry: High quality gameplay, visuals, acting, writing, engagement, captures D&D in a video game exceptionally well. Endless possibilities of how you want to play, how you want to make your character, how you can play with your friends (my buddies and I are a bunch of meme characters going around throwing everyone we find and doing general delinquency). No DRM, no microtransactions, rewards for early access players, $60 at launch (not $70), 700+ different endings to make your adventure truly your own.

And yes, AAA studios, it does make you look bad.

If you think this game is just a bunch of chibis, bad puns, annoying fox side-kick that talks like Starfire from Teen Titans and a Pokemon knock off, you'd be right. But you'd be wrong if you thought this game wasn't worth playing, like I was for the last 3 years.

This game is the perfect example of "don't judge a book by its cover". The game is very light-hearted and whimsical in many places, but gets very deep and serious in just as many. What convinced me to keep the game and not just try it out for 2 hours was the literal anime opening that plays after the tutorial section; suddenly everything about the identity of the game made sense, and I don't regret it in the slightest.

If you are a fan of Final Fantasy, get this game. It has dozens of characters across the series that appear throughout the game, most of which you can use as summons. Once you are able to summon each character, a battle theme from their respective game is unlocked for the "random battle theme" option in the config. Summons/Eidolons/Espers from previous games are now available as party members. References, fourth-wall breaking and self-deprecating jokes galore!

If you are a fan of Pokemon, get this game. You catch monsters like Pokemon. The types of your monsters have weaknesses and resistances to elements like Pokemon. You can evolve your monsters and catch 'em all like Pokemon. It also approves on the Pokemon formula by letting you fast forward through combat and allow your party members to repeat their last action. You can have more than 6 monsters in your party to allow for switching on the go. You always have an "EXP Share". Your PC is available from any save point. Best part: even if you catch a second or third stage monster, you can devolve it into previous monsters to fill up your collection and turn it back on the fly.

This is one of those cases where I expected nothing and got a game that lands in top spots of my favorite games of Final Fantasy or even video games as a whole. Do yourself a favor and get the complete/Maxima version.

If you think a great game is constituted by aesthetics and paintjobs to your weapons, do not get this game.

If you think that a great game is constituted by enjoyable gameplay, variety of playable characters, balanced 4 versus 1 ingenuity and multiplayer support, get this game!

Developed by the creators the Left 4 Dead series, Evolve has taken the four-player Co-op formula Turtle Rock is known for and turning it into a futuristic game of deadly hide-and-seek, where the hunters need to track down and defeat the single player/AI-controlled Monster or risk becoming the prey themselves. WIth 12 Hunters and 3 Monsters by default, Evolve gives you a good range of characters to choose from, each offering thier own approach to the game allowing players of any style to find thier niche, whether it be attacking the Monster directly, keeping the team alive with sheilds and healing or debuffing the Monster. With the newly added Monster and 4 new hunters, the variety continues to grow. While the progression system may be annoying if all you want is to play as a third tier character, it gives you a feeling of accomplishment when your weapons get stronger as your become more proficient with your selected character. And yes, you can earn skins this way.

If you like Left 4 Dead, you will like this game. Playing alone is always an option, but playing with friends to help you get through the Monster-infested planet of Shear is always a plus.