Maybe it's because I'm not a legacy player, but I find the fighting experience in Tekken 8 to be pretty good despite some of its balancing issues. I'm probably not at the level to appreciate the subtle nuances of old Tekken; that said, it still feels like there's an incredible amount of depth to this game compared to traditional 2D fighters.

Social deduction in tyranny as opposed to democracy. As the Slacker within the office, you have roles—to sabotage the business, and make sure that the manager does not find out. Literally no one else's opinion matters. You just need to fool the one guy. This premise alone makes Dale & Dawson Stationery Supplies stand out among (us) the crowd.

What makes this game truly wonderful is its versatility. Most actions are readily available without the need for a choreographed task. Everyone can access anyone's device to perform any action immediately available (minus a few sabotages that could empower griefing). With good discipline and attention to detail, a Slacker can be entirely invisible to the naked eye. With charm, a Slacker can puppeteer the entire operation without a single soul raising an eyebrow. With ignorance, a simple office worker can become the next suspect of being fired by the manager.

Poetry aside, I'm being pretty serious—I've done stuff like hiding papers in shelves, only to take those papers back out from the shelf just to pretend I had to get a specific document from Legal 5 scanned. I don't think there are any serious mechanical balances that will become a meta.

There are a lot of confounding factors as to why a mandatory PSN account is harmful to this game's ecosystem. For those who do not live in Sony's supported regions, this game is straight up inaccessible, with a small few people that I know who claim that the game has disappeared from their libraries; for those who do live in the supported regions, Sony not only has a track record of multiple data breaches throughout the past decade, but in some countries like the UK and Ireland, their account creation system also requires players to send proof of a Government-Issued ID—this alone sets PlayStation as a bigger risk for the affected individuals.

For most people who are reading this review, this probably doesn't matter, since HD2 is being actively removed from the stores of unsupported regions. That said, I cannot in good conscience recommend this game due to these unnecessary restrictions placed by the publisher.

Think about the original Deus Ex, but as a detective game taking place on a procedurally-generated map. It has atmosphere.

Now, whether you'll like the game or not depends highly on whether you like investigation games or not. If you do, you'd probably find a refreshing, but buggy, detective experience that takes investigation more seriously than most. If not, you'd find it difficult to justify a plethora of things—from messy NPC behaviors, to insufficient information leading to dead cases, to some pretty bad memory leaks and optimization issues.

It's honestly impressive that this game is made by like... what, 3–4 people? It's good, and it definitely has the potential to be great if the developers continue to dedicate some time to polish things.

Very good game packed with content, an incredibly satisfying core-mechanic, and an extremely compelling story. It's been a while since I've played a game where I sat down for 14 hours straight. Even when I'm not actively pursuing the main story, side missions and traversal throughout New York were still incredibly fun to play with.

Do expect this game, however, to be on the easier side of things, even at the highest difficulty (including the unlocked Ultimate difficulty). While players can be overwhelmed by mobs, the NPCs in this game have pretty much non-existent AI—enemies that do not carry weapons will still try to punch you even when you're comboing in midair, and all enemies (including bosses) cycle between 2 to 3 moves that aren't that difficult to avoid. If you use your webshooters frequently, bosses will pretty much be stunned during most of your fights. Not to mention, the game also grants you a generous healing ability that uses your focus meter, which builds up as you fight.