Recent reviews by CGPJames

This game is probably one of my favorite games that has come out in the last 10 years. I'll list pro's and cons below.

Pros:
-story rich
-combat makes sense and is easy to get a hang of
-it looks fantastic
-cheaper than assassin's creed red

Cons:
-combat can be clunky at times, especially when surrounded. I wish there was some sort of lock-on button
-once you go through the tutorial in the game, if you launch legends you pretty much go through another tutorial, but it's not an hour of buildup to get to the actual game
-i was getting some weird graphical issues, but that could have been due to my drivers not being updated

In summary, this game is very much a story driven game, in which you follow Jin Sakai as he tries to free his island in feudal japan from a mongol invasion. There are plenty of side-quests, collectibles and side activities for you to do.

When I played this game on a PS4 Pro, I was blown away by how good the game looked, and played. Playing on a PC, I've been even more impressed. Running a i9 13900k and 4080.

It's pretty much Assassin's Creed: Japan, without being a Ubisoft title and needing the ubi launcher. A PSN account is only needed to unlock PSN Trophies, or to play the Legends mode which is not even a necessity.

Pros:
great game
No Live Service
No Microtransactions
Made AAA studios scared by it's content

Cons:
as of Aug 17, 2023-
Some bugs, mostly small ones that i've encountered like combat not following who's turn it is
level cap is only 12 and not 20 like 5E

overall:
This game is just the chef's kiss of RPG's Larian has honestly outdone themselves here. Divinity 2 was the peak of top down RPG's due to player choice and the story. BG3 is everything you loved about divinity, but with D&D rules. well as much as can be implemented in a video game.

10/10 video game, only 6 other games have higher ratings than Baldur's gate 3. This should be the new standard for video games. Polished release, minimal bugs, A studio working tirelessly to fix any issues the community reports, and if they messed an update (looking at you hotfix #4) they pulled it back to fix it and push it back out. If nothing else, buy the game to support the developers.

I mean, I wish that steam had a "mixed" button. This game is fun and i've put multiple hours long sessions together, but there's nothing keeping me in this game other than its in my library. From what I've seen of the two games it has more early game features than Terraria, but lacks end game contnet. I recently played this game again and saw that there were a few more biomes and bosses which is nice, but nothing to write home about.

I'd honestly reccomend this only if you're looking for something to waste time in. but wait until its on sale.

8/10 times i was able to find the strongest sword in the game (the pheonix sword) in the far left corner of the map, and digging straight to hell. You can also cheese enemies by making a hole wide enough for you to fit in, and just tall enough, and most of your attacks clip through the ground, giving easy souls.

i'm gonna list the pros and cons here first then have a breif summary at the bottom
Pros
+combat is pretty fun
+has decent cutscenes
+has a pretty good ending
+quicktime events which i don't see in a lot of games anymore

Cons
-many graphical issues, some textures not loading, others getting stuck
-buggy as hell, i got stuck trying to dash down a hallway
-repetitive animations
-repetitive boss fights
-can get VERY challenging to get through some of the rooms

It's a decent game, has a pretty weak storyline, and some good gameplay mechanics but its terribly short (i beat it in like 5 hours) and there's not much end game content... there's a few collectibles that you can go back through to try to make sure you have everything but in my opinion, there's nothing really worth it. The first game was better to me, it had good gameplay, replayability and decent cheats, whereas this game? no replay value at all, there's a few challenges you can do, but those are dumb and not worth it to earn the cutscenes you should be able to unlock by playing the storyline, and there's different lightsaber crystals where each one does it's own separate thing which is cool, but if you miss all the collectibles, you're kinda S.O.L, if you want to get it, do so if it's on sale for like $5 like i did, or don't bother wasing your money.
Overall, i'd rate this a 6/10 not the worst game i've ever played, but also not even close to the best.

It's a good game, fairly hard to keep the racing line in some cars, but overall good.
Pros:
+graphics look pretty
+cars are faest
+career has two different lanes to go down

Cons:
-no storyline
-hard to finely tune the car's direction of travel (when you want to go left on a slight left you practically need to drift)
-unless you want to redo races, or go online, there's no reaching level 20 (max level) on either racer or cop
-the cutscenes between each race (literally every race has you start by looking at your sick burnout brah)

Personally didn't care about
-the 10 minute cutscene explaining literally every single one of the menu options
-connecting to the autowhatever that it has in the game.

it's a good game, and great time killer
Pros
+soundtrack
+visuals (for the time)
+custimization of your cars

Cons
-can get buggy; your car can hit invisible walls
-too easy; if you have experience playing need for speed and a contoller, the onle real challenges you'll have are domination times
-the bosy scult menus, and the zone changes aren't as fast as i would like, sitting there for 5 minutes to move 3%
-its not need for speed most wanted 2005

All in all, this game is fantastic for wasting time and it's fun, i'd say get it, i mean at $10 it's worth the money, but if you can get it on sale, even better.

Basically, it plays like skyrim. If you're looking for a new experience don't bother spending the money. I have a med-tier rig, and im getting anywhere from 30-60 fps, and its running well, the colors don't look bad, but again. its skyrim REMASTERED, not Skyrim 2.
Recommending this because i'm stoll gonna play the ♥♥♥♥ out of it.

While my playtime doesn't refelct my actual playtime in this game i can promise you i've put over 100 hours into this game. on the original xbox, and on a non steam version of the game.
This game is from 2005 so the graphics, and the overll cohesion of the game is not going to be over average.
This game is just full of awesome characters and challenging combat, its just an amazing game. buy it

10/23/2015 ------- Verdict: Recommended
Second Review:
After putting 10+ hours into the game i have a better understanding of the game. a few things have bugged me like when i save the game the game not saving correctly requiring me to go back to previous save data and making me redo some of the game. after i exit a menu the camera slingshots to where your mouse was, which can be annoying. Also when you open a point of detection you have to hit enter intead of just clicking a mouse button, which would be so much easier.
The story is also very good, but lacking in certain areas. What i think is the main villian has a weird setup, and has basically no interaction with Sorey and Co.
Overall, i would give this game an 8.5 out of 10 because the graphics and art style are amazing, the battle is awesome, and the overall gameplay is pretty good.

Will uodate again when i beat the story.



10/19/2015 -------- Verdict: Recommended
First Review:
This game is just so damn pretty, I can't get over it. I've waited a few months for this game to come out and now its out and it blew me away. The combat is smooth, the graphics are great, and not to mention the story! this is overall a very, very good game so far. will review again once i put more time into it, and once i beat the game

If you want to play a game that lets you visualize your music, get this. you won't regret it.