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This is a honest review on OW2 and not a stupid review bomb like the others

Played OW on the switch and found it fun. Played OW2 on the switch and they improved a lot of things with the game, which is:
better game engine
many characters feel better than they did in OW1 engine(ex: junkrat feels better to control)
few characters rework made them better and fun to play(ex; orisa)
few characters had updated controls(ex:mercy movement)
less hard CC(ex:stuns) and more soft CC(ex:slow)
started releasing more tanks(two new tanks as writing this review) and supports(3 new supports as of writing), which made supports feel more fun to play as there's more options to choose
faster balance updates
faster hero and map releases
more game modes
removing pointless features that created toxic players in games(ex:End cards/border ranks)
some maps were updated to be better(ex: watch point map)

next is the store and pve
store is fine, as i believe the prices are fine($19 for legendary if you buy it through the galley than in the bundle) just need to have a credit shop along side the cash shop, which has reduced credits prices for old skins and stuff.
battle pass is also fine, i like how the BP has different themes than the curret season theme, hated over quest bp.
heroes being lock with the battle pass is aldo fine. i mostly play a hour and got to lvl which unlocks the hero like within a week and a half.

pve
Before i start, i have to explained that blizzard NEVER canned pve but they instead canned was the replay mode that lets you replay the pve maps with a skill tree that changes every skill the heroes have.
the reason they axed that mode was because creating ton of skills for 30+ and growing list of heroes couldn't be done. this wasn't a normal skill tree like 20% more damage. No, it was more "ult does chain damage" or "tracer blink can cause a shock wave".
Pve was promise and like they said, you need to buy it, as it was never free.
The 3 pve missions are fun and like everyne wanted, there's lore and learning more about the characters and their world.
the only problem i have with it, is that expert and legendary settings, the enemies are just bullet sponges and do ♥♥♥♥ ton of damage and that's not fun.
Another thing, i wish they added weekly mods to the story like they're doing with the side free pve co op mode, which has fun remixes of the mode like enemies bombing the map or how your ult meter wont charge unless your in the certain spot.
the price is fair, as pve cost $5 and comes with battlepass, which together cost $15

I suggest trying the game out, since its getting reviewed bomb by ppl who dont play the game no more, ppl hating blizzard(which is fine btw), toxic side of tf2, ppl just love hating on OW and so on.

played it on steam and works. no problems.

another thing, which i hope they improve on, is bug fixing. too many bugs each season. its annoying

i love rpgs but this one? i can't.

reasons:
there is no world map where you move freely but instead on a set path.
start at point A > to monster fight block and fight it > repeat > reach point B
it's mostly VN when events are happening in town(which is VN also)/places
battle system is meh. no real attack option. just doing skills with AP. this kind of system feels like it will drag on in future fights.
music is okay. nothing outstanding
story is...okay? just feels like missing important stuff like at the start. we're tossed into a war and controlling this mc with no real build up. we learn his background but its small.

pros
i love the idea of playing as future kids of the mc

for me, i can't recommend but buy it and try it for a hour. then refund it if you dont like it

i love pinball video games like sonic spinball, pokemon pinball and the classic pinballs games that you can find on pc from back in the day and i gotta say, this is up there as a almost perfect pinball game.

the humor is great between characters and in game bonus levels like the ice cream bunny landing in between the boobs or slapping the girls asses with the flappers.

the design of the two boards are great and great to look at.

power ups are fun to get.

music is alright but love the anime song that plays in the final sexy fight.


the bad thing i can say about the game, is that there's a small roaster of characters, outfits(unless there's unlocks?) like no fox girl shrine maiden outfit, only 2 boards.

instead of making bgm as dlc and future outfits or/and girls, i hope they add more boards as dlc. like having a board themed after SENRAN KAGURA Peach Beach Splash will be great.

the price for it is pretty too high unless your really into the series or pinball.
i suggest wait for a sale or when the price drops.
still recommending it as a great pinball game.

Update: after the first update/patch, the game stop working for me and the developer support is trash. Never got back a reply.
Just a warning, if something happens to the game, devs support won't be helpful

Life is indeed strange with this sci fi series.
Great story following a female student called Max, as she's given time powers and now must use them to save her best friend life or put the city to rest.

using rewind power, sets up a great gimmick of redos.
the art style is nice. in game models is normal but in game photos are drawn like style or water color style for important photos.
music is pretty good with few meh songs(LiS BtS ost is still way better)

even with few plot holes, i still highly suggest this one as well. Has great characters and great mystery/sci fi story, that i feel ep5 truly brings in the sci fi bits.
i also highly suggest the comics as well. to me, thats what should had been s2.

prequel for LiS season 1. Set 3 years before s1 main story. This time you play as Chloe and learn how she became the person she is in the future.
The story is great but really wish it was 5eps than 3. feels too short and leaves unanswered(old and now new) questions about some plot points. The music is way better in this than LiS.

Anyway, many ppl(fans and non fans) always hated Chloe and her character. Thinking she's a ♥♥♥♥♥ and selfless character but they fail to understand why she's one of the most well written character so far in the series. She's a daddy girl and when she lost her father, she became lost in her life. hanging out with the wrong ppl, doing drugs and getting kick out of school. She's trying to fill that empty hole in her heart, since her mother isn't really helping much and doesn't really want to help her daughter and when she does, it's in the wrong way. Her step father thinks he knows better and comes off as a ♥♥♥♥.
Chloe is someone who is very hard to understand, unless you went through her pain by losing a dear parent, who was your everything. It's why i love how this prequel shows more of her reasons why she acting up and what filled her heart...in the wrong way. I won't ruin it but the thing that fills her heart isn't best for her, as the writers hints at it and when you realized it, it hurts seeing chloe fallen for the person.

i highly suggest this game. it's one of my fav games in story driven games.

finally got down to play the first two and i gotta say. its a fun game.

pros:
combat feels much much better here than the first one.
some of the weapons you get are awesome and fun to use on common enemies
nice lore of this version of batman world
voice acting is perfect. none of it felt out of place
the extra skins are awesome picks from old batman comics/cartoon
playing as catwoman is great and fun..at times

cons:
even tho combat is much better here, i feel you get too many and forget many of them or how rare is to pull them off.

you now have a armor hp bar for bullets, so early on, its best to pick that and any skills that disable gun thugs. it's in the cons because again, enemies will use guns but now there are too many of them at certain points.you get a item that disable guns from afar but limit is 2 and won't recharge unless you leave the area or take down all the enemies

there's no fast travel.

the way point for batman is awful, if you turn on detective mode, the waypoint will be gone. doesn't happen with catwoman tho.

catwoman ""detective"" mode shows body heat, so it won't warn you of thugs with guns unless you look at them without it.

catwoman has very few combat moves and less items to use. her mini game of climbing up buildings is annoying. heck, she's underused in the main story for like 80% of it. it's a shame. she's fun to play as.

little after game mission to do with catwoman and maybe batman, if you haven't done the side missions

too many damn riddler trophies. also, heard this gets super bad in arkham knight...

catwoman doesn't get a special unlock for completing her set of riddler trophies.

some bosses are let downs. like fighting the boss as thugs jumps in, isn't fun.

the final boss is better than in the first game but still pretty lame.

the dlc is too short and wish it mostly focus on robin than switching to batman to times

in the end, i feel it's worth getting. so far, i feel this one is the best of the four games(1st combat is rough and weak ending, 3rd story is awful from what i heard, fourth one is better but heard the batcar is pushed too hard and weak points at times with the story) and i understand why. it's a awesome game.

bleed 2 is the follow up of bleed 1 and the game is beyond better than the first one but still having flaws.

pros:
art is more detail but still having the charm of the first one.
you can now parry purple bullets for more damage or for breathing room if it gets too much with the fighting. you also start with the sword.
aim button is bigger and more noticeable than the first game(which was a tiny white box)
music is still great.
bosses are more epic than before and awesome to fight(the bad guy is fun to fight when she appears)
still having that "no more heroes" feel but instead of becoming number 1, you got to take down a invading AND still fight your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ rival.
upgrading hp and time bar was removed, so you go into the fight with max hp/time bar.

cons:
the story, again, is pretty short and no character talking to each other during boss fights or between levels. would of loved to see characters talk to our bad ass heroine and leaned a bit with the human bosses and their background, like why is a cowgirl helping an alien invading?
weapons unlock after beating the game, which kind of sad. it was fun testing weapons in the next level after you buy them.
even thou bosses were epic and way better than the first, none of them stayed with me but a few.


even with the flaws, the game is still worth the money! here's me hoping for bleed 3.

Even though I have 120+ hrs, I have way more hours on my PS3.
Bought the game for 10$ at GameStop and was worth it. What a gem of an game. So many hours of having fun and traveling in a wonderful fantasy world.
Glad it's on PC and still the awesome game I played so many years ago.

If you are looking for a great fantasy world and wanting a great time, this game is for you.

the encore dlc is finally here and i'm...disappointed with it.

pros:
adds two new(or in this case, old characters) mighty and ray
both new characters have new moves
levels are harder
1 new level

cons:
both new characters don't have many routes for them and in normal mode, their moves are useless for looking for different paths
mighty shell feature is op. can block all spikes and makes some bosses even more easy
levels layout hasn't chance much and pretty much the same but you will go "oh thats new" to "that wasn't there...right?" but not very often because your blazing through the stages.
only 1 new boss and all bosses are the same. same with mini bosses
few levels was removed for encore
angel island isn't really a full new stage and that sucks
the cut content that was found in mania data wasn't reuse for plus like that mini boss or the gimmicks like the water colors gimmick for press garden.
lives are removed, so rings became useless, unless if you go over 50(unless you got super form) for the pinball bonus stage
pinball bonus stage needs a few reworks(got trap on a bummer and had to restart and had trouble getting to third level because there is no bummer on the left side on the second level)
character item boxes are very rare, which means you gotta do pinball stage, which kills the speed of playing the game. which is why ppl hated blue sphere in normal mode when the game force you in it or by mistake.
still have cheap hit boxes death
cheap enemy placement in later levels
the classic drowning theme is removed for the sonic cd version, thus losing the impact of fear of drowning(hope they put a opition to switch to the old theme)


for the dlc, i give it a 4/10.
i'm disappointed with this dlc and tbh, it's not worth $5. maybe $2.99. I can't recommend this dlc unless it's on sale. wish i could get a refund :/

well, its time to review ths game after so long.

i played sonic 1-3&K to death when i was younger and i gotta say, this game truly feels like sonic 4(a real one) if we ever got one back in the day.

pros:
the levels of older stages are back but have a different layout in act 1 but in act 2, they feel completely new with new backgrounds, remix songs and new gimmicks.
the newer stages are also great and fun to play with
The music is awesome for the newer levels and the remixes are awesome too(my fav being lava reef zone act 2)
Sonic plays as did before but has a drop dash, tails and knuckles play the same.
the bonus stages are fun being blue sphere and new bonus stage which is inspired by sonic R.
awesome call backs to sonic history(from other games to the tv show)


even tho the game is fun, there are problems with it.

cons:

Sonic drop dash is pointless to many players and some don't even realized he has a new move.
Tails and knuckles don't have a new move
some bosses are way too easy while some are hard because it's unclear what to do sometimes or annoying to hit(the worm mini boss is a good example)
knuckles only has 1 new boss fight, 1 semi new mini boss fight(worm mini boss) and 1 new stage to himself but the game hardly gives him new routes to use.
there are funny hit boxes in some levels which gives you a cheap death at times
1 stage(the last level in the game but they fix this by restarting the timer when fighting the boss) goes on for too long and stops being fun.
Sonic moves from sonic cd and 3 are only useable in a no save run and can't be used on a normal run.
if you dislike blue sphere, then there at times when the games force you into it.
not a lot of newer stages was added, which makes me wish there was more

Sonic mania is very solid for a classic sonic game but still has flaws.
i'll give it a 8/10
i would recommened this game for sure