Recent reviews by General Pretzel

One of my favorite games of all time, and for good reason. An amazing story told via gameplay that was perfected and refined from the first game. My only critique is that it goes on a bit too long for my own liking, but that also means you just get to spend more time with this amazing cast of characters in this incredible world. Highly, highly recommend this series and just about anything that Naughty Dog puts out there.

Great cars, affordable price.

For all of the complainers, this is the first true car pack that has been released since the game launched. The only other paid DLC since launch was the Porsche Pack (which was the same price for 1 car and 1 suit). This is a much better deal and has many highly requested cars included. Highly recommend.

Free DLC with a badass car and suit. What's not to like?

I might be biased, but it's pretty good.

Simple, but loads of fun. Perfect game on Steam Deck.

Absolutely gorgeous game. Combat can be really tough in some areas and I find the jump fairly awful, but the narrative and environments are astoundingly well crafted. Hoping they make a sequel of some sorts, because they have a really great base to build off of here. (The addition of a glider and maybe a sliding mechanic in a sequel would really heighten the movement, which IMO, is really the clunkiest part of the game).

Definitely recommend!

While far from perfect, this is a definite upgrade over the first game. Significantly improved lighting, textures (on dinosaurs & environments), and & AI behavior (dinosaurs). Each dinosaur has unique social interactions and many carnivores also have unique hunting/predation animations. Some of the downsides are that the campaign is not very long and your progress does not carry over with you. While Lagoons & Aviaries have been nice additions, they do very little to meaningfully enhance a park and are more for aesthetic purposes (Lagoons in particular). Also, there aren't really any new attractions to speak of from the first game.

It remains to be seen how much the devs will actually support JWE2 with QoL fixes. They've shipped one QoL since the game released, but I would like to see monthly updates if possible. There are still many areas the game can be improved (some of which have been addressed via mods for now).

The game is already on sale and there's almost guaranteed to be more DLC on the way. I recommend picking up on sale / in a bundle.

Hot Take: This is better than Doom Eternal.

In what can only be described as Temple Run + Indiana Jones, this asynchronous MP game is quite unique and reinvents the idea of time trials, where only one Player can beat the level. Upon completion that exact level layout is never seen again. Proc generation isn't perfect, but it seems to work quite well. Updates seem to come pretty regularly and I'm always excited to see what they're bringing next.

Excellent game w/ excellent art-style. Interesting narrative, though I did find the VO a bit irritating, but I believe there's an option to disable the VO. Playing as lots of different creatures and exploring the world was a good relaxing experience. $30 is maybe a bit steep, but would recommend on sale.