GntlmnWzrd
Massachusetts, United States
"What is better? To be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"
"What is better? To be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"
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Steam Replay 2022
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Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered: Comprehensive Review for the Savvy Gamer

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS


---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't


---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf


---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma


---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer


---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls


---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding


---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life


---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond


---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money


---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☑ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs


---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☑ 9
☐ 10


Summary: This game is amazing, as it's 'Overwhelmingly Positive' rating indicates, but I do think it's important to point out some performance issues I ran into during my 100+ hours spent playing this title. I played a good chunk of the original on PS4 and never ran into the amount of bugs I did with this on PC. Some of them would require me to replay certain game play segments as well, which I consider blasphemy. End of the day though, the games auto-save feature would save my hide more times than not, so the annoyance of the bugs didn't grow past the point of being a little annoying.

Moving on, everything else was great/amazing. The title definitely looks better on PC, although I preferred the original model for Peter Parker at first. This model does a fine job though, and it's not something that really bothers me all that much, I just think the original model for Pete fit what I'd imagine him looking like at during that stage in his web-fighting career. The story is amazing and I'm excited to see where it goes for part two.

I'd recommend grabbing this one on sale with the amount of bugs I ran into. For a game with this much content and quality, I can see someone needing something to play paying full price and having no qualms about it though. One way or another you will get value for what was paid, full price or not. I just think the port could/should have been a bit more polished to justify full price. This title is also a lot of fun after watching 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' for how it sets up the backstory for Miles Morales. I think that about covers it, have fun fellow web-heads!
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301 Hours played
What a game: Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a modern-day JRPG classic and is a must-grab for those wanting to experience a title in that genre.
I would also recommend this title for those that are looking for a great narrative or are curious about the Yakuza series.
This was the first Yakuza game I really gave the time of day to work its charms on me. Although it was certainly a slow burn in the beginning, once it got its hooks in me, I couldn't stop, and I was driven to 100% it.
I am rambling a bit, so let me break it down for those who might be considering the title.

Gameplay:
Between the main battle system and the dozens of minigames, the word that comes to mind is varied. The battle system is turn based combat with a twist. You are clicking through menu commands, either attack, skill or other. The twist is although the battle system is turn based, it’s also dynamic since your characters move around and items in the environment can be picked up by Ichiban to hit the opponent. There are also button prompts for extra damage, and windows of opportunity when an opponent’s knocked on the floor where if you attack you can deliver a critical hit. There's also an auto-battle button and auto-battle modes you can select. I liked the modern update to the turn-based system, and it was the breath of fresh air I needed for this style of game.
Minigames are the fun break between battles. So many fun and hilarious minigames, from a can collecting minigame where you can ram into other homeless guys for yen (cash). Speaking of ram, there's another minigame where you have to fight off "Rem Rams" to stay awake through a movie. You also have blackjack, darts, karaoke, and an arcade where you can play Virtua Fighter 2 and Virtua Fighter 5. There's also an in-game achievement system of sorts that award you with personality bonuses or even yen rewards. I found the minigames to be a ton of fun and the perfect break from the battle system when I needed it.

Graphics and Sound:
Graphics were solid, as well as the sound. I'm no expert in these fields, but I'll say that the game world is very detailed. My favorite place was a park you find with an overlook on the water. The music during battle was solid, albeit unspectacular. If I had to throw a number to rate the graphics & sound on a scale of 1-10, the number that pops into my head would be an eight. Graphics and sound being a high level, but did not leave a lasting impression on me.

Fun Factor & Replay Value:
This is a bit more subjective and depends on what you want to get from the title. The achievement "Victory of the Millennium" where you must beat the True Final Millennium Tower is not worth it. I had to grind for about 50 hours to stand a chance against the stuff they throw at you in the final tower. In the end, I did it, but it was an exercise in frustration and persistence.
Aside from wanting to complete the game I do not feel that it was worth it. The only tangible way to level up efficiently for this achievement is to spend time in this underground dungeon you unlock in the back end of the game and kill these Invested Vagabond enemies that award a ton of experience. It's fitting these games have this enemy type since it’s a reference to the metal slime enemies in Dragon Quest, but when it's your only option to power level it sucks the fun out of the whole thing.
If you rule out completing it, that was the ONLY achievement I found a chore to do, BOY was it a chore though! After doing that, I felt the desire to come back to the game leave me but there's still a ton of replay value and fun to be had. From all the minigames, to unlocking all the dialogue/chats your characters have. The game has its own achievement system of sorts, and if you aren't even an achievement hunter like me, this is the sort of title you can throw on for a chill evening and play some blackjack or some kart racing.

Final Thoughts:
I seriously doubt anyone will read all of this, I'm just a random guy on the internet who has completed this game. I like to do this when I complete a game, it's like me marking the end of a chapter in my life and this is the epilogue to that chapter. I got about three hundred or so hours out of this title, so I got a return on my investment. It's definitely a slow burn, it took a few chapters to seriously get going for me but when it did, I was hooked. I loved the story and the gameplay in equal measure. The peak into Japanese culture was intoxicating. I saw it was on sale for $26.99 and that feels like a deal for the value here. Just make sure to give it some time to work its charms on you. This is the type of game that you must be in a mood to "immerse" yourself in to get the most out of if you catch my drift.

My final rating for Yakuza: Like a Dragon would be a 9/10.
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What a sunset
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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Did this in one take, if you enjoyed this let me know what other bosses and songs I should combine! Cuphead is awesome btw!
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It's kinda rose-colored, right? First in the sea, then it spreads to the sky, then to the whole city. It gets brighter and brighter, 'till everything glows.
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unreal 2 Aug, 2022 @ 3:34pm 
Nice Profile! Lots of achievements and time put in :crtamazed:
Kxppxz 4 Feb, 2018 @ 3:28am 
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good times when we played Gorillaphant, its on your youtube