Reviewing Ghost of Yotei is interesting to me because I loved Ghost of Tsushima. Furthermore, Ghost of Tsushima had some initial issues for me that were later fixed, and Yotei comes with those changes right out of the gate. Yet, I’m still not as warm on Ghost of Yotei as I was expecting to be.
Let’s get it out of the way now. LEGO Party is Mario Party with a LEGO skin. That fact means that it lacks the charm of recognizable characters and can’t pull content from a legacy dating back before I was born.
On the other hand, LEGO Party is playable without owning a console by an uncompromising, creatively bankrupt, litigious company kept afloat by nostalgia-driven folks trying to relive a happier time. So I have to give it a point in its favor for that alone.
Hades 2 is undoubtedly a great game and one I’ve definitely enjoyed playing. At the same time, it somewhat feels like it’s trying to catch lightning twice, which almost never happens. What I mean by that is, Hades 2 is simply more Hades, it’s a very safe sequel.
I purchased No Man’s Sky when it released back in 2016, and it’s one of the few games I’ve ever refunded. It’s not that it was bad, it’s that it felt non-existent, even with your controller in hand, there simply wasn’t a game in there to actually play.
Over the years, No Man’s Sky has redeemed itself in a way I don’t think any other game has. It has received numerous updates that have essentially overhauled the entire game more than once, and have added a ton of new gameplay systems to its core identity.