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https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,8821.msg155281.html#msg15528182. Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia [18/20]
- Xbox One -+- Visually it's probably my favorite out of the 3 chronicles games. I love the colors and the almost eerie vibe the game has.
- Definitely the best story out of the 3 games. I love that you can switch between the two main characters, and the ending is also pretty interesting if you know about the real story of Anastasia (The fact name Nikolai gave her was actually the name of a woman who pretended to be Anastasia). Nikolai is a very interesting and unique character compared to all the other assassins and I honestly liked him a lot!
-- I still have issues with the fighting because you really can't fight tbh. You'll be dead before you even try to fight back.
83. Grand Theft Auto IV [20/20]
- Xbox 360 -+- Graphically it's STUNNING! Even today the game is extremely impressive tbh. All the little details, the choice of colors... everything is just really realistic. The only thing that has aged imo are the characters but I've seen worse from that time.
- I loved the story and the characters. Compared to the other games, it's a lot more dark and serious. While the characters are still over the top, there are a lot more serious characters which fits well with the game imo (it would've been annoying if all of them were like Brucie lol). At first I wasn't really feeling Niko, he seemed like such an odd and different character from the other protagonists but I really quickly warmed up to him and he's now one of my favorite character from the franchise. He's just a good guy with a sad story and I was honestly amazing playing through his story.
- Amazing missions. A lot easier than the previous games but just as entertaining!
- Overall a better gameplay. I'm not a fan of it but it's a lot better.
- Overall just a classic game everybody should play at least once.
- Quality acting as always in this franchise.
-- The gameplay has aged a LOT. I love the shooting and fighting, but everything else seems so slow! I mean I get it Niko isn't the most athletic person but still he was in the army he should run at least a little faster lol. But honestly my biggest issue was the driving. It tried to be really realistic and imo they did a good job at it but I absolutely HATED it. It's weird because I can say the driving controls were bad, it's just that I personally didn't like it. The chasing missions especially mad me hat it even more lol.
84. Saints Row [20/20]
- Xbox 360 -+- Graphically it was so much better than what I expected. Obviously it's pretty dated sine the game came out in like 2006 but it's actually not that different from Saints Row 2 imo.
- Loved the story, the first game was the only saints row I hadn't played so it was pretty cool to see where all the characters came from. You also have some antagonists from the second game as your friends so it's kinda weird lol (Julius, Dex...)
- Really fun missions. If you've played the second game it's actually relatively similar, even the activities (except there are a lot less in this game which makes sense). The side quests/activities are also really cool, especially mayhem which is one of my favorite side quest from the franchise.
- Really good gameplay. You can tell the game took a lot of inspiration from the PS2 GTA games when it comes to gameplay, however it is totally perfected and even today feels really great to play. I love the driving, it's really arcade-ish but it's really easy to control and actually fits the game.
- AMAZING soundtrack!! The first two saints row game have one of my favorite soundtracks ever in a video game! SO many amazing songs!
-- The streets can feel a bit dead. There are often no cars which is annoying if you don't have one and try to steal one lol.
85. The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit [20/20]
- Xbox One -+- Graphically it's stunning! I love the Life Is Strange franchise's art style and even if this demo was short it still blew my mind graphically.
- The story was amazing, short, but amazing! It really showed the life of an abused kid, and they made a really good job at making the game realistic. What I mean by "realistic" is that I truly felt like I was the kid and thought about every action I made before doing them to try to get the dad mad. The acting was amazing and overall I was really impressed by what they managed to do with a barely 2 hour long demo.
- A perfect "demo", it totally got me hyped for Life is Strange 2! Btw it's TOTALLY FREE so if you're a LIS fan definitely try it!
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86. Saints Row: Gat out of Hell [20/20]
- Xbox 360 -+- If you liked Saints Row IV (which you probably didn't lol but I did so yeah) you'll love this game. I personally LOVED Saints Row IV because it was just so funny, but this game takes it to a next level lmao. I mean where else have you seen the Devil and his daughter singing a theater song? The game is extremely over the top and I liked every moment of it.
- You play as Johnny Gat which is like the best thing ever. You can also play as Kinzie (which I didn't because even tho I like her Johnny IS Saints Row).
- A fun story with fun characters.
- Fun gameplay, it's basically the same as Saints Row IV with some variations.
-- I wish Hell was a bit more "fun". It's kinda stupid to say that because obviously it's hell but I wish it wasn't so bland in way. I think they could've done something more extreme.
87. Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned [20/20]
- Xbox 360 -+- Amazing story and characters. I LOVED Johnny, he's just like Niko, a really different protagonist than what we're used to in a GTA game. He's a good guy who does bad things, but at the end of the day always look out for his friends. It's actually pretty depressing playing with him knowing his fate in GTA V but it's what it is lol. I loved the story as a whole, and I also like that it's actually linked to GTA IV's main story.
- I loved how different the game felt from GTA IV, even tho it's a DLC it actually felt like a completely different game! The lighting is a lot darker and makes the whole vibe of the game a lot more sad and sinister.
- While I still hate the driving controls, driving the new bikes was actually really easy and lot less annoying than driving cars.
- Idk if the songs were new or I just never heard them in GTA IV, but the rock station is AMAZING.
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88. Yakuza 2 [20/20]
- Playstation 2 -+- Amazing story once again! This story takes a bit more time to become interesting, in the first game I feel like you were thrown into the action right away, here t takes more time to build up but after a few hours it becomes amazing! I think I might even like the story more than the 1st ones.
- Lot of cool new characters like Kaoru and Ryuji. We also get to know more about some of the original characters like Date and Tereda. Also Majima is god.
- A new city, Kansai. Even tho it's smaller than Kamurocho, it's cool to have a new place to explore. Plus the main story is still mainly in Kamurocho.
- A lot more side quests (I didn't do a lot of them, I was focusing more on the main story tbh, but the few I did were pretty funny).
- People don't run up to you to beat you up every two seconds in the street ike they did in the first game. It still happens but a lot less.
-- Graphically I didn't really see a huge difference compared to the first game tbh.
89. The King of Fighters: Neowave [18/20]
- Playstation 2 -+- A pretty solid roster!
- Amazing stages! They actually reminded me a lot of the stages from 97-98 which were my favorites. The 3d effect also works very well here!
- Good soundtrack.
- Overall a solid game to finish the PS2 KOF era.
-- A few fighters missing but not that bothering overall.
- Once again the difficulty but i'm not even mad at it anymore lol.
90. The King of Fighters XII [18/20]
- Xbox 360 -+- Graphically it's just really refreshing to see something totally new after playing through all the previous KOF games. The stages are stunning and the fighters looks really great. The only one who I hate are Ralf and Clark. They made them look so big they don't even look like how they're supposed to look like lol.
- Great gameplay.
- One thing I liked is that it gave me a lot of OG SNK vibes, kinda reminded me of the Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting games more than KOF tbh.
- Great soundtrack.
-- Overall I just feel like a lot of things are missing. There's not that many stages and the roster is pretty small.
91. Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony [20/20]
- Xbox 360 -+- The story and characters are amazing! This game has so many fun characters! Luis is an amazing protagonist, while he's not the most unique, he's very likable and actually reminds me of CJ who's one of my favorite GTA character of all time. Tony is also super funny and form a really unique duo with Luis lol. The story is similar to TLAD when it comes to showing a different side of events that happened in GTA IV, but it also has it's own unique characters and story line with the whole club managing stuff. Overall it's definitely the funnest and happiest story out of the GTA IV games, it has a happy ending where no one died which is rare lol.
- Really fun missions WITH CHECKPOINTS. I'm so so SO happy to finally have checkpoints lol.
- Graphically it's the same as the original game but just like TLAD it has new lighting which makes the atmosphere feel completely different. It's really cool to see Liberty City with more sun lol.
- Amazing soundtrack, by soundtrack I mean that one 80's radio station Tony is obsessed with lol.
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92. Yakuza 3 [20/20]
- Playstation 3 -+- The story is amazing! I love how we get to see a totally different side of Kazuma with the orphanage.
- Amazing characters.[SPOILER] I thought that Kaoru leaving would be a bad thing but Kazuma and Rikiya's relationship is so much better imo. Rikiya's death was by far the saddest death of the serie so far! I also loved the kids at the orphanage, they added a whole new vibe to the serie and I found the chapter at the orphanage really fun tbh. Mine is also an amazing villain and the building up the finding he's the real villain was really good.
- New graphics! I'm so happy I don't have to play with that horrible camera angle anymore lol. The characters also look really good, the animations have aged a bit but it's still really beautiful to look at.
- Great voice acting.
-- I'm still annoyed about the random people who wants to fight Kazuma all the time lol. He works in a goddamn orphanage now leave him alone lmao.
93. Agents of Mayhem [18/20]
- Playstation 4 -+- Love the different characters. While it could've been overwhelming to have so many characters in one game, they're actually all really unique and memorable. Hollywood and Hardtack were my favorite with Gat obviously.
- Really fun gameplay. Each character has their own abilities and weapons so it makes the gameplay really diverse when it comes to combat.
- While the story isn't crazy interesting, the humor and personalities of the characters really make it super fun. I love how the game doesn't take itself seriously, and while you could say that it's similar to Saints Row, it actually reminded me a lot more of Sunset Overdrive which is a game I adored.
-- The missions are a bit to similar. It's kinda always the same thing, fight legion soldiers, go the the lairs (that look identical) and activate some portals or whatever. It just needs more diverse missions.
94. Assassin's Creed: Origins [20/20]
- Playstation 4 -+- Graphically the game is breathtaking. The map is huge and so beautiful, one of the most stunning open world game I've ever played. There are so many different locations and each city feels completely different. Also climbing the Pyramids is one of the most amazing feeling tbh. The characters and animations are also on point. Overall it's just perfect when it comes to graphics.
- One of the most interesting story if you're an Assassin's Creed fan. Playing as the first assassin's and finding out how the brotherhood came to life is really interesting. Bayek's story reminds me a lot of Ezio's (who's my favorite Assassin to this day), they both lost someone and then became a major piece of the assassin's brotherhood. Bayek is a really cool character, he's charismatic and can be pretty funny too but also has this aggressive side that the last Assassins didn't have (meaning Assassin's from Unity/Syndicate, not a bad thing btw since they were completely different type of characters) which makes him stand out more. I also liked Aya, even tho I thought [SPOILER] how she basically became super cold towards Bayek at the end was super weird. Maybe I was just blind through the whole game but Bayek and Aya's break up really came out of nowhere to me lol.
- Finally interesting side quests! One thing I always complain about when it comes to open world games from Ubisoft is the lack of interesting side quests, however in this game the side quests play a major part of the experience and I couldn't be happier tbh. I played about 90% of the side quests and all of them were very interesting tbh, some of them even had cut scenes which was surprising since side quests usually don't have any cut scenes.
-- Overall I feel like the gameplay was just worst in every way compared to the previous games. Now i'm not saying it's bad and if I hadn't played any of the previous games I wouldn't have any problem with the gameplay, but I felt like Bayek was just a lot less athletic or agile or whatever compared to the previous assassins. Some of the jumps Bayek missed I could swear Ezio made them easily. Also the fact that you don't have to hold R2 to run fucked me up at the beginning lol. But the one thing that I truly didn't like was the fighting, it's so basic compared to the previous games imo. I really missed all the cool killing animations tbh.
95. NBA Live 19 [20/20]
- Xbox One -+- Some really cool new animations like the double dunk and between the leg dribble moves.
- Being able to play as a female is honestly super dope. Being a 7'2 female rim protector and blocking dunks is really satisfying for some reason lol.
- Stunning outside courts!
- New rep mode and new game modes that are pretty cool.
- Being able to upgrade your player easily just by playing the game is pretty good compared to 2K lol.
- Overall better gameplay.
- The WNBA is still a really nice part of the game.
- Court Battle is probably my favorite mode (I don't play ultimate team) because one of the things I hated in 18 was not being able to play with historic players and while I still wish they just added regular historic teams I can at least play with old school players without having to play UT.
-- I really wish they added a league/franchise mode for the WNBA. The WNBA is one of the main reason I buy the game in the first place so it sucks that they only have a play now mode.
- It's not really the game's fault but the community is absolute ASS. I hate that it's matchmaking and not a park like in 2k because the gameplay is fun but it's ruined by people who either ball hog or have zero basketball IQ. Live 18's players weren't that stupid or at least I don't remember them to be lol.
96. NBA 2k19 [20/20]
- Xbox One -+- While there are some issues with the gameplay, it's still way better than Live imo. It's a lot more fluid and you have a lot more control over what you do.
- Historic players. While they didn't add any new team they did add some new cool players (also took out some like Chris Bosh =( ).
- A way better prelude/story for career mode. Last year was cheeks, it made zero sense why you even was in the NBA after a simple street game, but this year you actually go undrafted then you play overseas and in the G League. While I wish it was more of a simple play in High School/College then do the Draft combine and get drafted, it's still a lot better then last year.
- A way better player creation mode. Last year was horrible, they completely downgraded the facial customization and I love to make players who aren't in the game (High School/college...) so I was kinda mad but this year it's probably my favorite customization mode of any 2K. I do wish they could've just taken WWE 2K's character creation because it's hands down one of the best character creator I've ever used, but I'm still happy it was at least improved.
- The cages is a really fun new mode tbh. Even tho it's kinda ruined by the trash player who can only shoot 3s in the cages, it's still fun.
-- Like most 2k's not real huge difference, either gameplay wise or graphically compared to last year.
- I wish the story continued at least throughout our rookie year, after the prelude there's not story wish makes career mode a little boring.
97. Gears of War 2 [20/20]
- Xbox 360 -+- I played the first game a few months ago but didn't want to play the second one right after because I played the Xbox One remake and was afraid I'd find the game ugly compared to the first one but it's actually pretty good. While it has aged I still found it beautiful even today.
- This game is a perfect sequel, took everything that was good in the first one and made it even better. There are so many great moments in this game but my favorite was probably in the mental hospital (or that abandoned house or whatever lol).
- Really cool characters. Marcus is a badass protagonist but imo it's his team that makes the game so great! Especially Baird and Cole.
- Amazing gameplay.
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