Video Game Experience : Personal and Unbiased

Completed - Far Cry 5 With its own cast of multiple unique bosses tied to seperate regions, Far Cry 5 offers four epic and intense game finales instead of one,but the journey to these isn't always pleasant. Having your own Roster and  matching music with the different themes of every region are steps forward. Sparing these, the game doesn't offer any major upgrade and has its own set of drawbacks : flawed flying mechanics, unsatisfactory exploration and prolonged traversing, an impersonal story and ineffective depth to the perk and hunting reward system to name a few. Far Cry 5 in three words would be : Quantity over Quality. If you have played any far cry game released from 3, then in a way you have experienced them all, except only Far Cry 3 seems to have a balanced flow of the main campaign with its open world. Ironically, the definition of insanity very well applies to ubisoft's practice of exploiting their same formula in videogames.

Completed : Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time. Having completed the other two parts of the PS2 era trilogy long back on Sony's handheld versions, Sands of time was the only part I was missing. The PS3 port with no improvements whatsoever, manages to weaken the experience with inconsistent audio ranging from unhearable cutscenes to annoying in-game voices. A shame as it's one of the key ingredients in setting the tone of the game. Sands of time hasn't aged particularly well with its age old camera and movement issues. But somewhat resembling ICO in its atmosphere along with the thrill of an action game, it remains a classic combination of time sensitive platforming, tricky puzzles and its iconic trademark : the time reversal mechanic. This winning formula engulfed in the Prince's eternal tale with magical moments as well as frustrating sequences hold up very well today.

Completed : Yakuza 0 The yakuza series had been on my watch from long. Needles to say, it is worth a punch for anyone who owns a playstation. Not the cleanest of experiences, especially for someone who doesn't like to hold the controller down for a lengthy period and yakuza makes you do that plenty. Yes, frustrating at times but exceptionally effective, charging for an emotional rollercoaster full of twists and turns. The main story and missions are carved with thoroughly written characters and sequences. The build up in every chapter leads to finales that actually feel personal and epic putting most games' main ending to bow down. Also,these greatly compliment the game's huge cast of memorable and unique personalities. The stories of our two charismatic playable characters,kiryu and Majima along with numerous antagonists to match, although completely different connect in the most dramatic fashion. Understandably, the excessive dialogues play