Woke up at 4:00 AM and played until 8:00 AM. Finished right before the baby woke up.
Absolutely loved the game. Probably my second favorite PS5 game after Returnal. It really exceeded my expectations, especially those last few hours.
What I loved
- Eve and Lily - Lily is probably my favorite character in the game, she's just so dang cute and fun to be around.
- Enemy Design
- Boss Fights
- Great balance of linear and open world
- Perfect length - Game is super well paced and not once did I feel bored. I completed it in about 36 hours and that was doing everything minus fishing and can collecting.
- Combat feels great
What I disliked
- Sometimes the jump feels a bit floaty when doing the platforming sections. I fell off those robots quite a few times.
- Voice acting in certain spots wasn't that good. Although I think some people are being too harsh. I thought Eve sounded good and so did Adam and Lily. It's mostly the NPC quest givers that sound bad.
Critically I'd score it a 9/10 but for me this might be one of those rare games that I give a 10 to because I just enjoyed it so much. To me it just felt like an amazing PS3 title with much better graphics. I want to see more of this type of game in the industry. Looking forward to another playthrough and getting that platinum trophy.
