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@Jimmer-jammer Hey buddy, really fantastic review! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It’s extremely well-written and I appreciated the description and the clear outlay of your concerns with the game (and praise for it too). I’ve played neither AW2 nor the first game and I feel like I more lucidly understand the series and its strengths and shortcomings from your review than from anything else I’ve read about it.

And just in case you worry that your brutal honesty about the game’s undue hype is unfairly turning people away from playing it, I am actually still curious to try the series. Even if they are 7/10 games, there’s plenty to like about them, it seems. There’s plenty of 7’s that I adore and hold dearly in my historical catalog. If anything, your review may have heightened my curiosity even more. The only part that really is a deterrent is the report about the bugs. I don’t want to deal with that. Hopefully they are patched eventually.

@Th3solution Thanks for reading! I don’t really write reviews but felt very compelled to do so in this case due to my strong reaction to it. The very fact I was provoked in such a manner tells me Remedy is doing something very right! Glad to hear you’re not deterred, as that’s not my intention. It’s fascinating and interesting on so many levels but that alone doesn’t translate to a great video game for me. A great game has to be holistically fun to interact with and I just hit too many roadblocks there despite deeply enjoying the areas I felt it excelled in. I’d be curious to hear your thoughts when you get to it!

@Jimmer-jammer Sometimes it’s well worth the effort and time to play a middling game if there are moments of creativity or excellence sprinkled throughout. The last game I