Recent reviews by John Halo

first i would like to say, I don't get all the negative reviews complaining about Sony, the devs have nothing to do with the fact that Sony is shady and greedy.

In short:
The visuals are amazing, one of the prettiest games I have ever played.
The combat is satisfying and fun while still being challenging.
the story and writing are great.

In long:
*spoliers*
The game takes place in 13th century Japan, the mongols have just invaded Tsushima. The samurai are helpless against the invasion, the mongols have the upper hand because the samurai refuse to use tactics which would be seen as dishonorable. You play as Jin sakai, nephew to Lord Shimura. As the war progresses Jin realises he must abandon the code of honor of the samurai in order to win the war. The path Jin takes leads him to become "The Ghost", a legend among Tsushima and an enemy which the mongols fear, this leads to conflict between Jin and his uncle.
of course this is only the surface of the story, but the characters and story are very good, The choice between keeping your honor or abandoning it is very interesting. Most of the main quests are very well structured and honeestly so are the sidequests, some of them are filler but others i will remember for a long time.
The combat in this game is one of the best that gaming has ever seen, its extremely satisfying.
The exploration is fine, many of it is a bit repetitive but its not too boring.
The DLC of Iki island is quite good actually, not too long but some fun missions

my biggest complaint is the amount of cutscenes; almost every NPC you talk with will start a cutscene with you can't skip, and most of them are useless apart from extending gameplay time. Seriously, so many times i talked to some NPC just to move 5 steps talk to another NPC and enter a cutscene.
that and some minor bugs are my only complaint.

This game is like a 9.5/10

I saw corps strip farmers of water ... and eventually of land. Saw them transform Night City into a machine fueled by people's crushed spirits, broken dreams and emptied pockets. Corps've long controlled our lives, taken lots... and now they're after our souls! V, I've declared war not because capitalism's a thorn in my side or outta nostalgia for an America gone by. This war's a people's war against a system that's spiralled outta our control. It's a war against the ♥♥♥♥♥♥' forces of entropy, understand? Do whatever it takes to stop 'em, defeat 'em, gut 'em. If I gotta kill, I'll kill. If I need your body, I'll ♥♥♥♥♥♥' take it! ♥♥♥♥♥♥' hell ... You still don't see it. But you will one day.

-Johnny Silverhand

not fun, really boring

recently I have become bored with basically any game i own,
But this game does not get old, the horror aspect does not go away no matter how many hours you have.
You must play it with friends, you wont regret it.

penis haha funny

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is a masterpiece.
The original trilogy has some of the best story and sandbox gaming has to offer,
I couldn't recommend it anymore than I already do.