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Easily a contender for game of the year imo.

The graphics are gorgeous to look at and the environments are so rich with detail, it feels like a legitimate city where people lived in at one time. The atmosphere is thick and eerie, perfectly captures a feeling of loneliness, isolation, dread, and unease. The OST is fantastic (as you would expect) and definitely play with headphones, because the audio design is phenomenal. So much attention to detail in the sounds and ambient noise.

Can't recommend old and new fans try this game enough.

Lollipop Chainsaw was a huge hidden gem when it came out for the 360/PS3, it was such a unique game at the time. Super happy to say that it's still as enjoyable to play today. The "original" mode keeps nearly everything intact about the original release and is still a blast. Playing on the "RePop" mode visually is beautiful, it looks great. and while yes, it is more censored than the original version, the artistic choice of the visuals at least fit very well in my opinion. The OST is missing a handful of licensed songs due to licensing issues but the new music that replaces it is perfectly fine, plus the majority of the OST made specifically for the game is still here and are all still banger after banger,

Definitely recommend to fans of the original game, it's more than worth a replay. And definitely encourage people that never experienced the original to give it a whirl, it's a very good time.

I bought this so I wouldn't have to deal with the ads on Crosshair V2. It was worth the money.

Original review below in double brackets. Updated review as of March 27th, 2024.
The game is in a lot better place since launch and my original review. For the most part, the performance issues (on my end at least) are resolved and the game runs quite well now. A few great tracks have been added, and Turn 10 seems dedicated to giving us more QoL and bug fixes amongst new content drops going forward. I can finally recommend this game to other people, especially if you're already a fan of Forza.

((ORIGINAL REVIEW: Right off the bat, I enjoy this game. It's actually quite good and I plan to dump a lot more time into it.

But I can't recommend it to anyone in it's current state on PC. It's a buggy, poorly optimized mess and Microsoft/Turn 10 is just not addressing the issues that are plaguing the game. Maybe a few months down the road (tehe) I'll be able to change this to a positive review once some more care has been given to the game.))

Extremely good turn based JRPG. Takes everything good about the first game and cranks it up to 11. Better writing, better dialogue, amazing music, fun battles, lots of map and areas to explore.

My one downside is that the need fo heavy grinding is still there, especially mid to late game. But you kind of expect that with a JRPG like this so it's a very small negative imo.

Some people don't realize this but there is a game attached to this soundtrack that is pretty alright.

By far the best Horizon game Forza has put out. Graphically on ultra this is one of the best looking games I've ever played. Runs fantastic as well. Amazing selection of cars, lots of fun to play by yourself or gather a group of friends together and just zip around Mexico for hours. Honestly can't ask for a better more arcade feeling racing game.

Probably the best feeling Halo multiplayer experience in years and years. only problems I personally have with the game is how awful the progression system currently is. Since it's technically still in beta I have every confidence this will be fixed in the near future

Hope you like walking.

I've been playing this game for years and it never stops being frustrating. Would recommend for anyone who hates themselves and wants to hate themselves even more.