Immortals Fenyx Rising (2020)

Just 100%'d this game. Took about 64.5 hours total. Unfortunately (or not?), it looks like new game + and nightmare mode net you nothing, so there's no point in doing it. I have Ghost of Tsushima to start anyhow.

I paid $40 for this game, and it has definitely been worth every penny. Never expected in my wildest dreams to get this kind of enjoyment out of it.

20+ hours in and it's so fucking good!!! There is so much to see, so much to explore, so much to do!! The story is a bit meh, and the character development for the main character is non-existent, but this game is just FUN to play. Love every bit of it. Doing a healthy balance of side quests + the main story, hence I'm nearly 2x the play time as the avg. completion time here and not done yet.

This is a great blend of BotW and the Assassin's Creed series. I wish the graphics were cel-shaded though. It looks a bit generic/cheap because it isn't. A lot of this game feels generic or like a cheap imitation, but it definitely isn't.

I'd been hankering for a exploration focused open world game since Breath of the Wild landed a bit outside of my wheel house. I decided to give this a try since ACG and Easy Allies both seemed to like it rather well.

I'm about 10 hours in and have been having a lot of fun so far. The game feels a bit by-the-numbers, but everything comes together quite well. The world map is densely packed with minor and major challenges in a way that it kinda feels like you're running from mini-game to mini-game. I'll see if that continues to be a positive for me, but so far I've dug it. Combat, movement, etc. are all solid. The humor is kinda groan-y dad joke level and the story is basically what you'd expect for a game based on Greek Mythology, but I'm down with it.

I know that sounds meh, but it's good meh. Like, I probably won't think back to the game a whole lot when I finish it, but when I see the name, think to myself "Yeah, that was nice". And, honestly, that's just the thing I was looking for right now.

I'm steadily playing through this on PS5 and I have a few thoughts so far. First its very much a Zelda BOTW inspired/copied (depending on how you want to define it) game and that's ok for the most part. There are sections that don't work as well though. The environment art style is nice, but very samesy and graphically speaking its a bit lacklustre.

There's dozens upon dozens hours worth of gameplay. Completing the story, unlocking all upgrades, solving all puzzles etc looks like its going to take me 60-70 hours. Which is good but it does get quite repetitive after a while.

The vaults which are basically Zelda shrines don't work nearly as well as they do in Zelda though. A lot are tedious and frustrating through no fault of you own. There's one where wind had to blow a ball and before I could even reach a point where I need to intercept it to stop it from falling, it had fallen off the side (an area the player can't get to). I mean like what am I supposed to do other than try again until the game gets it right.

The game's not terrible but I'm already disappointed with it. I should have held off and waited until it was cheaper. £50 seems pretty steep. £30-£35 would have been better.