God of War: Ascension Review

For the sake of crossing off the final Greek God of War game and while the game isn't terrible, it's just forgettable and mediocre. Everything about it felt like I was going through the motions and the Uncharted like climbing didn't help it. I can't really think of anything that Acension has over other games in the series. It's such a shame because God of War 3's engine looks amazing and is fantastic here, and it pains me to see it get wasted on a forgettable game.

Everything Acension does, God of War 3 does better. The story is almost like an anime filler arc. The events of it never gets mentioned later in the series and it just feels so skippable. Kratos is extremely boring and stuff where he says, "I have spilled enough innocent blood" feels unearned. Orkos and Kratos barely even interact. 

The ending is so contradicting considering Kratos still remembers and hates himself for killing his family later in the timeline anyway. It's out of place. An alright game, but I am reminding myself that games I found mediocre at the time are still mediocre now.

Batman: Arkham Knight Brief Thoughts

Yeeeeeeah, I know why this game left a bad taste in my mouth when I beat it the first time. The game could've just ended with the Jason Todd unmasking and then Batman apprehends Scarecrow but then it goes on for another couple of more hours. 

And it just drags on and on. Rocksteedy also proves that Joker is the only villain they even know how to write. I don't even get how Crane was still a threat after Jason Todd turned face. It was literally the latter's milita forces. And it felt like the Batmobile getting destroyed was the "point of no return" but it keeps going.

And after dragging itself out for so long, the game then expects you to 100% the game to get the "true" and conclusive ending, and the ending isn't even worth all those hours Despite Knight adding some neat additions to the series and some cool ideas to the formula. I still think it's the weakest in the Arkham series, that and the games taking place over the course of a night gimmick is just silly now.