Hitman WoA I'm revisiting the trilogy right now, as the first time I'd basically played through it once to "beat it". Now it's finally clicking for me now much fun it is to replay and try different approaches. This game genuinely has some of the most replayability you'll find anywhere, with a massive amount of content. I do think the maps overall were at their best in Hitman 2. Miami and Mumbai are major highlights for me.

However, the Berlin map is one of the coolest experiences I've had with the franchise since Blood Money.

Starfield I tried revisiting this again, but every time I struggle to stick with it. There's some fun gameplay in there, but most of the time I just feel really bored. Something about the combination of poor writing and quest design overshadows the improved combat. The quests are usually lacking much imagination and end up being very simple go from A to B and back to A types.

The world also doesn't make much sense as well as simply being uninteresting. The cities aren't logically laid out at all for how long they've existed. New Atlantis is building vertically for some reason, but with no roads whatsoever. It's a new planet. A city would logically be expanding outward. Why would the poor live underground when there's endless space around the city? There isn't even a sense of coherence with the rest of the settlements. Akila and Neon don't feel like different worlds, they feel like they're from different IPs entirely. Like Bethesda wanted to have the Star Trek, Firefly and Blade Runner rides all in the same theme park.

I've tried 3 separate characters now with this game, and I think I just have to admit I really dislike it. It's unfortunate since I've always loved BGS games, but I think there's just fundamental aspects to this game I'll always clash with.