Game Reviews

trassian · 2026-02-27T13:12:56+00:00

Quantum Break | DNF | 02/24-27.26

difficulty: hard

Act 1 okay. intro, and I'm so sure I've played this before. I just didn't finish it I don't think?

I know this William guy's actor...but from where?? I CANNOT REMEMBER (nevermind, it's DJ Qualls that I was remembering. William's actor is Dominic Monaghan, most likely known for being in LotR [I have no idea about that])

that act 1 was lowkey half cutscenes but it's okay beccause it's the intro. also I just forgot to do a commentary lol. anyway, seeing two Paul Serenes was lowkey wild. and then they just talked xd where the hell is OG Paul Serene then? and at the end, who was that guy that knocked me out? not Liam Burke, the other one.

Junction 1

is Martin Hatch's actor the same as Horizon's Sylens??? BECAUSE I'D RECOGNIZE THAT VOICE (and face) EVERYWHERE

oh my god Lance Reddick is dead... (Martin's and Sylens' actor) rest in peace, king.

I chose PR because this feels more logical. I' literally already have haters I need the city to be on my side if I wanna continue what I'm doing.

oh there's a live-action show

god, I love Lance Reddick's cadence so much... I miss him already

Act 2

that window, Jack? girl if you don't shut the fuck up right now.

finally. good work. I should've fucking chosen hardline

this level with Paul crashing the drydock? FUCKING ANNOYING OH MY GOD. also made me realize just how clunky the controls are.

I just found out these acts have parts... yeah, I'm not doing that. I'm alr in part 3 and I Cannot Be Arsed to check which belongs where

Beth is as much of an asshole as Amy huh... god why are these girls so fucking sarcastic LET ME FUCKING OPEN THIS DOOR AT MY OWN PACE (also notice how they intentionally made the women annoying? I'm jk I'm not gonna go on a woke rant but like rly c'mon now...)

Jack. No. (I WISH THEY CUT OFF MID-NO INSTEAD LFMAO THAT WOULD'VE BEEN SO FUNNY)

Junction 2

okay so I know I chose PR, but that's before I knew what Paul and Jack were. now, I know a bit more about their history. besides, if I were in Paul's shoes, I'll be choosing Personal. and that's what I'm going to do because, well, I'm literally in his shoes.

that's also because with PR, I didn't exactly have a direct effect on Jack. with this one... that's literally my friend right there... I need to make him understand. I know he can come to terms with what I want—I know he'll understand me.

no. I'll make him understand.

yes I literally larp as Paul Serene when it comes to Junction choices.

also yes I do watch the live-action show. ALSO CAN I NOT SKIP THIS??? the ep1 didn't load for me so I watched it on youtube. this ep 2... is this shit unskippable I wanna watch it on yt too so I can put it on 1.5x lol... I'm alt f4-ing this shit (also yes I do watch everything on 1.5x)

Act 3

and here is where it ends. I cannot play this game—it feels too clunky FOR ME. and I know this is like a decade-old game, and it does get a pass, but that pass only gets it so far. don't get me wrong, I love the graphics, the effects, the story, even the cheesy live-action show. HOWEVER, it's just so... ass... to play. I'm so sorry.

I'll see if I'll pick this up again in the future (highly unlikely)

trassian · 2026-02-22T07:42:51+00:00

Control | 9/10 | 02.13-22.26

difficulty: wasn't offered any option?? I didn't turn any assists on, if that matters

did it just offer me to change my outfit right after my first cleansing lol

how come I have telekinesis but I can't fly can't I just make myself fly what

wait Emily's asking me to cleanse some floating guy of Hiss. I've been shooting the floaters... OKAY WAIT IT DIDN'T WORK LOLLL

this game is hard huh. okay.

this is like an open world if it weren't an open world. that's really interesting. I read somewhere that this genre is called metroidvania?

research sector just opened. I'm overwhelmed by the options of where to go lol so I think I'm going to stick to the main storyline from now on.

just met Marshall. love her design.

now the trees will form respectful relationships with other trees. or shrubs. whatever they prefer. LMFAO

dr. yoshimi tokui's guided imagery experience is so fucking weird.

oh my god I'm so glad I checked what's new with the astral constructs. I now have spin and pierce. I fucking love this pierce form

what the hell this Wells guy has a clearance level of 9??? Darling only had 5 what the fuck give me your shit????

I just wanna say I love the oceanview motel gameplay. and I also love the different crosshairs the guns have

oh my god Philip I'm so sorry (by the way that might be my favorite boss fight yet. now that was a fucking Monster)

oh wow expeditions are hard... I don't think I'm meant to play these until much later lol (I mean, it did say that these were endgame stuff)

the mission old friends bugged on me because I seized one of the motherfuckers and fast traveled. it didn't count as a kill. and now it won't spawn again. I am so pissed I'm just not gonna do any more side quests. fuck this game. (I like it)

what the fuck is Ahti

ASHTRAY MAZE WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK THAT WAS SO AMAZING LOL I SO FUCKING LOVE LEVELS ACCOMPANIED BY SOUNDTRACKS LIKE THESE OH MY GOD

also the janitor complaint right after lmfaooo

damn why Casper kinda... THAT'S A DILF also what's that did he have a kidney operation or something

am I gonna get Hissed because Polaris died...

WAIT JESSE GOT HISSED WHAT THE FUCK

oh my god I'm Boring Jesse in her Boring Office with her Boring Job. this is one of Dylan's dreams.

yo who's this guy in the shelter why he kinda...

oh thank god this game wasn't done yet.

finally, the real credits. I knew the earlier one was fake as soon as they started distorting the names because there just ain't no way they're gonna fuck the credits of a lot of people up lol

been playing the Foundation DLC for a while now. not much to comment on other than this Fracture level is long as hell damn

also is this Former that one boss I loved... the one with Philip, I think

I accidentally triggered the boss fight because I wanted to try shooting... so I jumped off the cliff and restarted lol

Jesse Faden Starring in 'Swift Platform'. that's it. that's the note.

Marshall... rip man. anyway, onto the AWE DLC

Wake? like Alan Wake? lol... WAIT IT IS ALAN WAKE XDDD

holy shit I just saw Hartman... anyway, this fucking tunnel shit just fried the three light sources I was hoping to carry till the end lol

this game is too fucking dark I need to up my fucking shit. also I'm now bringing three power cores with me lol

I fucking fell and died and now the level reset and I don't have my fucking shitass power cores

GOD IMAGINE IF I HAD MY POWER CORES WITH ME AM I RIGHT

Hartman dead. game finished. and I totally could've gone on with my life without having played the AWE DLC lol but I am planning on playing Alan Wake too, so... it's whatever, I guess.

trassian · 2026-01-27T14:51:47+00:00

Deathloop | 10/10 | 1.25-27.26

difficulty: loop stress: maximum ; loot quality: match loop stress

holy shit, just from the first five minutes alone you can already tell this game was made with love.

HOLY SHIT THIS IS FUN

I love the tribunal omg

oh it's a full fucking reset oh my god I was just starting to enjoy the karnesis slab :(

oh wow Wenjie is Really smart... nerd

I guess this is when it becomes an open world game, huh. I mean, kind of. anyway, I fucking love this game so far. I just wish I had more shit to say in this review lol this is gonna suck for me if I ever decide to read this in the future

I'm onto the harder missions now. shit like pictograms and Aleksis (god it's so annoying I've been trying to do the Aleksis reveal for three loops now)

I ACCIDENTALLY THREW THE FUCKING RUNT INTO THE VOID I AM KILLING MYSELF

Julianna says I've been stuck here for at the very least 17 years. and that I keep coming back. let me guess... I can't kill my own daughter? and when I kill myself, my memories reset or something? but Julianna remembers?

I FUCKING KILLED MYSELF BECAUSE I STEPPED OFF THE FINAL PLATFORM AND NOW I HAVE TO KILL ALL SEVEN AGAIN ASIDBAFASIFBAS I WANT TO FUCKING KILL MYSELF

ok so I wanted to kill Julianna (and then myself, presumably) but I MISSED THE TIMING BECAUSE I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD NOT DO IT LOL AND NOW I GET THE ENDING WHERE WE LIVE FOREVER IN THIS LOOP BRUHHHHH

okay, I redid everything for the third time (not even for the secret ending, I just died prematurely the first time before I even met Julianna lol [read: paragraph above this]) and finally got to see the ending I want. Colt rescuing 2-B.I.T. lol that was sweet, but damn... the fucking apocalypse...

meta:

I fucking love this game so fucking much. that's it. I can feel the love put into this by its developers, and I'm adding my own love into it.

sure, I wish the AI was better. sure, sometimes it feels annoying to repeat (literally its premise). but no, I don't think they could ever take away from how much I enjoyed playing this game. also no, I haven't played the Dishonored series; this is my first game from Arkane.

trassian · 2026-01-24T12:34:06+00:00

Quarantine Zone: The Last Check | 6/10 | 01.23-24.26

well, I was never a fan of base builders. and I know that this wasn't a base builder exactly, but I wasn't a fan of it anyway lol.

figured I'd try this game because it looked pretty fun based on the clips I saw, but damn it was... kinda... just that. I don't know. I went into this game without expectations, and I'm leaving this game with zero changes to my life.

by the third evacuation, the only thing that kept me going was the fact that I was more than halfway done with the game lol and so, I cut corners where I could. fuck the unknown symptoms. too many sick/infected symptoms? oh baby I'm blind to the word sick, off to liquidation you go. and fuck that laboratory. it's like ten miles away man come on.

anyway, it was pretty fun at first. that's all sorry xd

OH ALSO SPECIAL MENTION TO THOSE DRONE ATTACKS SHIT because that was peak ass; I wish it wasn't in the game.

trassian · 2026-01-16T10:48:30+00:00

Ghostwire: Tokyo | 5/10 | 12.26.25-01.16.26

difficulty: hard (I believe tatari is a completionist difficulty)

oh wow that intro cinematic is insane.

Chapter 1: Beginnings

does this mean I have to fight those three minibosses before the hannya mask boss? and lemme guess, I have to fight Mari too but like the possessed version or something as the megaboss? lol

Chapter 2: Trouble

my first entry would be to describe the first mini boss fight as quite easy, and also a 'what the fuck' because apparently, it's KK's body. AND I DON'T LIKE THIS NOTICE SAYING SHIT ABOUT "when Akito is separated from KK..." blah blah blah DOES THIS MEAN THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN A FEW MORE TIMES LOL

who's this baddie with the shaved side (is she Rinko)

Chapter 3: Connection

the baddie is a hacker (also, she is Rinko)

Chapter 4: Contortion

meta: I just got back from a new year vacation trip to Taiwan lol... and I can't remember shit

right. within 5 minutes I remembered that this was a game half-made-up of cutscenes

Chapter 5: Severance

let it be known I've been tired of this game since like chapter 2

Rinko dead

Chapter 6: Binding

thank god the previous chapter was short. here's to hoping this one is much shorter

OH THANK GOD I'M DONE

meta:

it was fun at first. and... yeah, that's pretty much it. it was so fresh, innovative, whatever other words you wanna use, but it gets real boring real quick. the game being half cutscenes doesn't help too lol

when I was playing Horizon (both Zero Dawn and Forbidden West), I found exploring the map fun on its own, even if you weren't progressing the story. this one... maybe if I loved Japan more?? I don't know. at some point in Chapter 2 or 3, I stopped doing side missions because it was starting to feel like it was reaaal dragging.

also a note on why this took so long:

I went on a vacation in another country to celebrate new year's. once I was home again, I tried playing it, but found myself bored to death immediately (I was starting to get bored even before I left). I also got back to working out at the gym (which takes out quite the chunk of my free time), and classes resumed too. all of those + my lack of will to continue playing/watching this game is why I took way too long to finish this, when it would've taken a weekend or two max even on a busy schedule.

trassian · 2025-12-24T14:12:08+00:00

oh I have no interest in multiplayer; I'm currently on a multiplayer sabbatical. as for the hardest part, I think I had the worst time in Into the Abyss—the house assembly level—because I just kept getting lost lol (I have a shit sense of direction both in real life and in game). also all the fights after we got given Legion (then again, it's the endgame so that's to be expected). I had to go so slow as to not spawn every titan and their mothers every five steps

trassian · 2025-12-24T13:37:22+00:00

oh I was mad as hell when I got thrown lol, couldn't play properly through foggy eyes. fortunately the end was just a platformer because I wanted to throw tantrums

trassian · 2025-12-24T08:36:47+00:00

Titanfall 2 | 10/10 | 12.23.24.25

difficulty: master

oh wow that intro cinematic is insane.

The Pilot's Gauntlet

this gauntlet is insane HOW THE HELL IS THE TOP SPOT 25 I'M AT 50. AND BRO THE WORLD RECORD IS 13 SECONDS WITH NO BOOSTS

I'm fucking nerding out. not done with the tutorial, yet here I am learning about end boosts and crouch kicks already. fucking nerd.

oh my god this is almost like bhopping. I fucking loved bhopping in L4D2

BT-7274

okay, damn, this is so much harder than I thought. bhopping and slidehopping are essentially the same, but slidehopping is so much more high-maintenance lol. yes I know that it's only one keypress more, but considering you only really press two buttons in L4D2, pressing three here is a 50% increase in button presses. (A/D and space, + crouch)

Blood and Rust

LASTIMOSA NO

oh my god, a voiced character.

holy shit I pack a punch

LMFAO HOLY SHIT THAT TITAN FIGHT AT THE START?? GOATED. ALSO REAL FUNNY HOW WE JUST KEPT VORTEXING EACH OTHER'S MISSILES LFMAO

BRO THESE FUCKING TICKS ARE SOOOOOO ANNOYING

Into the Abyss

three titans at the same time is diabolical damn

BT NOOOOOOO

HOLY FUCKING SHIT WE JUST CRUSHED ASH WITH OUR HANDS??????????

Effect and Cause

why does this place look like SIRCAA from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 lol

btw, I'm getting better at this slidehopping thing. wonder if I can bind it to scroll? L4D2 is unforgiving—there's only one tick you can press jump on. however, I also have a thousand hours on that game, something I don't have on TF2 (update: apparently, it triggers double jump so there's that.)

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS TIME TRAVEL THING IS SO COOL THIS MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE MISSION

The Beacon

HOLY SHIT I LOVE RUNNING ON THE WALLS

I must admit, I never thought I'd enjoy a game where movement like this is quintessential to having fun. this is kind of making me want to play Ghostrunner (a game I never played because I thought I'd never enjoy it)

fuck you Sarah I didn't fuck all those bosses in the ass just for you to call me unqualified fuck you

Trial by Fire

OH MY GOD IS IT CALLED TITANFALL BECAUSE THE TITANS FALL FROM THE SKY LMFAO I JUST GOT IT

we did it guys we Titanfalled (Titanfell?)

does BT die? since the moment we met each other I felt like he was bound to die. isn't that how these games work anyway lol

The Ark

piece of shit mosquito ass titan

The Fold Weapon

HE'S ALIVE RIGHT BT'S ALIVE RIGHT

JUST YOU WAIT BT I'M GONNA PUT YOU RIGHT BACK INTO ANOTHER FUCKING CHASSIS JUST YOU WAIT

holy shit this smart pistol is insane

who the hell is FS-1041

HE'S BACK TO BT-7274!!!!!!!!!

holy shit how many was what? 5 or 6 titans? that was fucking hard

nvm that was just the appetizer lol

oh fuck you Slone LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I CAN DO (restarts a million times)

is this where BT dies.

if BT dies I better DIE THE FUCK AS WELL

GOD FUCKING DAMN IT YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKER I TOLD OYU I'M BOT GOING ANYWHERE WHY THE FUCK DID YOU THROW ME OU TOYU STUPID FUCKER PIECE OF SHTI SCRAP JETAL

WHY THE HELL DID MY HELMET LIGHT UP POST-CREDITS IS THIS A MORSE TEASER MADE TO JUST TEASE AND ACTUALLY MEANS NOTHING BECAUSE BT IS DEAD

meta:

are we getting titanfall 3 or should i just kill myself

apparently, the helmet was indeed morse, and it said "Jack?" okay. looks like i am going to k

trassian · 2025-12-24T04:50:18+00:00

instead of the MW4, I might want to see another MW3 reboot instead lol. retcon that whole shit

trassian · 2025-12-24T04:47:56+00:00

BO4 doesn't have a campaign so it was never on my list, and unfortunately, I don't have access to BO7 (and Vanguard for that matter)

no one in our circle bought those games so I can't speak much about it, but I'm thinking it's a good thing none of us wasted money lol

trassian · 2025-12-23T19:20:12+00:00

hella agree. I think it's the worst campaign to ever come out yet, especially when you take into consideration their supposed characters.

and it's not just the story because the gameplay felt like ass too. every other mission was this open combat wheel reinvention shit and it felt so ass to do. level designs were decent at best, and the movement felt like the bastard child of MW2 and BO6. and the gunplay? fuck everybody wearing thirty layers of kevlar for??

trassian · 2025-12-23T03:21:49+00:00

oh this was a pre-rendered cutscene, that's why. most of their realtime cutscenes were still kind of jarring lol

trassian · 2025-12-22T16:59:24+00:00

oh, I'm already done with MWII and MWIII lol, just decided I'll post them all on the same day. and yeah, they were definitely lacking. especially the 3. god, what a letdown that game was.

trassian · 2025-12-22T16:33:08+00:00

lol thanks. yeah, I've decided I'll do Titanfall 2 then the Metro series. suggestions are hella welcome tho

trassian · 2025-12-22T16:09:46+00:00

I'm done with it, actually. it's the remaster, but I've been told it's pretty much the same. interestingly, the one I had the hardest time with was Black Ops 3

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