I’ve played about three hours ( just a bit past where it truly opens up) so far and I’m really really liking where it’s going already.
It’s GORGEOUS. And somehow, not making my PS4 scream. Combat is very satisfying. Exploration feels weirdly witchery. So many little quality of life touches and fun touches that make a potentially po-faced story much more fun.
I’m already quite annoyed at the EG criticism that Jin lacks character. They go into great detail from the very beginning about how Jin has been brought up as samurai and the code he follows allows for little expression of emotion.
There’s already a sense of a warrior traumatised, about him. Perhaps if Chris Tapsell had played a game about Vulcans he might have got it /sigh.
Just because your character isn’t chest bumping other thicc necked shotty wielding American football Wannabees, doesn’t mean it’s missing expression. It’s right there, even being explained for you.
So anyway. So far, I’m digging this enough to stop me from a planned GT4 recording session.