In 2018, with the release of Marvel’s spider-man, few years after the best superhero series in the video game industry (batman: arkham) released, Insomniac gave new life to superhero games, although the batman: arkham series is still at the top of the chart. but the passion and excitement of the past returned to this genre.

The wonderful design of New York and the very suitable map design for traversal with Spiderman’s web and powers, the unique design of the traversal mechanics with very high speed and variety made this game to be at the top of the table in terms of the traversal mechanics in open world games, and it continues to be Even today, it has the best traversal mechanics among open world games, the combat is very smooth and, of course, in some parts inspired by the Batman: Arkham series, it was very satisfying and immersed the player in excitement, speed and variety, the story of the game was also an original story that created a new story for Peter Parker that was not in the comics and movies.

Now it’s been 5 years since the release of the Marvel’s Spider-Man and its sequel, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, has been released, expectations for insomniac games have risen and they should deliver a next-gen game to the players, improve the already top notch traversal mechanics, darker story, smoother combat, more diversity in abilities and skills, better boss fights and most importantly better side quests.

Spider-Man and its DLCs and Spider-Man: Miles Morales created a very deep introduction for SM2 with two Spider-Mans and added a lot of depth and layers to the story that is quite evident.

STORY

Before the release, Insomniac promised a darker story, and the presence of Venom and Kraven in the story promised a much darker, more exciting, more emotional and deeper story than before.

Insomniac has done his initial characterizations for Peter Parker, Miles Morales and their family/friends in SM and SM:MM very well, and has made the pain they have endured along the way completely understandable to the players, the initial and The important layer of the characterizations have been done and now it’s time to dig more into their lives and see a much deeper characterization of these characters.

This time, the personal life of the characters in the game is much more involved in their superhero life than before, and this has caused much more emotions behind all the words, fights and friendships, and plunges the player into the depth of the story.

From the sense of revenge that exists in the depth of the player’s feelings due to the previous games to forgiveness, from friendship to enmity, from enmity to friendship, weakness, strength, the story succeeds in conveying the emotions of the characters to the player.

As the story progresses, it gets darker and the surrounding world changes accordingly, showing off a wonderful atmosphere.

Surprises never end, and the further you go, the more you are surprised, and every time you say to yourself, it is not possible to be more surprised than this, but the story proves the opposite to you again and again.

The story is very detailed and memorable, and most of the parts of the story will remain in your head and will not be erased from your mind, even the parts that are not very important, and this level of memorable story cannot be found in so many games.

The same can be said about the attractiveness of the story, the player is always thirsty to continue and see the remaining.

The end of the story may be a bit disappointing compared to the initial ninety-nine percent of the story, and it may feel like some events were forced at the end for an unknown reason.

Except for the ending, another problem that can be added to is the short length of story. After finishing the story, my time play was thirteen hours, and if we assume that PS5 did not track play time accurate, it will still be fifteen hours at best.

And I didn’t skip any cutscenes, and I think 18 hours could have been a more appropriate length.

CHARACTER DESIGN

The characterization in the game is very deep, and the previous two games can be seen as a prelude to this, the formation of Peter and Miles’ friendship, the restoration of Mary Jane and Peter’s relationship, references to Harry and … in this game, these relationships are much more.

They are involved in the main story and are one of the main foundations of the story, Peter and Miles face their past during the story and try to deal with it, Peter with the death of aunt may and Miles with the death of his father.

The friendship between Miles and Peter is one of the most important parts of the story and the importance of Peter for Miles is quite visible, the efforts of Peter’s friends to help him when he is drawned in to the power of the symbiote would not have been possible without the previous introduction and deepening it.

It could have hurt the story a lot but happily the characterization is well done and kept the story strong.

GAMEPLAY

Spider-Man 2, after the initial cutscene, at the very beginning stage, shows off the powers of the PS5 and the achievements of the studio with the PS5, much faster speed in swing and running on buildings to the amazing web wing, which alone adds a new level to the gameplay.

After completing the first stage, you will gradually discover more abilities that you can unlock during the game.

First, let’s talk about the traversal mechanics, while we thought that Insomniac showed us the most perfect traversal mechanics in MSM and they are only going to improve the speed of the previous traversal mechanics with the help of SSD, Insomniac does magic once again.

In addition to the higher speed of the navigation system, tons of new things have been added to it that will amaze the player, the most important thing that has been added to the traversal is the web wing, which acts like wings and when you use them, you can fly around the city at a very high speed, the higher you are and use it, the longer you fly, and after a while, when its speed decreases, you can fly by webbing and re-opening the web wings or entering the wind tunnels and Keep flying again.

If you enter the air tunnel with web wings, you will fly at a much higher speed than normal and you will be amazed more than before.

The traversal mechanics are not only these basic abilities that are introduced at first, but you can unlock several new ways for smoother and faster traversal by upgrading your abilities.

The traversal in this game is definitely the best among open world games to date. In terms of the traversal, spider man 2 is definitely a next gen game and there is no way to deny this.

The combat is in its smoothest state and this time webs play a much bigger role, new gadgets have made more variety, but removing the weapon wheel doesn’t seem very logical and it has made the variety less than SM and SM:MM while in fight, but a completely new section has been added to the game (abilities) have been added to the game, which by holding L1 and pressing one of the X, square, triangle or circle button, performs one of the abilities that you have already placed and It can compensate for the lack of weapon wheel in terms of variety, but its absence is still strongly felt.

As in the previous games, each type of enemy must be defeated in a different way, and it is the same in SM2, with the difference that there is more variety, and of course, some can be defeated with several different moves.

you are always encouraged to use variable moves and make your gameplay more fun.

One of the best upgrades from the previous games is the addition of parry, previously you could only dodge the enemy’s blow, but parry mechanic has given a new life to battles and boss fights.

Boss fights now have a health bar and it has given them more excitement, the variety in how to fight boss fights is much more, in SM and SM:MM, a weak point for boss fights was usually shown and you only had to use that to defeat the boss, but now, in addition to various weaknesses, you can also defeat them with regular strikes.

Some of the finishers are old and from previous games, and some are new and have a good variety, but the old ones are a bit repetitive.

The skills and skill tree have become much wider, and by advancing the skill tree, the gameplay becomes more and more enjoyable.

LEVEL DESIGN

The level design of the game is wonderful, the player is given a lot of freedom to complete the stages with stealth or normal, and there are always different stages of enemies waiting for the players to entertain them, and each stage needs a diffrent strategy.

Missions are well laid out and the player never feels like they are chasing a pointless goal and just going from one point to another.

Each mission is different from the next mission and they never feel repeated.

The impact of events in the story of the game completely affects the missions and enemies and fully changes them.

The design of the interiors is always unique and at the same time suitable for stealth and mostly has a suitable space for normal fights.

The game’s map, like the previous versions, is perfect for spider-mans to swing, fly and move freely, which has greatly helped the traversal of the game and is quite evident.

SIDE-QUESTS

Side-quests and collectibles have become much better and entertaining.

Some side-quests have a great story and will surprise you, and some are very ordinary.

This time, unlike the previous games, after getting the last collectible from each series of collectibles, you will be given a very exciting final mission, which will give you a goal to collect collectibles rather than just for trophy.

DUALSENSE

The dualsense features are well used and the trigger effects works when swinging, and the haptic feedback becomes strong and weak according to the speed, while flying with the web wing, the haptic feedback changes as the speed increases and decreases.

VISUALS

The visuals in Spider-Man 2 were one of the most exciting changes for me from the very beginning of the introduction, after seeing Insomniac’s abilities in R&C: rift apart and the power of the ps5, it was completely predictable, and it was expected that we would see a next gen visual experience, and Insomniac games announced before the launch that they are using all of the ps5’s power.

Will Insomniac succeed in giving us the next-gen visuals we’ve all been waiting for since the beginning of this Gen? The short answer is yes.

Ray tracing is enabled on both fidelity and performance modes and it cannot be disabled, and this decision was completely right, the lack of reflections in buildings and water, especially now that the player’s movement over the water to the other side of the map is possible.

It could have been a huge hit to the visuals, swinging and flying past all that glassy buildings and not seeing the reflections is really unbearable.

Ray tracing takes the visuals to a whole new level, in one of the missions it shows so much use of ray tracing that it amazes you and you are stunned by the scene.

Half of the map is in the previous two games and the other half is new, the map that was in the previous versions has been completely renovated and has completely different textures and is very detailed, the new part of the map also has many such textures.

All the buildings now have an interior that you can look at and see that people are moving or doing something in it, and the interior is full of details.

Spider-Man 2 currently has the best visuals among open world games and Insomniac has managed to give us the next generation game that we have been waiting for.

CONCLUSION

Spider-Man 2 is what we want from a sequel, a much better story building on the foundations that the previous versions built, improving the gameplay in every possible way while the previous games are already among the best in terms of gameplay, using all the PS5’s powers and turning the game into a completely next-gen game, next-gen visuals, extraordinary and non-repetitive level design, deep characterization at the disposal of the story, use of dualsense’s features, much more entertaining boss fights, Much better cutscenes and Much better animations.

When firewall: zero hour was released, it quickly became one of the most popular PSVR games.

in terms of visuals and realism, if not the best, it was definitely one of the best, two squads of four, one team were attackers and one team were defenders and had to hack or protect a laptop.

The closest VR game to rainbow six siege is definitely attractive to many and this game will always be in the list of the best PSVR games in our minds, now first contact entertainment with firewall: ultra has developed the third PSVR2 game published by SIE, a game that has been one of the most anticipated PSVR2 games since its introduction due to the impressive success of its predecessor.

And now the question is whether firewall: ultra has been able to be as revolutionary as firewall: zero hour was for PSVR and become one of the best PSVR2 games?

GAMEPLAY

Gameplay is very fun, taking cover, sitting, much more freedom of action compared to tactical shooters on flat screen, more stress, being more realistic, communicating with team members with getsure or talking, hiding in the dark and disappearing from enemy’s vision, using special skills, closing your eyes to neutralize flash grenades Effect, all of these are very attractive for fans of this style, but the lack of manual reload reduces the sense of immersion in the game, when you are shooting and enjoying virtual reality, suddenly You have to press a button on the gun and suddenly your hands change the magazine of your gun without you doing anything and this is definitely annoying and even the manual reload animation is not good and detailed.

Aiming in the game should be done by holding the L2 button and adjust it by moving your head, and when you hold the gun’s optic in front of your eyes, the recoil of the gun will be very high and you will be in an unfair position against the person who is holding L2.

Aiming in this game is very frustrating and takes a while to get used to, but it will always be annoying.

To throw a grenade in the game, you have to select it from the menu with eye tracking, hold the R2 button, look with your eyes to where you want to throw it and release R2, while some find this use of eye tracking interesting, I think it reduces the immersion in the game and VR games should allow the player to throw grenades by its own hand.

At the time of release, leveling up in the game was very difficult and slow (it sped up after the 1.05 patch), which of course was because of the lack of assignments that are going to be added to the game at the beginning of the first season.

weapons currently don’t have a lot of variety, but the available weapons have unique details and are definitely one of the best, the vibration of the weapons works well with sense controllers and headset haptic and greatly increases the immersion.

EXFIL

In firewall: ultra, there is a new PVE game mode called exfil, which is very entertaining.

In this game mode, you have to hack three laptops with three other squad members, and after hacking all three laptops, go to the exfill point.

After you start hacking each laptop, enemies will attack you in different ways and you have to protect it until the end of the hack, without a doubt this game mode is surprisingly one of the most enjoyable parts of the game.

Each of the contractors have their own abilities and you can choose them as you wish, although currently one of them is very OP and can see the enemies who are making noise from behind the wall.

This contractor is free for those who purchased deluxe edition and those who purchased the standard version can purchase it with 150,000 crypto (in-game currency).

MAP DESIGN

The maps have a good design and there are many small and large details in them, some maps are remasters of firewall: zero hour’s maps and some maps are new, but all the maps are very open and in this section they are all similar.

in some parts of the maps there are crypto (in-game currency) and crypto miner that you can pick up.

MATCHMAKING

One of the biggest problems of firewall: zero hour was in the matchmaking section, where players spent many minutes in the lobby to be able to play one match, and one of the expectations of the old fans of the game was to fix this problem, which was still there when the game was released.

It takes between five and fifteen minutes for each match to start (after the 1.05 patch, this waiting time was reduced to approximately 3 to 8 minutes) and the two-minute timer that started after the two teams were filled was a very long pause (after 1.04 patch it was reduced to 30 seconds and after 1.05 patch it was increased to 45 seconds) many times players would leave the game in those two minutes and we had to wait again.

Approximate matchmaking time in exfil mode is between 2 and 4 minutes and is much faster than PVP mode.

VISUALS

As expected, in terms of visuals, Firewall Ultra is very stunning and unique, and without a doubt, if not the best, it is definitely one of the best VR games in terms of visuals, and it can be said that it is the closest VR game to the real world.

The extremely attractive lighting of the game is always impressive and can be seen in all areas of the game, the shadows are very detailed and you can see the shadow of all your weapons and weapon’s equipments (except knife) on the ground, wall and other surfaces.

CONCLUSION

firewall: ultra is not an exceptional game like the first version and the most important game of the platform it was released on.

But it’s definitely entertaining and fun (especially with friends) and you can spend a lot of time in it.

The patch that came out a week after the release of the game made it much better and regained the lost score of matchmaking.

Horizon Forbidden West is one of the best games released in the 9th generation, and the graphics of the game are extremely spectacular and special.

You may often find yourself lost in watching the scenery of the game or using photo mode for a long time Without realizing the passage of time.

the gameplay is fun and very breathtaking. Fighting with machines that are many times bigger than your size and they will attack you with all the power and weapons they have.

Some of them will go into the ground and suddenly attack you, some will jump at you, some will fly and some will shoot you from a distance and when all these machines attack you together they will make it very difficult for you.

While the game’s combat is very fun in my opinion, it may not be the same for everyone, the fights are not easy at all and from the beginning it may be a very difficult and annoying experience for players who have their first experience of the game or for players who are not very fast.

The story of the main game is mid or even bad like its predecessor.

STORY

Now, after a year has passed since the release of the game, a DLC called burning shores has been released, which actually takes place in Los Angeles, which is known as burning shores in the game.

After purchasing the DLC and entering the game, aloy Receives a message from Sylens and goes to visit him.

After talking with Sylens, she flies to burning shores and in the first few minutes when she arrives there, she meets her new friend Seyka. She is from the Quen tribe and the story of the DLC starts from here.

The story of the DLC is actually a continuation of the main story of the game, in terms of the story, we are again facing a mediocre or even bad story, and you are likely to skip a lot of conversations.

GAMEPLAY

In terms of gameplay, there have not been many changes compared to the base game, but the presence of those small changes is well felt and makes the game experience better, such as grappling to downed machines and hitting the final attack at the right time, crystals that are on the walls and you can blow them up by shooting them and hit your enemies hard, and definitely a new weapon that is completely different from the rest of the weapons in the game.

New weapon helps the variety of weapons but adding something that contradicts the core nature of the game’s core weapons that have existed since the first game is not very nice in my opinion.

There are some new machines in DLC, one of them that you can override and ride it, is waterwing that allows you to swim in water and fly and this feature is very interesting and definitely It makes this machine your favorite machine in the game.

FINAL BOSS

Finally, lets talk about the final boss fight of the game.

When the trailer was released and it showed that big machine against aloy, it made all the fans excited and fighting with such a big machine was unbelievable.

I was excited for the final boss fight all the 6 hours I was playing the game. Finally, when I got to the boss fight part, my jaw dropped and I was speechless, how great and glorious, and after it was over, I was just wondering if this is just a 9th gen DLC what to expect from games that are coming out in a few months and are completely 9th gen experience.

CONCLUSION

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores is visually the best game I have ever played, and in terms of gameplay, it is enjoyable for me, although it may not be for everyone.

but the story is the biggest weakness of the game, and I don’t think the story will be great in Someone’s opinion and it may just be the difference between those who say it’s mid and those who say it’s bad.

But in different ways, this game completely shows off the power of the 9th generation console.

When Resident Evil 4 was released in 2005 with over-the-shoulder camera, it revolutionized not only the survival horror genre but also the shooter genre.

The original version of Resident Evil 4 is still worth playing in 2023 and is still one of the most enjoyable experiences in the video game world.

The fact that a game with graphic design and level design from 18 years ago is still named next to the name of modern horror games is a great achievement.

After resident evil 3 remake released, the fans of the franchise started their requests and speculations for the remake of the best game of the Resident Evil franchise, namely Resident Evil 4, but there were concerns, and that was the removal of different stages and areas in the remake.

Resident Evil 3 made the fans unhappy and angry, unlike the remake of Resident Evil 2, which can be safely said to be the best remake that has ever existed in the video game industry, now the concern is whether it will be as great as the re2 remake or as bad as the re3 remake.

STORY

The story has no noticeable change compared to the original version, the story is still an mediocre story, which was one of the flaws of the game even when the original version was released, but the Resident Evil series generally does not have high-level stories and their main focus is always gameplay.

GAMEPLAY

The gameplay in the original version is considered a masterpiece for a 2005 game, and the production team’s great attention to the gameplay and the priority of the gameplay over the story created a wonderful and revolutionary gameplay that is enjoyable even in 2023.

Now this gameplay In an upgraded form, it gives new life to the game, shooting in the head and then kicking, which can throw the surrounding enemies back and give you time to think for a few moments, and the rest of the original gameplay parts, which are now playable with upgraded graphics and animations.

new gameplay parts such as parrying with knife, which is one of the most enjoyable moves in the game and of course it will decrease a large part of your knife’s health, stealth is a completely new part in the gameplay of Resident Evil 4 that can Make heavy combats a little easier.

fights are always crowded and stressful, and the game has no setbacks in terms of the number of enemies that will attack you in one moment, and in almost all combats, you will encounter an uncountable number of enemies, even if you are not a professional gamer.

You will create moments of action and cinematics, the joy you get after killing the last enemy of a legion of enemies, and the calming of your heart rate after many minutes of stress is amazing, killing an enemy holding lit dynamite in a crowd of Enemies and seeing the explosion, molotov thrown at you and dodging in time and burning the enemies that are chasing you is spectacular, at the same time the stress of running out of resources, being attacked from behind or facing axes that are thrown at you and … gives a lovely excitement to the game.

ENEMIES DESIGN

Almost all of the enemies are the same as the enemies of the original version, but now they are scarier and more realistic.

The graphic details of the enemies in the remake are stunning.

When you look at their corpses, you can see many details like parasites in their bodies, which gives you fear.

And it makes the remake much scarier than the original. In the remake, the AI of the enemies has not improved much and is not up to the level of today’s games.

BOSS DESIGN

The main boss fights of the game are mostly similar to each other and follow a certain formula and I don’t like the many similarities between them.

Boss fights can easily deplete the ammo you’ve spent hours collecting, and the stress of running out of ammo can be overwhelming.

The sense of horror that is present in normal game fights and mini boss fights is not present in the main boss fights, and more attention is paid to the action of the fight than the horror, which I see as a weakness, but the mini boss fights in the game are very great and they have kept the balance between horror and action and are much more enjoyable than the main boss fights.

DUALSENSE

DualSense has given the game a new and unique feeling, each gun has a different feel and not only in shooting and pressing R2 but also in aiming when aiming with heavier guns, L2 becomes heavier and you will definitely notice that you are using a heavier or lighter gun.

The haptic feedback works very well and contributes a lot to the sense of fear and the scary atmosphere of the game.

VISUALS

let’s talk about the visual of the game, which attracts my opinion more than anything else in the remake of games.

In terms of visuals, the game is a 2023 game, and it doesn’t look old in terms of visuals, but definitely its not a 9th generation experience, and it is only equal to the cross-generation games of 2023, but the 9th generation version of the game is an improvement over the 8th generation version.

The quality of the textures in the 9th generation version is significantly higher in some areas, and the shadows and lighting is spectacular thanks to raytracing.

The resolution, performance and loading speed are also better, which are the usual advantages of the 9th generation compared to the previous generation.

SOUND DESIGN

The sound design in the original game was wonderful and it is definitely one of the strengths of the original version. Now in this remake, this sound design has been improved and is completely equal to the sound design of the 2023 games.

The wonderful sound design of the game immerses you in the game world and makes the atmosphere of the game many times more frightening.

The sound of dry tree branches, the sound of small and large creatures’ footsteps, the sound of wooden houses, the sound of fire, the sound of villagers whispering, the sound of the wind, and etc. All this will scare you a lot.

CONCLUSION

This remake is one of the best remakes that ever existed and maybe the only remake that we can say is better than this will be Resident Evil 2 remake.

The story of the game is a mediocre story, the gameplay is very enjoyable and attractive, in terms of visuals, it is equal to Cross Gen 2023 games and has a stunning visual, the main boss fights are very similar to each other.

the sound design of the game is wonderful, the enemies have a good variety and only one new type of enemy has been added to the remake compared to the original version.

Is it possible to make a good combat and exciting gameplay from a game that its only weapon is a wand with various spells?

Can you give Harry Potter fans who have experienced wonderful stories in movies and read in books a story that will thrill them?

Is it possible to attract even those who have not seen Harry Potter movies and books and are just gamers to the game and provide them with an attractive world?

Now we are going to get the answers to these questions one by one.

STORY

The story of the game takes place in the 1800s and begins with the arrival of a fifth-year student at Hogwarts, and on the way to Hogwarts, things happen to him/her and his/her traveling companion, Professor Fig, which makes them realize an exceptional power in the main character of the game.

The main story of the game has flaws that cannot be ignored, but at some points the story reaches a surprising peak and immerses you in the story for a few minutes.

The last stage of the game is one of the most magnificent stages that I have seen so far in the games that I have played, so that my hair stood on end and tears came to my eyes, my heart beat increased and I continued to play in this state for several minutes.

The story of the game is by no means perfect, but it still has a good and exciting story, but it may not be as good as the Harry Potter stories, but it can still be an interesting story for Harry Potter fans.

The characters that are mentioned during the main story or Side quests and direct and indirect references to some stories that are exciting and familiar for Harry Potter fans.

Most side quests also have interesting stories that are worth your time.

CHARACTER DESIGN

There are many characters that you see during the game, but they are all so unique and well designed and it is very difficult to forget them.

The emotions of the characters you see are amazing and the amount of detail in the face and the facial detail when it comes to emotions will surprise you.

It is clear that small laughs and round eyes are caused by the excitement and all the characters you see have all these details, and these are not only limited to a few special characters.

GAMEPLAY

The combat is unexpectedly great and attractive.

Spells with the power to set enemies on fire and prevent the enemy from attacking.

Explosive spells that damage multiple enemies at the same time. Long-range and close-range attacks that throw enemies at each other.

Lifting and levitating enemies, grabbing and pulling enemies toward yourself, rotating enemies in the air, turning them into objects, all of these are well implemented in the game.

But what makes the games combat the most enjoyable is the combination of these spells to lift the enemy from the ground and then drag it toward yourself and then throw it towards the other enemies or turning it into an object and throwing it. you can combine any spell you wish and defeat your enemy in the way you like.

One of the reasons that made the combat lovely for me was throwing various objects in the environment toward enemies, which can create very interesting combinations with your powers.

The variety of spells is great and it gives you different options to create your own favorite arrangement to use the spells you like, although you may be wondering if having only 4 spells at once is not enough? And isn’t it annoying that you have to go into the spells menu and move them around to change your usable spells you made?

This problem can also be solved and avalanche software has thought about this problem.

By buying new talents and spending your talent points, you can quickly change the arrangement of spells by pressing the d-pads of your controller.

But it’s not just spells that are involved in your battles, but there are also some types of potions and plants that you can use in battles, such as mandrake, which produces an ear-splitting sound and confuses the enemies for a while.

The parry and dodge system of the game is also very interesting and a bit challenging.

Defending in limited time and dodging attacks that cannot be defended against makes the fights more challenging and lovely.

OUTFITS

The outfits you find during the game are all unique, beautiful, glorious and impressive.

I spent a lot of time trying on different outfits during the game and it was always difficult to choose between them.

Of course, the game’s inventory is sometimes annoying, but these problems can be solved by doing the Merlin Trials, but I don’t think it is necessary to keep all those clothes, because in terms of the appearance of your outfits, you have an infinite inventory, which by taking the outfit even after selling them, you can put the appearance of that sold outfit on your current outfit.

VISUALS

The game is graphically stunning and spectacular and is well optimized for 9th generation consoles.

I played it on the PS5 on fidelity mode with raytracing and uncapped frame rate, and even though my monitor did not have VRR, I confronted very little stuttering.

Most of the fps drops and stutters I saw happened only a few seconds after fast travel and in my experience did not cause any problem.

MAP DESIGN

Hogwarts Castle is incredibly detailed, with secret doors, classrooms, library, restricted section of the library, living portraits that are always doing their own unique thing, instruments that are played without musicians, and so much more that you have to experience them yourself.

During the day, the environment of the castle is very alive and always full of students and professors, and during the night it is quiet and empty.

The game map is very large and all the game environments like the castle have the same feeling of being alive.

Flying on the broom, hippogriff and thestral is magically amazing so that you just want to fly and see the beautiful world of the game from another perspective.

When you enter Hogsmead for the first time, the game constantly prompts you to talk to the interactive characters and learn more about them.

SOUNDTRACKS

The soundtracks of the game is always caressing your ears, and in different parts of the game, the music matches well with the atmosphere of the game and makes the atmosphere of the game more enjoyable for you.

BEASTS

The beasts in the game are very spectacular. During the game, I spent many hours collecting beasts, feeding them, and taking care of them, and I spent a lot of time just watching them.

Some of them are cute and funny, and some of them are glorious, huge and beautiful.

CONCLUSION

Hogwarts Legacy has a great character design and could have had a great story too but the story is not so strong. the gameplay feels great and exploration is so entertaining. visually its great and Hogwarts castle is so detailed.

Hoyoverse has been on a roll for the past few years. Releasing Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, they have become the kings of the gatcha game. Zenless Zone Zero returns Hoyoverse to their roots of action combat seen in their first game, Honkai Impact 3rd. ZZZ sets itself apart from its other games with its unique setting while maintaining its signature style of great combat and characters.

Future Retro

Zenless Zone Zero takes place in a post-apocalyptic future. Enemies called Ethereals have destroyed most of humanity, forcing people to form cities to survive. You take on the roles of Proxies or support characters that help people explore areas called Hollows where Ethereals come from. You can choose between the male proxy Wise and the female proxy Belle, but both play an integral part in the story. While the world of ZZZ is a post-apocalyptic future, the blend of futuristic technology with retro technology melds together seamlessly. There is an area to place a VR arcade while supporting old-school arcades. The proxies base of operations is a video store with a throwback to the days of Blockbuster. It is a dreary future that is somehow fun to exist in.

As proxies, you encounter different factions with various goals in exploring the hollows. You assist the Cunning Hares in retrieving a briefcase containing a powerful item, which later becomes your AI assistant, Fairy. There is Belabog Corp, which needs assistance retrieving their work robots from the hollows. Many different factions and characters intertwine with the proxies, creating fun interactions with the various factions, with the signature charm expected from Hoyoverse’s characters.

Fight!

Exploring the hollows takes place in two parts. The first part is an exploration phase, which puts the players on a grid made of TVs. It’s up to the proxy to explore every bit of the grid to collect data, which results in a better score and better rewards. The main objective is usually to find something or someone. Proxies can also encounter puzzles, which reminded me of boulder puzzles in Pokemon games. There are story missions, puzzles, and combat-centered hollows for players to explore and get rewards.

When the proxies encounter enemies, you will enter 3D arenas to fight them. You bring teams of three with a bangaboo, which acts as a supporting character. Your characters have a normal attack, charge attack, skill, and ultimate ability. You also have an assist button, which lets you swap between your party members. The main goal in combat is to build up a combo meter. Building up your meter and attacking enemies enough to stun them lets you perform a chain attack. Chain attacks enable you to swap into another character that unleashes a powerful attack before swapping to a third character to finish the combo. Chain attacks are the bread and butter of this game, and being able to perform multiple chain attacks feels incredible. Building up 3000 points in your combo lets you perform your ultimate attack.

Life In New Eridu

What sets Zenless Zone Zero apart for me is team composition and combat optimization. Zenless Zone Zero behaves like a fighting game where figuring out the best ways to combo is critical. Figuring out which synergies I have and finding the best way to use my roster has been a lot of fun. The downside is that it felt like I was mashing one attack button at the beginning of the game, which didn’t feel great. That feeling isn’t helped by enemies feeling like damage sponges until the game lets you loose and you can upgrade your characters’ stats. However, once you get into the game’s flow, enemies die quickly, and it can feel amazing to perform multiple chain attacks into an ultimate.

Outside of hollow exploration, you will find plenty to do to keep you occupied in Zenless Zone Zero. The name of the Hoyoverse games is building up enough polychromes to roll on the characters you want. You have dailies that involve taking pictures of cats, eating ramen, and running the video store. There is a time-gated currency called battery charge, which can be spent by grinding combat trials to gain resources to level up characters. A cafe lets you buy coffee, which can double resource drops and restore battery charge. It is an interesting system that I hope is brought to their other games. There is also a roguelike mode similar to Simulated Universe in Honkai: Star Rail.

Gatcha!

If you are familiar with a Hoyoverse game, then the gatcha system here will be familiar. There is a guaranteed five-star character at 90 rolls, with at least a four-star character every ten chances. If you miss the banner character the first time, you are guaranteed that character next time you get a five-star character. There is a standard banner, a character banner, which rotates between limited five-star options, and a weapon banner. Unfortunately, I felt that the starting roster of characters was a bit thin compared to previous Hoyo entries, so I felt like I wasn’t getting a lot of characters to try different team compositions out. It is a problem that will be fixed with more updates, but the initial pool is smaller compared to Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail.

Something unique to Zenless Zone Zero is the bangaboo banner. The bangaboo banner functions differently than the other banners because they have a different currency than regular banners. You can pick which five-star bangaboo you want to roll for without worrying about winning coin flips. While you can’t buy this currency directly, you will get the currency you can exchange for bangaboo rolls by rolling on the other banners, which can be purchased for real money.

Zero or Hero?

Zenless Zone Zero feels like a fresh take on a genre that Hoyoverse has done already. Its setting feels unique, and its combo-centric combat allows players to experiment and express their playstyles through team compositions and combo theory. All while maintaining what makes a Hoyoverse game unique: its cast of fun characters and stellar combat. The learning curve for this game is steeper, and the roster is thin out of the gate. For those looking for an action game to stick with for a while, Zenless Zone Zero is worth checking out.