Recent reviews by ahn_star

It's wild how good this game is. After 80 hours, I've yet to complete the game. There are moments where I'm wanting to work through the story but I have this urge to complete these deliveries! The game is beautiful. Everything you see, you can reach it. The actors are very good and the story is emotionally deep. I dont know much about Kojima but he's a genius and makes games that people can play and get emerged in. I originally bought this for my PS5 but only played a few minutes in. I stopped playing after how beautiful the first scene was. Why? Cause I knew this was coming to PC at some point and having a 5090 and 4k 240hz monitor, it had to wait. It was worth it. I still have so much left to do in the game and I know the story is coming to an end. That said, it's rare that I play a game where I put off completing the story because I don't want it to end. This is that game. I played and completed the RPG that won all the awards in 2025, I can't even recall what it's called cause Death Stranding 2 is my favorite game of 2025 and 2026. I love this game 28x more than anything.

I really like this game. I love Star Trek, and Voyager is one of my favorite series after DS9.

What I like about this game:
It's a narrative driven game where your decisions matter.
Gathering resources to fix up my ship.
Graphics
Cheap compared to $70 USD games
Low requirements. You can run this with a potato.

What I don't like:
-Pace of the game. I feel pressured to keep moving or I'll run out of resources. Let me play at my pace. It took Voyager 7 years to get home, not 7 hours. Let me explore at my pace.
-The choices or rather the chance of success/ fail. I choose the safest decision where it's 90/10 but I hit that 10%, everyone is dead.
-I cant save and reload. I get it but let me play how I want to play. That was a very bad outcome so I want to reload but too late, the ship already has sailed. Whatever you do, do not choose to reload the chapter. You will lose all your progress.
-Only voiced by Paris and Tuvok. They kinda let you know that but it would have been great to have gotten everyone on the cast. Maybe in the future?

I get that I have more negatives than positives but when I factor in that this is not a AAA game at a AAA price, it has a lot of value. Especially, if they can tighten up some of the issues. Letting me save and load when I want to will fix many of the issues.

Just a few hours in but love the game. I didn't play the original but the story has been great. I'm coming off of Clair Obscur so I appreciate the happy DQ vibes of Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined. Graphically, this game is beautiful and easy peasy on systems. Although, I have a 5090+ 9800x3d which easily blast this game 270-300 fps at 4k, the low requirements means it runs really well on the steam deck and other handhelds. I highly recommend this game at home and out and about. I'm gonna go back to playing now.

I just started playing this game. In 2020 I lost my Red and White Pembroke Corgi named Mr. Pickles. I still think about him everyday. Then this game came out which was a must buy for me. It's already off to a hit since John Wick and Daisy are in it!

I still have the first game on 3DS. How great is this game game though? I've bought it twice; I originally bought this game for my PS5 pro, which I love; It's so cozy and comfy. I then bought this for my PC to what the performance is like with my 5090. Unlimited cap! The game is cross-save compatible and is cross-play compatible which means you can play with friends across all consoles and PC and basically pick up and play no matter where you are in the world. There's a good possibility that I will buy this game for a 3rd time when the Switch2 launches. Level5, y'all nailed it.

2025 Game of the Year.

It's good enough to be game of the decade.

If you like using WeMod or even have it in the background without any cheats enabled, your game will crash. Then you will be taken to their webpage, and told that you're a cheater. I've played Civ since 1991. Never ever have I played in multiplayer, always single player. I kinda refuse to endorse a game where the devs have access to your pc to know what you have running. Who's to say that they can't collect your data and sell it.

We're Back. Let's Ride.

This game breaks my heart. The driving is fun until you realize the ai cars are cheating. The AI is amazingly bad; Cars that should not be fast, are fast as long as it's driven by ai. They drive through you like you're not there. Sometimes they brake into corners like they're equipped with an anti gravity drive, full speed and instantly slow enough to make the corner. Other times, they miss the corner so badly that they go flying off the track and roll down the hill. Driving to events is a chore. I'm not sure how anyone that tested the game said it was good? Graphically, it's not good enough but we'll accept a poor looking game as long as everything else is fun. All of this doesn't even speaks about the always online requirement. Online stuff is okay with me as I've play Diablo 4 for thousands of hours but I spend 99.9% of the time playing solo. This game forces you to wait for other players that never join. Look, I simply don't want to play with others. Period. If i wanted to play with others, I'd turn off my PC and go outside!

I'm going to end my review because the more I type, the more my heartbreak turns to anger. Nobody asked for this. Instead of listening to fans while making this game, they closed the door and developed a game in an echo chamber where everyone in the room said this this game was amazing. My hope is the dev takes comments from fans and actually fix all the issues gamers don't want.

I'm 8 hrs in and love it. Yes, it's Early Access so there are things not available and bugs or things not working as intended but once you disable the bankruptcy before starting a new game, you'll be able to make it past your first year. Just don't spend your 10k so quickly. Dont overhire salesmen as you dont really need more than 1-2. You'll also see a lot of failed sales or salesman was unprofessional. I think devs can probably turn that percentage down cause it's critical in the early game to get some sales to stay afloat. Overall, i hope they continue to work on this game as it's fun and rewarding when you rake in some cash to expand. Dont recall the last time I spent 8 hrs on a game in 24hrs.