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Zeruda musou: Yakusai no mokushiroku (2020)
Good, but it pulls it's punches
I thought BOTW was great. It had a lot of subtlety in the characterizations. It didn't shy away letting things be sad. AOC feels like they underestimate their audience and not giving them a happily ever after. It felt like fan fiction in that way.
Beyond that the characterization really suffers because many times something meaningful could happen someone interrupts with a joke or something. It interrupts and doesn't let some of the main characters interact in a meaningful way.
This is only the second Zelda with speaking cutscenes and it's becoming really obvious that Link just needs to be able to talk, or at least emote more.
Gameplay was way fun though!
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019)
Unpolished and Lack-Luster
This game has received a lot of praise. The Characters and parts of the narrative are praiseworthy. The fighting mechanics are patchy, inconsistent, and frustrating. The duels between lightsaber wielders was my least favorite part of the game. The load times were unbareable. You'll wait for over a minute after you die. It feels like an additional 6 months or so of development good of pushed the quality up.
I Am Mother (2019)
A True Sci-Fi Original
The sets, the effects, the performances all come together in a truly great way. It's one of those movies with a small scale set and limited cast that puts the focus on these character relationships. It does not play out the way you would think. It makes you think about big ideas. I loved it.