The Last Guardian
The Last Guardian is a janky awkward game that is also pretty damn good in my opinion. It's the type of game where your cat goat will sometimes listen to you perfectly and other times choose a really inappropriate time to scratch his neck, throwing you off to your death as a result. I think, kinda like Shin Godzilla, people should know what they're getting with TLG. In TLG, you are very rarely ever in complete control. The trailer that has your armadillo horse catching you with his tail after you outrun a collapsing platform? Action set piece moments like that are like 10%, maybe 15% of the game. (And honestly, I think most of them are the some of the weaker moments of the game.) Most of the game is you and your pheasant donkey traveling along ruins, solving simple puzzles. When combat enters the scene, your main job in the overwhelming majority of them is not to get grabbed by the various armored goons after you. (Later on you get to be a bit more active.) The game doesn't run smooth on a base PS4, it sometimes dips all the way down to like 15 frames per second. Sometimes the camera will just freak out in close quarters. The little goober you're in charge of has two movement speeds, tip towing and running like the dickens.
It probably sounds like I'm lambasting the game, but I had a pretty great time with it. It's a game you have to go at its speed for though. It's got great art, some genuinely breathtaking moments, and Trico himself is pretty amazing.
