I'm in the middle of ACT 3 and I'm just confused how this rated so low on metacritc relatively speaking. This shyt is amazing. Also how is Jin boring? His moment with his UNC towards the end of act 2 was some of the coldest shyt
these game reviewers are not to be trusted
I just wrapped up Act II. I'm chalking up to one or both of two things:
Reviewers maybe didn't have a grasp on Japanese culture the way they thought they did, and perhaps didn't catch the gravity of Jin's decisions, and what they say about him as a character by extension.
Despite reviewers logging 30-40 hours for reviews, it's not a secret that they have to kind've blow through the game to have something ready for when embargos are up. While the side missions aren't anything groundbreaking, they do great work with building Jin's character. As you do more, you can see him realize not just that their tactics are killing them, but the traditional Japanese way of life really isn't working for the people at large any more. As such, he spends at least what I've played of the game so far in quite conflict with himself and the world around him. It just comes to a head at the end of Act II.