I didn't buy the deluxe edition because I didn't know if I would like it as much as I do over the last 332 hours, so I found a good layout and printed that as my own bonus, so to say. Might get the original day one edition map and the original score too.
The mission that now makes me return for another playthrough, three months after my first playthrough with platinum trophy. Truly one of the absolute best chapter climaxes in a game EVER. No surprise, but everything about it is perfection. Everything that led up to it is very good, and to conclude chapter 3 like this is outstanding. Not to mention the bone chilling soundtrack. I was expecting much going in initially, and my expectations were exceeded by far. All voice actors did their very best. 'Specially Mr. Van Der Linde. "Both these REDneck families think they can ruin us? I don't think so." [...] "Get down here now! You inbred trash!" [...] "Find Jack, and find that BrAiThwaIte WomAN!". It IS perfect. Perfect, everything, down to the last details. This work of art that is a videogame as well deserves a score of 100 on metacritic, because it is nothing less than a masterpiece, near the edge of absolute flawlessness. They could make a series out of it with one season per chapter, and it would be good too because each chapter has a satisfying conclusion that makes the player excited for what's next.
I took my time with this one, as I did Shivering Isles on top, absolutely gorgeous and entertaining expansion! And I bought almost every house because selling loot makes you filthy rich, crafted a looot of potions, maxxed out abilities, which allowed for many different playstyles, and enchanted weapons and armor plus new spells. It's so much more sandbox like than Skyrim. Took me 62 hours. I'm sure you can do it in under 30, but it's my Milestone platinum (I actually already hit 30, but since shovelware is a sin, this is technically the 30th now). My Khajiit was very proficient and maxed out on all attributes by the end. Very fun, was in my backlog too long. That said, I know this Remaster is based on a 20 year old rocky game engine, but 50 dollars just to get so many bugs and game crashes every session, not counting the inconsistent framerate, is not acceptable in my opinion...but it's Bethesda, so I knew what I signed up for. The game looks stunning, at least.
7,4 out of Ten, I already started FF7 Remake, after which I'll play the Original again to platinum it since part 3 of the Remake Trilogy has not yet been announced.
I'm not a collector, but my father was on a business trip in Japan and decided to gift me with this gorgeous controller. Absolutely love it, fine addition to my controller ensemble and one that looks real slick too. I have played Ghost of Tsushima earlier this year, so this DualSense may accompany me through many big games and Ghost of Yotei somewhen this year, very excited to make new memories with it!