What I liked

• The first world (or season) is fun since you discover everything.
• The art style is pretty cute.
• Building and Managing a camp is a nice idea overall.
• Building a roller coaster using the waypoints was fun as well.

What I disliked

• You can fairly easily get stuck thanks to some weird level design I guess? I had to restart the game a few times because I tried to explore or climb higher and ended up stuck on some stones, rocks or whatever...
• After completing the first world/season, you discover it's all the same.
• There's barely any point in building or maintaining a big village.
• The control when building stuff were a bit paintful. It really seems the game was made to be played on console first.
• It wasn't any better for the fighting controls, they weren't exactly exciting. One bouton for melee, one bouton for distance attack and that's it, no combo or anything, (there's 2 melee attack, regular and jumping for a ground pound attack...). And since a good part of the gameplay is fighting, having such a poor gameplay will bore you rather fast.
• The game is a TPS (so you can see your character) but you can't zoom out. The only option to zoom out is to press X but that's the "inspect mode" which goes away after you hit something... So it's quite a pain when there's lots of enemies on screen but you can't zoom out to properly see what's going on around.

What I liked

• It's a fun game when you can get at least one friend to play with.
• I played three characters (siren, moze and the robot) out of the four and they all felt quite satisfying and interesting to play.
• Seeing so many loots is pretty satisfying, however...

What I disliked

• ... when you put so many variables in your loots (type, attachments, bonus, stats...) it soon turns into a nightmare if you're hunting for a particular weapon...
• Bland story, bland characters, bland villains.
• Why couldn't they craft a game on the same level as their first DLC? (Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot)
• They just polished the original formula without adding anything new or noteworthy...

What I liked

• The style was really awesome with real pretty colours.
• A simple but impactful story.
• Experiencing and exploring the world was fun but...

What I disliked

• There's barely any challenge. Puzzles are all easy, it's all about exploring and relaxing which can be a bit boring at times.
• It's a pretty slow paced game.
• It's hard to explain what's interesting about GRIS without any spoilers!

What I liked

• The atmosphere was really heavy and scary all around. And the beautiful graphics really helped to put life into the game as well as the sounds and musics. It was a truly beautiful package.
• The normal difficulty is definitively great for "casual" players as well who want to enjoy the game and not go full hardcore. In normal there's no need for ink ribbons and there are some check points as well (at least it felt that way when I died). Which is something I totally enjoyed. You can still go hardcore to experience the true experience but it is really for hardcore players where saves are limited and you need to use ink ribbon items to save, also you get stronger enemies.
• Story wise, it is pretty accessible. I played the first one before going into this game just because I wanted to get back to the series from the start. But you really don't need to. It's easy to jump into this second Resident Evil game and enjoy it as a kind of stand alone.
• It's only a detail but I kinda enjoyed the cut-scenes. They were once again well executed.
• Not sure if it's because I played the first one before but this time around I kinda enjoyed the puzzle and rarely found myself stuck wondering what the heck I'm supposed to do next.

What I disliked

• Having to play the game twice to see the true end. Considering that the second playthrough (with the other character) doesn't really add that much sadly... Outside of a few differences here and there you basically go through the same stuff.
• Mr. X is a pretty annoying character...
• This game probably dethroned my favourite Resident Evil, RE4... Though I guess it should be a good point for RE2!

The good

Let's start with the obvious. The game is stunning visually. The art and graphics are really awesome. I loved the combat phase, it felt really dynamic and satisfying once you master it. The story was somewhat interesting despite being a bit confusing at times. And the sound is insane! The game really shows a lot of great quality but...

The bad

The fighting gets boring after a while due to it being quite repetitive (but it's still the most fun nonetheless). The gameplay itself outside of fighting is about solving a few visual puzzles. And it gets boring as well after a while as there's barely anything entertaining in it. If the game wasn't as beautiful as it is I probably would have dropped it. And, personal feeling here but, I feel like the mental illness thingie was oversold by people. I mean the experience itself is interesting but overall I didn't learn much. We also never really saw the other "side", we're simply trapped in Hellblade's world 24/7. No background story (or barely). The psychosis was simply a tool to put the player under stress with those voices and to create Hellbalde's world (Helheim). I also remember being annoyed at the lack of guidance. Most of the time it's fairly easy to figure out the road but sometimes it's really painful and unless you play it in a short span of time, it's easy to get lost.

Conclusion

Overall it looks like a great game since it has a lot of good points on paper however in reality the game doesn't exactly translate into that sadly. At least for me. It's a nice experience, can't say I forced myself much to play it but overall I was a bit disappointed as I expected more.

The good

The most fun I had this summer so far. The map is gigantic and open. There are simply too many cars to even try them all without wasting an unimaginable amount of time. Lots of customisations for those interested in tinkering their cars to get the most out of them as well. There are enough activities, challenges and type of races to keep you entertained for a while. There are classic races, dirt racing, offroad and show case (some crazy races against various unusual opponents). Some of the activities involve stunt, drift, taxi driving, fastest rentals (basically a good way to drive some supercars) and you can explore the whole map to find some speed traps or zones, drift zones and danger signs (where you have to jump as far as possible on some ramp). Plus some signs to find and smash and roads to discover. Also it features all seasons on rotation and it changes the way to play obviously (snow in winter, rain in autumn, sunny in summer, etc...) making it a refreshing experience.

The bad

Honestly there's nothing much that comes to mind, except the fact that the seasons are timed and locked behind it. It's a bit annoying because sometimes you feel like playing with snow but can't because it just ended and now you have to wait 3 weeks again.

Conclusion

My favourite game this summer for sure, an easy recommendation and it totally made my sub to Xbox Game Pass PC worth it.

A quick word about Gacamelee! the first game first. It easily earned a 5/5 fun ratings for me. It's a great game, lots of fun, a polished gameplay, a progressive difficulty and a fine balance between exploration and fighting. An easy recommendation. Also, it's best to play it first since there's some sort of story and it continues in the 2. Also the best of the two is definitively the first game, by far (yep I've said it right at the start xD).

The good

The game is basically more of the same so if you enjoyed the first, you get more here to enjoy. The chicken sees a lot of improvement and is a lot more useful that it used to be. That's probably the best (and only?) improvement of this game. The rest is basically what Gacamelee! 1 was. With a few more downsides though.

The bad

The first annoying thing was the story. While I enjoyed the overall idea, too often did they force some dialogues out that I didn't care about. They tried too hard to be funny also. There's a nice easter egg though but as said, I felt the 1 did a better job with delivering its story to us in a simple but funny manner without forcing it too much like this one does.
The fighting was less challenging while the plateforming was a lot more challenging and less fun in some part. That is most likely due to the upgrades that gives you tons of power so outside of a few technical fights, fighting soon isn't really a particularly interesting part anymore sadly. And for the plateforming part, instead of adding new ideas they just made the whole thing harder. At least it felt like that for a good part of the game toward the end.
Also, it's worth noting that they weren't that inspired with this new game as you start stripped of all your powers and have to gain them back once more. All the same by the way as the first game. Only the chicken sees an improvement. And there's only very little addition to the gameplay here as I've stated already above.

Conclusion

Let's be honest, the 2nd game suffers hard from the comparison with the first one. To me, the first was an awesomely well done and crafted game. Finely polished in every details. For this second game, they tried, I think? Well, some parts were good (especially the chicken part) but then some felt unnecessary and some felt lazy. I'm particularly harsh here though. It's still a good game and I still had lots of fun. I just expected more new things and not a chicken DLC basically.
But it is still worth it as part of the Xbox Game Pass. Not sure I'd buy it though.