Recent reviews by bonbon321

The best open world game i have played.

Melee combat is the core gameplay element and is most polished, followed by the driving and lastly shooting.

It really nails the feel of "Asian crime movie" with the graphics, melee combat, writing, and feel of the world.

The melee combat is very well done, you dont get tired of beating up criminals, whether youre in a kitchen wearing a tank top with a knife making gore, a dojo with traditional martial arts attire, or a street wearing a suit as a made man who has pulled up to a rival gang in your sports car.

Writing and voice acting that is brilliant.

Fun, varied gameplay, with a good amount of content.

It has a great art style for a 7th gen game that still looks amazing.

When making the obvious open world crime game comparison to GTA, this wins in all categories. IMO

Cannot praise this game enough.

Half of the games content is pay walled behind DLC

Fun management simulator, cant fully automate the crew but what cant be automated is easily manageable.

A great game that i fully completed, has great bodywork damage and destruction as well as a nice sim-cade handling model. Reminds me of the 5th and 6th console generation in a good way.

Titanfall died for this free to play money maker

A genuinely fun game worth the asking price.

Also democracy prevails! ♥♥♥♥ SONY!

How did someone sit there and think to themselves "Yeah that looks right"

Not ready for a 1.0 release for a variety or reasons, with the most commonly cited being true in my experience.
-Performance is spotty, high average frame rates of 100 but very stuttery.
-AI have insane reaction times and accuracy for people who are, with the some exceptions, usually average people who have no firearms training. Their reaction speed and accuracy are not affected by suppressing fire or even being wounded multiple times.
-They can track you after cutting line of sight perfectly and are able to wall bang you with ease.
-Smoke and foliage offer no cover from them.
-Video of AI being crazy in demos: https://youtu.be/EiL1b3obwwI?si=XDq07LR9AkIAMe-A
-There are lots of small issues like the compass turning itself off after every single restart of a mission which is very aggravating for a game where callouts are needed.
-The new demo system cannot be turned off which is going to drain resources (a workaround is to remove write permissions to the demo folder).
-Mault IR laser obstructs iron sights on the MP9, i could understand this oversight if all attachments were available on all guns, but they aren't.
-Removal of being able to see your weapon while modifying it. Unlike pre 1.0

Currently SWAT 4 from 2004 still feels like a better SWAT game.
I really want this game to be better.

24.07.24 DLC 1 Unreal 5 Update:

Mods are broken. (Understandable).

DLC is only available in multiplayer and practice modes not commander mode, under a new tab at the mission select screen. Devs have claim that this is due to lore reasons but they don't know their own lore and it didn't make sense which they were called out for. This lore is only explained on their discord, not in game or store page.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/ReadyOrNotGame/comments/1eaupaq/about_dlc_in_commander_mode_explanation_why_it_is/

Balaclavas are only available in multiplayer on certain heads.

DLSS and FSR are broken and do not work, devs are aware.

Resolution scaling does not work.

Everyone's controls and settings are reset.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY:

Performance has been ♥♥♥♥♥♥ for a majority on UE 5.3 granted the game was notorious for bad stuttering. now its even worse with more constant stutters and lower average frame rate.

26.07.24 DLC 1 update 1:

Performance is better for the first time since 1.0
Looks like they just needed a few extra days to polish it but corporate overlords wanted the release date hit.

There are fewer stutters but they're still there.

I want to like this game but ♥♥♥♥ me is it frustratingly bad.

Great gameplay with a cool OST and art style. Requires friends as solo isn't really viable.

A game that genuinely deserves its Overwhelmingly positive rating. Great graphics, game play, fun but short campaign, awesome multiplayer. It's so much fun to play. Only major downside is use of EA origin / EA app.