Of those Skyrim is easily my favorite winner and The Last of Us easily my least favorite. Haven't played enough of Shadow or GTA IV to compare them though.
As neat of an idea that it is to have the entire soundtrack be played on piano, I can't help but feel that it's ultimately making me not want to play the game at all. Maybe that's crazy.
I like the commitment to the idea, but yeah, it would have more punch if it brought in stuff besides piano. A piano prominent soundtrack instead of solely piano. I'll defend the exclusive snow environments more because I like it when a game has a more cohesive sense of place, but it still could have benefited from more assets.
I'm having a good enough time with it so far, but it does seem to fall in the trap of existing only to remind you of the good ol' days. Hopefully the teams get a bigger budget and a story worth telling with the next one.
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