Obligatory everything, honestly. Impressions: At least it was relatively well animated for an action show, but it was completely incomprehensible. Well, relatively. You could cut a few clips out and be impressed at least. I imagine that fans of the game probably have at least some idea who all these characters are and what's […]
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