According to BAFTA anyway

Not that I dislike Lara in any way, but I find this to be a bit off. But lists like these are silly to begin with. We all differ in taste =)

Along with some other sweet updates.

I dread to go back to this now xD

I had to force myself to turn it off since my adrenaline and dopamine pumps are on a max! That says enough, but just a little extra ;)

The game looks amazing. Way better than on YT vids. OK, on a 4K TV with HDR of course it looks better. Point is that the game just looks superb, better than thought.
I noticed the main inspirations instantly while playing, butt, it soon becomes more of it's own thing. So one worry out of the way.
Great lighting effects, animations, very good facial details/animation.

The music is also damn fine. Not Nier:A fine because that would be insane, but it's very, truly great. Sets the mood. And mood it has*
Another worry out of the way.

Gameplay is kinda of a mix of Souls-like and Bayonetta? It's ruthless, no mercy stuff. But still has a big variety of combos which gives of those Bayo vibes.
And yes, timing is life or death here!
Perfect parry/dodging and then counters for rewards etc, but also different combos with the "do get to know your enemy!" thing.
Basically another worry out of the way. Very satisfying gameplay.

Also, the use of the Dualsence! You can feel that rain =D

Story so far has me intrigued, but I basically know too little to say if it's good or bad. Curious to see who is who, what is what and why is why. Can't imagine it will touch Nier:A levels, but that's not the point. It's it's own thing after all.

Not as over-the-top as Bayonetta or Lollipop Chainsaw though... Knew that.

The "fanservice" with jiggly boobz is there but not as much as in the intro videos. Or hard to focus on them because all the action, but it's very well made when you see it.

• Oh, the imprtant part: atmosphere: And this one spirited me right in. The last of my big worries out.

Basically a very promising game for those of us who likes this shit. Very so. It went beyond expectations in most ways, and not so much in other departments. I was already sold, now I am not regretting that preorder. Can't wait to get back from work tomorrow and go at it again.

Do NOT, by the way, play this in graphic mode. That needs some serious patching since the framerate drops way too much and the, by comparing, graphical difference isn't even noticeable, really. Play in balanced mode and you'll be fine =)

Can't wait for the release!