Arashi: Castles of Sin - The Final Cut - PS VR2 First Impressions Summary

Arashi Castles of Sin - The Final Cut is a stealth action game that was one of my top PS VR games of 2021. How does it stack up on next gen hardware?

[@TheCaptCastle]

Awww man. Such a shame. Thanks for being quick off the mark. This one stays on the wish list for now.

[@MelchiahDante]

Thanks for the first impressions, AJ! I wasn’t rushing-out for this one, so I’ll put it in my “hopefully/eventually” folder (after patches). Sounds like it could he great but just needs some more attention/TLC to make it more exciting/enjoyable to play.

[@Piercemannen]

Oh wow, was not expecting this 😮 Thanks for the heads up AJ 🔥🔥🔥

[@agentshillbot]

So glad I waited for your review. Thanks!

[@ewarwoowoo244]

Thanks AJ for the honest opinion. I want to spend my money on games that have been well made so these videos are really helpful.

[@PrenticeSummerscales]

Someone must have gone short on sleep to put this video together. Thanks for the quick warning video. It seems such a long time since this made the PSVR1 top 25 list.

[@faceofthemoment4571]

The intro cracked me up, AJ. 😂 Thanks for the first impressions. I was excited for this one, but will avoid now.

[@TheSurfheart]

LOL that intro!

[@CheckmateStallioN]

That intro made our Tuesdays suck .. just a little bit more 🤣

[@CheckmateStallioN]

Huge shoutout for always keepin it real in deez streets my man. You saved me my hard eared cash! Such a shame I was really looking forward to this. How on earth is it possible for Skydance who delivered fantastic games before (S&S 1 & 2) to screw this one up????? At least we got RE4 to look forward to which I have no doubt in my mind will deliver if Village is anything to go by

[@jessekoepp3928]

Skydance didn't make the game Captain Syntax, they PUBLISHED it. Apparently they saw nothing wrong with this incredibly lazy port and assumed the idiot masses would gobble it up cause they *said* it was next gen, even though it clearly had almost no additional time/thought put into it.

[@Jdb63]

S&S 2 was an absolute mess at launch and is still a very disappointing sequel. Their good will from S&S 1 has run out. They're gonna have to prove themselves again, because what we've seen lately is not good

[@64Papiculo]

Thanks for your honesty, I was going to pull the trigger as a Tenchû/Shinobidô-like game in VR seemed really fun on paper. Will wait to see if they improve it anyhow but this preview is not encouraging... I'll have more time for RE4 and Vertigo 2!

[@bigwiteonebigwite1125]

Don’t u see the 2.2 ps5 store review. It’s so bad

[@64Papiculo]

@@bigwiteonebigwite1125 there weren't evaluations yet since the game wasn't even available on the store when this video came out. It's one of thw few games I was about to buy day one because I thought it could only be an improvement over the PSVR1 version and I'm a huge fan of Shinobidô and Tenchû. They missed the mark, could have been great, but I'm glad I didn't bit the bullet 😅

[@steverichard2786]

Thanks, AJ, for saving my money for Res, Arizona, and Veryigo2. Surely these 3 games will deliver.

[@delgat000]

The cats are gonna love Vertigo 2. That game is a head trip

[@GAMERTAGVR]

The first 3 seconds are amazing.

[@varoennauraa]

Thanks man! I was rushing from work to buy Arashi, but fortunately I saw your video first! I wouldn’t mind buyng game again at full price, but I do mind seeing NO effort. No effort means no money at all. At least put a lousy secondary attack for enemies so you need to at least be careful with them and watch their moves. And the haptics should not be too much to ask. Looks like it’s another game made for mobile devices.

[@a.p.8913]

…anyway one of the BEST intro for a REVIEW!! AJ you’re great! 😂👍👋

[@Venserql]

Oh damn...I skipped this one on PSVR1 so I was really looking forward to playing it on VR2 😔

[@PrestigeCom]

You got me with your face impression in the beginning 😂

[@TheRealLofty]

Hahaha! Your face is killing me! 😂😂 It's giving MUST BUY! Lol!

[@JustinPerrotta-lr6bg]

Happy for you AJ keep doing your thing bro

[@stringvulture]

Thanks for the heads up. Will avoid this mess

[@MTBKyle]

Thanks, AJ. Guess this one is staying on the wishlist for a while.

[@nedsantich7946]

Appreciate your opinion A.J . Disappointing I was looking forward to playing this game .👍PSVR Underground

[@ChollayMurphay]

Thanks for saving me my time and money. I almost bought this last night but seeing that there was no upgrade path. I decided to wait and see and now I'm glad I did good looking out man.

[@vrslayercat]

Lol great intro AJ

[@CheckmateStallioN]

The intro made our tuesday suck Just a little bit more LOL

[@User_92020]

I saw this was planning on purchasing, no wonder it was so cheap. A $15 game with 2.5 star review. Thanks for review

[@wild-hourthegamecat1266]

Hey AJ, I bought the upgrade, it seems more difficult than the psvr one version. Great to see you livestreaming Saturday night, it's Sunday when I see it so it's like Church for me and you're the Minister of Mayhem.😂

[@tipsysonic6069]

Was really excited for this bit will definitely not bother now unless a really deep sale thanks for saving me some very much needed money for other vr games 😂 thaks Aj 🙌🏻

[@deathleethedeathcat3613]

Damn this was so high on my list of most anticipated.

[@metalgamecatsolid-frits7828]

Whooo, I thought Bryan's review was rough, and than I saw you being quiet and rolling your eyes.... Was not expecting this, hopefully they get to patch it and you get to enjoy it at some point

[@hussainchoudhury8846]

AJ. Ace review thanks man. I haven't played it before and was seriously waiting for it to go live in the UK. You saved me some money there bro. Thank you. Much respect and love. Oh well. We can just watch the GTA trailer again I guess!

[@jakkudemoff3043]

No worries -i imagine not many people were planning on getting this anyway with Arizona sunshine 2 and resident evil 4 dropping

[@justin-time-bs-]

I played through it on PSVR back then and enjoyed it, the gameplay and level design reminded me of older flat titles i played . But in my case it wasn't anything negative. But without an upgrade path and improvements, I won't get it again.

[@MarkPoppinPringlesleaf]

Gutted, I was looking forward to this one. The money I had aside for it will go on something now. Thank you for telling us AJ

[@Rome19xx]

I was about to get this, thanks for the heads up. Arizona Sunshine it is...

[@a.w.389]

Thanks for your honest Impressions!

[@radbuster4403]

They really fooled me with the awesome trailer

[@Vedarta]

I almost picked this up yesterday! I’m so happy I didn’t, and I hope it get’s better later on.

[@steve_ire321]

😂 "Right lads, we've got some extra money and extra people here to help us with this. What do we spend that moneies on? Dog furr? Yes. Yes, that's it! That's what the people want!" And I've said it once, and I'll say it again: I love Saints and Sinners, but when the zombies are more intelligent than the human NPC's, well, there's alarm bells there...

[@deadringer28]

This went from a maybe to a maybe at 50% off and a huge fix of the issues. Thanks AJ

[@TiRanius100]

Thanks for saving $30! Recently I saw how was reworked "Wanderer" game (which I'll definitely buy) and now this one... No new graphics, no fixed combat and no money from me.

[@kaysersozze]

Thanks for reviewing this, was close to grab it blindly, I'll skip it for now. Can you maybe take a look at ForeVR ?

[@BlackIce4777]

Oof that combat

[@BRBTim]

I'm actually glad this is bad, as too many good games out this month. Thanks for saving me some money and time, AJ 😁👍

[@salvador2390]

Haha, definitely feel the frustration when you know something sapos to be good but it's not (well in the patch folder it goes). Dang not Haru. Great first impressions bro!! 🤘

[@scottthepsvrgamecat4life]

Thanks AJ I’ll just have to play it on the ps4 pro for the first and only time then it’s a shame because I only brought it on disc a while ago thinking they would make it better and have a upgrade path tut tut

[@WaynerTheGamer]

Good Heads Up = Honesty 😎

[@deepdivevr7244]

thanks mate. you saved me the money

[@Gonzax]

I was going to buy it on PC but I don't think I'll even give it a try after this video

[@derschnuff8819]

Hehe, Arashis Castle Next gen VR2 version.... - exactly why i am not so excited about Quest 3 - play the last gen visuals just with better clarity. There is much more to do than just raising the resolution...especially for a rebuy.

[@shenmeowzo]

Well shit. That's a shame. Like you said unbelievable, since skydance got involved. Just mad. They surely could have just delayed it

[@leonkennedy3398]

It should be noted however, that the reason you were moving diagonal is because it is controller based directional movement

[@gamingjay141]

Yeah but the head wouldn't stay on track with the feet. Also at launch, there was no options other than turning speed and vignette.

[@leonkennedy3398]

As a huge tenchu fan this makes me very sad

[@lincolnklayvr]

Complete heartbreak 💔

[@wild-hourthegamecat1266]

Thanks AJ, I was hoping for an upgrade path but no😢. I'll get it , eventually in a sale or maybe I should leave the good memories I have first time around. What a shame, they could've done the SnS with mallee haptics and combat. And I was looking forward to catching up with Haru.

[@wontorres]

No upgrade path for this is insulting

[@SamDunham]

Bummer. I was looking forward to this based on the trailer. :\

[@peteneon]

Thanks for the first impressions. So disappointing. Was also really looking forward to this 😢

[@PSVRUNDERGROUND]

Meeee too 😞

[@BadRobo82]

Oh yes, let's release it now just before Christmas, no one will notice a few flaws. Crapashi: Castle of Shit

[@JonnyJamesC]

Any updates to the game yet may I ask? I was one of the five that purchased it on PSVR. Such a shame it could have been beautiful. Don't think I have seen Endeavor One in your Gamecast comments section lately. Perhaps they are working hard to put things right.

[@PSVRUNDERGROUND]

I’ve heard that they fixed the movement, nothing else yet that I’m aware of

[@Ant-bm1qk]

PSVR needs to get its shit together

[@adrenalineisbrown]

AJ just curious have u played Assassin’s Creed Nexus on Quest 3? Bro it’s amazing

[@SupreemSPGamer]

Relax the game was made over Thanksgiving weekend

[@herbivr]

ok thx for the video

[@MegaAbzzzzz]

damn that's so unfortunate, was looking forward to this game

[@durbanbrown]

thanks for the info

[@CHROME-COLOSSUS]

Glad that RE4 REMAKE will be keeping focus off of this crummy re-launch. Lack of any upgrade path makes zero sense for this mess. I figured I’d wait for a sale, but this might never see a buy from me. Weird bummer of a port. 🐾 Thanks for the thoughtful, articulate, and entertaining review, AJ!

[@jessekoepp3928]

Well that sucks. I had my doubts the moment they claimed it was going to be a "next gen" refresh, despite also having a Quest port. Ten internet points says they spent 95% of their time porting it to quest and 5% of their time porting the psvr1 version, sans any upgrades that would have mattered. How they gonna spend YEARS after release NOT fixing the fundamental problems at all? And apparently Skydance thought the port was "good enough" for us lol. If this was "good enough" in their eyes, I'm starting to doubt their ability to deliver on Behemoth, god knows what year that is even coming out.

[@benitezkebab]

That face juat says it all

[@DanPyjamas]

Ooof. Thanks AJ

[@darwinseyeball596]

Well....that blows. I was a fan of the original and was excited to see everything without vaseline on my eyeballs. On the plus side, I felt kind of bad not supporting a studio who was porting a PSVR1 game with a day one purchase ( because there are so many other games to buy right now) and now I don't have to feel guilty. Too bad.

[@Witchlover1984]

Psvr2 owner; I want Assassins creed nexus. Sony; we have Assassin creed at home. ARASHI...Assassin creed at home! 😅

[@DanishingAct]

I don’t get how this keeps happening. It feels like not even the devs play their games before release.

[@xer0signal]

Hope we’re not in for an October repeat…

[@secretsof7431]

I was expecting more assassins creed like gameplay and control! :(

[@Imhotep397]

Whew….scathing. Hope the devs can deal with all that smoke. 🔥💨🔥💨🔥 Makes Horizon look a whole lot better now. This is likely the Quest port though. Hopefully, Sony is in the process of reorienting their software development plan to increase first party game porting to PSVR2 which doesn’t have to also be compliant with Quest development constraints.

[@kilartist1thedreamweaverga3]

This was playable at what in tokyo and everyone said how good it looked were they playing a different version???!!!

[@VRGamercz]

Thank you as allways. Im not buying this considering AS2 is comming in 3 hours, RE4 in couple of days and Vertigo 2 couple days after that. Was hoping this game will turn out good, but maybe after patches or with very heavy discount.

[@grimmcrag8715]

How do you mess up walking forwards? 🤣

[@12thebackloggedgamecat22]

Well damn, thanks for the heads up. Hope this gets patched into a far better game.

[@minners71]

After Firewall Ultra releasing in such a broken mess nothing surprises me anymore. Now we just have to wait for the inevitable apology from the devs. Rinse and repeat.

[@monkeynuts176]

Wish I’d watched this before buying it 😂🤦‍♂️

[@Reawer]

We miss you in firewall why you give up ?

[@gustavobarandas2012]

That sucks, another game to wait for the magic patch

[@serksalp3189]

Yeh I bought it and was really looking forward to this game but it's not as good as I thought it would be,disappointing hopefully they can fix it with an update

[@TruGamer4Realz]

Save me from getting it. was gonna do on quest 3 and if it looks like this one psvr2 thats a shame.

[@emilybaxterthecartoonywitc1805]

That sucks to hear. Obviously devs seem to have issues optimizing for psvr2. Sony better step up their quality assurance, or all these bad releases will kill any momentum psvr2 will have

[@adamthagard3334]

Sucks about the gameplay. Not sure why devs think this makes a good game. On another note, that may be the best intro to a video I have seen 😅

[@redmist78]

I got my PSVR2 a few weeks after launch and its my first VR . Horizon was AMAZING....but since then, I am VERY upset that MOST games are just ones that were on PSVR1 with minimal updates. I assumed these games like this were NEW and EXCLUSIVE.....kinda bums me out.

[@rottieman]

Yeah like synapse,re village,re4 remake,gt7,pavlov,star wars,crossfire Sierra squad,hubris,red matter 2,switchback,7th guest,journey to foundation 🤷‍♂️.....the list goes on and on but none of these have been on psvr1 and there psvr2's best games!

[@MattSmith-sc3zy]

Is there dismemberment in the game ? Cutting off heads and limbs ? If not its a no buy.

[@kilartist1thedreamweaverga3]

I usually always wait for you or bryan to steer me in the right direction but as much as i loved this on psvr1 i was sure i couldn’t go wrong but i jumped the gun saw it live before i went to bed and bought it….again ughh!! I jumped in and i thought maybe i was playing a broken version of the psvr1 game 😪😪

[@kilartist1thedreamweaverga3]

Oh and i sent bryan some video of me climbing a ladder whike grabbing air that was like 6 inches from the actual ladder i mean wtf!!

[@Breamin]

It sucks that i have to buy the game again instead of paying for an upgrade.

[@cantlivewifoutme35]

Thank you for this one I was literally just about to buy it. I still haven't even figured out what to even get for my first vr game. This is super disappointing

[@PSVRUNDERGROUND]

No worries. Have you played Vr at all before?

[@cantlivewifoutme35]

@PSVRUNDERGROUND for about 20 minutes. That was about 4 or so years ago. Hopefully, I didn't pick some stinkers. I ended up getting Song in the smoke, The Light Brigade, and Ancient Dungeon. Alongside already having RE8 and RE4, I'm just stoked to play Bulletstorm all over again. No joke. I remember it dropped like it was yesterday, haha.

[@PSVRUNDERGROUND]

@@cantlivewifoutme35 those are all great games, a little more advanced in terms of gameplay but if you need something simple to start with lemme know! Welcome to the family! 👊🏻

[@cantlivewifoutme35]

@PSVRUNDERGROUND Well, it looks like my ex was wrong. I do make good choices 🤣. Thank you as well for responding, and here's to hoping for a banging 2024 for the vr!

[@ricksterrobinson57]

I cant even see it on the store

[@ricksterrobinson57]

Is the game really that bad they pulled it off the store like they did with cyberpunk?

[@jaymeow4273]

Damn

[@WOojerVest3andQuest3onMe]

Yeah, I agree. I was disappointed when I played this yesterday. It looks like a Playstation 2 game. They really F@#%'d this one up. I felt like I bought a Quest game for my Powerful gaming PC. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@rogue-tr]

damn

[@cusman]

Oh well. Plenty of other games to focus on instead.

[@LanceGrube-bf5fy]

Hahahaha funny as hell

[@Stormshadow612-n8g]

It’s hand based movement. The dumbest thing ever for movement. When it should be head movement