Poppin' A Cap In Satan's Face

HIGH The musical number is fantastic.

LOW Too much of the content feels like filler.

WTF No outfit customization options?

Feet of Clay

HIGH Killing Jiang Shi by attaching spells to their heads.

LOW Losing five hours of progress to a glitchy save file.

WTF There's an achievement for beating someone up with a fish.

Is Nofun: Tribute to a Visual Hovel

HIGH Silent Green, the delicious, healthy snack.

LOW Reams and reams of uninteresting, awkwardly translated exposition.

WTF An empress. In public. With a visible butt crack.

The word "Hollow" applies to more than the title

HIGH: Stays true to the anime.

LOW: Repetitive combat, horrible translation, lack of online multiplayer, terrible camera

WTF: Why does everyone want to sleep with Kirito?

Brave the Blizzard

HIGH: Successfully reaching the top of the ice giant's body.

LOW: Several cheap deaths in the second half.

WTF: The chattering of the Little People make them sound like minions from Despicable Me.

That suitcase packs a hell of a punch

HIGH Cute aesthetics

LOW Not a whole lot of variety

WTF Why is every lift in the station on the fritz?

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Racing the Sun

HIGH Being allowed to try drifting a hairpin turn over and over again until I get it just right.

LOW Gosh, that photography mode couldn't load slower, could it?

WTF Apparently people leave extremely valuable cars to rot in barns all the time.

Time's not on your side

HIGH The first time seeing subject 1201 loom out of the darkness.

LOW The final challenges require split-second timing and are achingly repetitive.

WTF Man, the story going on in these notes sure seems interesting. Wish I was playing it.