Better Safe Than Sorry
HIGH Safe Mode opens the door for timid players to experience SOMA’s story.
LOW Chase sequences now lack a sense of danger.
WTF I’ll never get used to using the right trigger to interact with objects.
Author: Corey Motley
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider Review
An Honorable Death
HIGH The bank heist!
LOW New Game+ options are underwhelming.
WTF I’m still mad they replaced The Outsider’s voice actor in Dishonored 2.
Hitman GOTY Edition Announced
Hitman developer IO Interactive has had a rollercoaster of a year.
Halloween 2016 marked the final release of new content for the rebooted version of the franchise, and Square Enix (Hitman‘s publisher) announced it was parting ways with IO Interactive. While the pub let IO keep the Hitman IP, its future was unclear. However, the first act of IO as an independent developer was announced today.
Echo Review
Copycat Killer App
HIGH Feels incredibly fresh and innovative.
LOW Trades innovation for harsh difficulty spikes later on.
WTF The protagonist’s name is… En?
Perception Review
Alone In The Dark
HIGH The bubble wrap room.
LOW The echolocation hook doesn’t build to anything satisfying.
WTF Why doesn’t Cassie’s voice produce sound waves?
Last Day Of June Review
Isn’t Groundhog Day In February?
HIGH Top-notch art direction and animation.
LOW Repetitive puzzle elements.
WTF The endearing character models look creepy after a while.
Blackwood Crossing Review
Alice In Bummerland
HIGH Assembling paper butterflies.
LOW Too many dialogue-matching puzzles.
WTF Magic fire-controlling abilities?
The Town of Light Review
Mental Patience
HIGH The immaculately-recreated Volterra asylum
LOW It feels like a VR tech demo with no console VR support.
WTF Icky sexual assault scenes.
Narcosis Review
Ghosts In The Shellfish
HIGH Top-notch tension in its opening hour.
LOW Dying ten times while trying to navigate one section.
WTF Should it really take this many stabs to kill a squid!?
Prey Review
When Coffee Mugs Attack
HIGH Thoroughly exploring Talos I for hours at a time.
LOW Regular minute-long loading screens.
WTF Harder than it should be, even on Easy Mode.
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