Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.
The subject of this installment: Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition, developed and published by Snapshot Games.
HIGH The wide variety of viable approaches to nearly any situation.
LOW An almost intolerable amount of bugs.
WTF These endings are absurdly inadequate given the emphasis on story and lore.
HIGH It’s more Wasteland 3. That’s great!
LOW Most of the new additions and ideas sound interesting but don’t really work out.
WTF There’s no way to stop companions from slaughtering factory workers?
HIGH Hyperfast, hyperaggressive fighting in abundance.
LOW Stage 9 Nagoriyuki is a crime against humanity.
WTF The White House sure has some interesting quirks to its design.
HIGH The Ninja Gaiden series is finally available on PC!
LOW It’s a barebones port offering few additional features or graphic options.
WTF It seems a little suspicious that only the source code for the original Itagaki versions were lost…
HIGH One of the best fighting games ever, now with a modern online focus.
LOW Delay-based netcode instead of rollback can lead to some spotty matches.
WTF The retro character models sometimes don’t have their limbs attached correctly.
HIGH Being surprised by a horde whilst exploring a mineshaft. Yikes!
LOW The forced stealth missions feel outdated.
WTF Deacon’s starting bike runs out of gas in about three minutes.
HIGH The Sentinel Hammer’s a pretty decent addition.
LOW The Dark Lord boss fight is abysmal by every conceivable metric.
WTF They’ve literally made The Ancient Gods, Part 1 worse with this release.
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HIGH This game is cute, concentrated nostalgia.
LOW Unlocking characters is a bit too random.
WTF I legitimately found myself trying to use Yuri’s moves while playing as Sakura.
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