Attack On Shite(an)
HIGH The first time decapitating a Ravenii’s neat, I guess.
LOW Anything requiring any sort of precision movement.
WTF What part of this game remotely suggests that it’s worth sixty dollars?
Author: Darren Forman
Yakuza 6: The Song Of Life Review
Adventures In Babysitting
HIGH Tons of quality side content, including fully playable Virtua Fighter 5 FS.
LOW There’s a serious lack of Goro Majima this time around.
WTF That Hangman enemy was… unexpected.
Dragon Ball FighterZ review
Chillin’ With Krillin
HIGH Blowing enemies away with super attacks, then seeing the result from outer space.
LOW That’s one insufferably drawn-out story mode.
WTF Android 21 has one hell of an eating disorder.
Injustice 2 (PC) Review
For Great Justice!
HIGH Absolute tons of content to indulge in.
LOW I’ve suffered from a few hard crashes, including system lock-ups.
WTF Batman using a blameless bar patron as a weapon isn’t canon, surely?
Marvel vs Capcom Infinite: The DLC Characters
It’s been a good couple of months since Marvel vs Capcom Infinite released to fairly mixed reception. While the core fighting engine was a blast to play, many players felt underwhelmed by its initial character roster which featured a ton of returning faces and yet was also lacking many fan favorites due to licensing issues – the entire X-Men universe, for example. However, Capcom have also released a season pass allowing players access to six new entrants, and they’re six genuinely new faces, not just previously-available characters brought back for another round of superpowered brawling. (Well, except Venom, but we’ll ignore that for the time being – he was a 2D sprite the last time we saw him.) The real question is, however, are they valuable additions to the roster?
Total War: Warhammer 2 Review
Just Call It Total Warhammer Already
HIGH Successfully flanking siege engines with massive monstrosities is a hoot.
LOW The loading times add up over the length of a standard campaign.
WTF Lizards riding dinosaurs.
Destiny 2 Review
Your Destiny Lies Elsewhere
HIGH The music’s really nice!
LOW The endgame feels like a pointless waste of time.
WTF Main bad guy annihilates humanity’s last refuge, then sits on his ass for the rest of the campaign.
Yakuza Kiwami Review
Ten Years In The Can
HIGH There’s been a lot more Majima added to the original content.
LOW The enemy AI makes for fairly unsatisfying fights.
WTF Those Virtua Fighter 4: Final Tuned cabinets aren’t playable, damn it to hell!
This is Not a Review: Phantom Trigger
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: Phantom Trigger, developed by Bread Team and published by TinyBuild.
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen Review (PS4)
Master Ports All
HIGH The absolutely exquisite melding of combat and exploration.
LOW The dialogue’s… yeah, it’s pretty bad.
WTF So hey, looks like I was the first person in the world to get the Platinum trophy. Neat!
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