Slayin’ Alive
HIGH Locking a boss in place and shredding it to bits with the chain whip.
LOW The awkward approach to multiplayer remains largely unchanged.
WTF Double amnesia? At least they poke fun at it…
Author: Darren Forman
Berserk And The Band Of The Hawk Review
Show Some Guts
HIGH The Berserk Armor transformation is appropriately overpowered.
LOW That Femto boss fight is absolutely terrible.
WTF Witnessing Zodd ride a standard-size horse.
Yakuza 0 Review
Meeting Old Friends For The First Time
HIGH Putting a chicken in charge of a high-profile financial district.
LOW Enemies equipped with firearms are a time-wasting annoyance.
WTF There aren’t nearly enough scenes involving Nishitani.
BLADE ARCUS From Shining: Battle Arena Review
Tony Taka Battle Bonanza
HIGH A smooth, intuitive combo system.
LOW A lack of single-player content coupled with an inactive online player base.
WTF Whatever happened to those excellent Shining Force strategy games, anyway?
The King of Fighters XIV review
It’s Good To Be King
HIGH Oni Hanmon Level 2 > Climax Cancel > Raging Storm.
LOW It’s looking better than before, but could still use more graphical flourishes.
WTF Sylvie Paula Paula’s in the roster. Blue Mary, Yamazaki, Whip and Vanessa are not.
Gravity Rush 2 Review
Forever Falling Upwards
HIGH The gravity shifting mechanic never, ever gets old.
LOW The escort and stealth missions are downright archaic.
WTF Whoops, sent another civilian plummeting to their death. Oh well!
Little King’s Story Review
A Tragic Tale Of Woe
HIGH Watching a guard hop on top of a murderous turnip, smacking it in the face until it died.
LOW A wealth of bugs and port-related issues plague this release.
WTF Watching my minions continually fail to target their assigned objects.
The Legend Of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II Review
Mech It A Double
HIGH These characters are pretty great.
LOW Again with the missable, poorly signposted side quests!
WTF Black hair? I thought it was dark blue all this time…
Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 Review
It’s Mahvel, Baby!
HIGH A large and varied roster of fan favorites.
LOW The netcode is substandard, and has frequent laggy connections.
WTF Tron Bonne beating the living crap out of Galactus is canon, right?
The Dwarves Review
Coming Up Short
HIGH Boindil’s impromptu minecart massacre.
LOW The battle system is frequently a confusing mess.
WTF Auto-pathing that makes characters occasionally leap to their deaths.
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