The Adventures Of Poirot’s Robin Hood
HIGH The lovely blend of narrative and intense strategy.
LOW The characters are stereotypes.
WTF I could’ve solved my toughest challenge by watching the trailer.
Peaky Blinders: Mastermind Review (Switch) Review
Author: David Bakker
Into A Dream Review
The Complexity Of The Gamified Mind
HIGH The metaphorical tale of depression.
LOW The comically awkward presentation.
WTF No, seriously. The physics remind me of Happy Wheels.
This Is Not A Review: My Beautiful Paper Smile
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: My Beautiful Paper Smile, developed by Two Star Games and published by V Publishing.
F1 2020 Review
Box for Repairs, Please
HIGH The extensive modes.
LOW A downgraded career mode.
WTF Ferrari competing for grand prix victories.
Pro Cycling Manager 2020 Review
Climbing A Second Category
HIGH Increasingly-tense 3D racing.
LOW The code is poorly built and prone to crashing.
WTF Egan Bernal is way too overpowered.
Evan’s Remains Review
The Remnants Of Game Design
HIGH Reflection on the nature of game design.
LOW A corrupted save file.
WTF The random water treatment plant.
Spirit Of The North Review
A Lack of Spirit
HIGH Environmentalist themes of natural beauty and peace.
LOW Atrocious movement and platforming. Glitches.
WTF Seeing the beauty of Iceland in heavily downgraded form.
LUNA The Shadow Dust Review
In Love With The Moon
HIGH The gorgeous hand-drawn visual aesthetic.
LOW A melodramatic and cliché finale.
WTF My companion is a Furby?
The Suicide of Rachel Foster Review
What Remains of A Slow Genre
HIGH The suspense and narrative tension.
LOW Slow exploration between plot points.
WTF Playing a quarantine game while actually in quarantine.
Stela Review
Distant Encounter Of A Third Kind
HIGH Great integration of 3D cinematography in a 2D game.
LOW A horrendous final section.
WTF The Dutch translation is horrible.
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