For some adults, coffee is the lifeblood elixir that gets them through the day. In Coffence from Sweet Bandit Studios, this couldn’t be more true as coffee is the life — literally — of each character. This is a fighting game where players attempt to hit the other’s coffee cup until it’s emptied. It can be played as a duel between two players, or up to a four-player free-for-all.
HIGH The early boss fights represent the game at its best.
LOW Later stages feel like a chore.
WTF Why send a soldier with the worst equipment to fight a high-tech war?
High Blasting aliens with kaleidoscope explosions and chiptunes.
Low The game becomes too repetitive about halfway through.
WTF Wait… how did I just lose 2 hours to this?
HIGH This whole game makes me high with joy.
LOW Hitting enemies or falling into pits because Sonic’s going too fast to see in front of him.
WTF How did some guy in Australia pull off what Sega has been trying to accomplish for two decades?
High A new story for fans of both series.
Low Menus upon Menus upon Menus…
WTF How the $%^& do I sit in this game?
HIGH Mega Man 7, 9, and 10.
LOW Mega Man 8 should only be part of a much larger collection of games.
WTF Why weren’t these included in the first Legacy Collection?
HIGH The highly polished, fleshed-out campaign.
LOW Microtransactions.
WTF The final boss has a move that hits for 50% health.
HIGH A truly gorgeous game that offers as much emotionally as it does visually.
LOW The frequency of loading screens was frustrating.
WTF The sheer number of animals that don’t care that there’s war going on around them.
High Classic beat-’em-up action with up to three friends.
Low The games it’s referencing are better than this one.
WTF Why is a man in leather drinking rainbows out of a barrel?
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: Herald: An Interactive Period Drama, developed and published by Wispfire.
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