HIGH The original Crysis is still both a technically and mechanically exceptional shooter.
LOW Way too much content missing to be considered a true “collection.”
WTF …Boy howdy, centering the series around a pandemic was a bad call in hindsight.
HIGH It’s still the best way to beat the hell out of people in modern gaming.
LOW Some of the original Judgment‘s nagging issues are still present
WTF …Is this series really ending because of pig-headed Japanese talent agents?
Writing the review for Marvel’s Avengers proved to be a challenge when it arrived in my inbox last year. Going into it knowing that it was a live-service game, it was hard to put a ‘permanent’ score on it when my top question was “So what is this going to be a year from now?” Welp, it’s officially a year from then, and with the recent War For Wakanda expansion released, I wanted to see for myself how much Marvel’s Avengers has changed, while also seeing how my original review holds up.
HIGH There’s a move called the “Screw****er Death Kick”
LOW The open world traversal is downright awful
WTF Could we maybe get just one woman in a Suda game that isn’t a sexual fetish come to life?
HIGH A truly remarkable job by the localization team at Capcom
LOW A little too much Herlock Sholmes
WTF …Still waiting on that Ace Attorney Investigations 2 western release
HIGH A respectful ode to both the source material and a dormant genre.
LOW It’s not the most welcoming of titles.
WTF …Maybe going with “Final” was a bad naming convention?
HIGH Exceptional production values with outstanding in-engine cinematics.
LOW It’s a franchise still defined by cheap deaths due to finicky controls.
WTF …Where’s my gotdang fart button!?!
HIGH Judgment is still a helluva videogame.
LOW This particular version of Judgment is a rip-off for those who already own it.
WTF At least they didn’t call it Judgment: Enhanced Edition.
HIGH The possibility of getting transfixed for hours is definitely still here.
LOW The graphics and performance are well behind the Switch curve.
WTF The “You cannot change this later” notice when choosing the player’s gender.
HIGH This team can still make a game that controls with expert precision.
LOW Zero flair and zero soul to speak of.
WTF…did anybody at Team Meat ever write down what people liked about the first game?
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