Assembled By The Board
HIGH It actually has value for offline players.
LOW Lengthy load times after every death.
WTF Writers need to stop writing snarky dialogue around the act of flipping switches.
Marvel’s Avengers Review
Author: Jarrod Johnston
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Review
Aren’t There Better Things To Remaster, Kupo?
HIGH A bright, cheerful presentation that defined “chibi” Final Fantasy.
LOW Completely missing the only thing that made the original cool in the first place.
WTF The proper usage and inflection of the word “Kupo”
The Last Of Us Part II Review
I Need A Drink And A Hug
HIGH A peerless and inspiring new standard for accessibility options
LOW A seeming disinterest in moving the medium forward mechanically.
WTF: …Man did y’all have to release this right now?
Editor’s note: This review contains NO SPOILERS for The Last of Us 2, but does discuss the ending of The Last of Us in spoiler-level detail.
Telling Lies (PS4) Review
The Controls Are Telling
HIGH:A weird, eclectic yarn of a mystery
LOW Playing with a controller is simply inferior.
WTF: Someone tell the Need For Speed team that FMV is alive and well.
Final Fantasy VII Remake Review
One-Sixth Of A Winged Angel
HIGH A standard-shattering audiovisual spectacle.
LOW They somehow made Barrett worse.
WTF The entire project, conceptually.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Second Opinion
All The Force Puns Were Taken. It’s A Great Videogame.
HIGH Mike was right. Deflecting blaster shots is pretty dope.
LOW Failing that damn Padawan wallrunning test twenty times
WTF Dear EA, Please fire the dolt in marketing who spoiled the coolest reveal in a commercial.
Jarrod Johnston’s Top One Videogames Of The Decade
Just when you thought all the lists were done, baybay! Yes, the internet content machine definitely loves it some listmaking, and here we have yet another opportunity to quench the thirsts of people who demand things be ranked numerically — kinda funny to think about it when you realize how much people hate review scores.
Need For Speed: Heat Review
In Pursuit Of Relevance
HIGH The Day/Night split is both interesting and well implemented.
LOW: The stories in this series continue to be insufferable…
WTF: …which would’ve been more bearable with a healthy dose of FMV, which ain’t here.
Jarrod Johnston’s Top Ten Of 2019, And Other Meaningless Awards
I’ve been trying to assess how to actually gauge how ‘great’ a year is for videogaming considering that videogames are cool and every year there’s way too many great games to play, and I think I’ve come up with a pretty good barometer.
Shenmue III Review
Excuse Me…
HIGH SHENMUE III IS A REAL VIDEOGAME AND I PLAYED IT.
LOW Will be seen as as laughably dated to newcomers.
WTF The 19 different ways western voice actors say the name “Ryo”.
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