Emphasizing The Importance Of Coffee
HIGH Finding an adrenaline shot right as a teammate is about to die.
LOW Some occasionally unreliable pathfinding.
WTF How the hell do I use anomaly traps?
Author: Mike Suskie
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Review
This Place Looks Familiar
HIGH Chloe.
LOW The combat.
WTF Are people actually playing these dire multiplayer modes?
Splatoon 2 Review
HIGH Salmon Run.
LOW Not being able to play Salmon Run whenever I want.
WTF WHY CAN’T I PLAY SALMON RUN WHENEVER I WANT?!
LawBreakers Review
Goal Makers, Life Takers, Don’t You Mess Around With Me
HIGH Letting the other team charge the battery to 100% and then stealing it.
LOW The dialog and aesthetic are thoroughly forgettable.
WTF The tutorials are literally just YouTube videos? What is this, Elite Dangerous?
Sundered Review
Thunder Blundered
HIGH The art style and music.
LOW Absolutely everything else.
WTF Jotun was made by the same people? Are we sure…?
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Review
Mind Over Matter
HIGH The game’s incredible use of binaural sound.
LOW The audiologs feel unnecessary and distracting.
WTF Norse mythology looked much different in Too Human.
Immortal Planet Review
…Where You’ll Die Frequently
HIGH Merrily knocking enemies off of ledges.
LOW Prisoner One.
WTF Is there a “good” ending? No, really. We’re all trying to figure it out.
Beholder: Blissful Sleep Review
Mehr Leben Der Anderen
HIGH Finally catching that damn housewife leaving her apartment.
LOW The bizarre lack of urgency in Hector’s plight.
WTF The English translation, once again.
Arms Review
Sweat It Out
HIGH The satisfying muscle aches following a productive session.
LOW That awful solo mode.
WTF Ranked multiplayer getting walled off behind said solo mode.
This Is Not A Review: Everspace
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: Everspace, developed and published by Rockfish Games.
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