Author: Mike Suskie
For Honor Beta Preview
A few months ago, I played the alpha build of For Honor, Ubisoft’s multiplayer-centric knights-versus-Vikings-versus-samurai dueling game. I mostly loved it for its authentic-looking visual design and deceptively deep combat engine, but had some concerns regarding its accessibility and barrier to mastery.
The Last Guardian Review
A Faithful Feathered Friend
HIGH Every slow-motion leap of faith.
LOW Hideous framerate drops when the action picks up.
WTF The first trophy is for watching Trico drop a deuce.
Final Fantasy XV Review
Cup Noodles Presents
HIGH Country drives with the boys.
LOW Chapter 13.
WTF They could have picked any name. They went with “Prompto.”
Beholder Review
Das Leben der Anderen
HIGH Getting out of someone’s apartment just in the nick of time.
LOW Hearing the loudspeaker spewing propaganda for, like, a straight hour.
WTF That English translation.
Owlboy Review
Such Great Heights
HIGH The visuals, the dialog, the limitless flying… pretty much everything.
LOW Yep, the final boss is awful.
WTF Unlockable hats… which fall off when Otus gets hit once.
Divinity: Original Sin II Preview
One of the best things a videogame can do is send me off with a sense that I’ve had an experience unique to me — that no one else saw exactly what I saw. Divinity: Original Sin is quite possibly my favorite role-playing game of all time because it’s such a pure embodiment of that idea.
Seasons After Fall Review
Spoiler: It’s Winter
HIGH The lovely hand-painted visuals.
LOW Nearly every plot McGuffin being a floating orb of light.
WTF It’s the rare game that acknowledges the impossibility of jumping out of water.
Redout Review
Anti-Gravity, Anti-Boredom
HIGH Landing a mile-and-a-half jump.
LOW Score Endurance mode is a bit weak.
WTF The extremely sarcastic-sounding announcer.
Virginia Second Opinion
Twin Reeks
HIGH Lyndon Holland’s incredible score.
LOW The nauseatingly narrow field of view.
WTF All of it, basically.
Recent Comments