HIGH Fantastic turn-based action, surprising punches of solid writing.
LOW Simplistic strategic layer, cautious tactical AI, strategic UI is rough.
WTF The emperor of the Holy Gustava Empire is named…Tim Gustav?
HIGH The ending is a perfect place to leave the characters.
LOW So many crashes!
WTF Is that character named after me? Probably not, right?
HIGH The updated art style is bright, colorful and cartoonish.
LOW Getting stuck after missing an item.
WTF Using toenails to unscrew screws.
HIGH Reflection on the nature of game design.
LOW A corrupted save file.
WTF The random water treatment plant.
HIGH The Shades are genuinely eerie monsters.
LOW Missing a person in need and getting a bad ending.
WTF The stop sign monster seems pulled straight from Syndrome.
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.
HIGH Starting a stage and immediately wiping out hordes of enemies.
LOW Early boss battles that are more challenging than later ones.
WTF Where did that mummy get a bazooka arm!?
HIGH Environmentalist themes of natural beauty and peace.
LOW Atrocious movement and platforming. Glitches.
WTF Seeing the beauty of Iceland in heavily downgraded form.
HIGH Easy to learn, lots of replayability.
LOW I can’t stop playing.
WTF Candles and plants seems like a bad team-up.
HIGH Extremely customizable difficulty, solid AI and tactics.
LOW Limited number of unit types, occasional wonky camera.
WTF Did the humans build a town in a cave?
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