…Or, make it manageable.
HIGH
The options made this game finishable
and enjoyable.
LOW Dying an absurd number of times right before the final run.
WTF Were all of those weird, glitchy flashes about?
Overwhelm Review
Tag: 2D
Degrees Of Separation Review
Star-crossed Puzzlers
HIGH Plenty of twists on a strong central mechanic.
LOW Loose controls get in the way of successful
platforming.
WTF A miracle cure that either saves people or turns them into a dragon.
Mechstermination Force Review
Contralossus
HIGH Climbing inside a mech for the first
time.
LOW The skull & snakes.
WTF That final boss…
This Is Not A Review: Beat Cop
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: Beat Cop, developed by Pixel Crow and published by 11 Bit Studios.
West Of Loathing Review (PC)
Shut Up And Take My Meat!
HIGH All the depth of an RPG with a fraction of the commitment.
LOW Spooky resistance is hard to come by.
WTF The Ghostwood questline.
Coffee Crisis Review
Burnt and Bitter
High Great music with charming humor.
Low All the visual effects.
WTF How does someone “remove the metal” from a person?
Battle Princess Madelyn Review
A Dog-Gone Shame
HIGH Diverse, beautiful worlds to explore
LOW Punishing difficulty, bugs
WTF How do the NPCs arrive at those impossible-to-reach platforms?
Skyhill Review
Hotel Hell
HIGH Stylized and artistic.
LOW Surviving isn’t much of a challenge.
WTF No, I will not trade a sword for fruit salad!
Guacamelee! 2 Review
Así-Así
HIGH Going on rampages as the giant chicken.
LOW The final dungeon feels like it goes on forever.
WTF Flame Face’s needlessly convoluted combos.
Rise & Shine Review
It Does Neither
HIGH Some lovely animation and music.
LOW An awkward tone and a terrible sense of humor.
WTF The idea of clearing the final level on Switch without the Pro Controller.
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