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The Yakuza Remastered Collection Review
They Keep Pulling Him Back In!
HIGH The ending of Yakuza 5 is one of the most perfect scenes in gaming.
LOW Why aren’t Yakuza: Dead Souls and the Samurai games included in this edition?
WTF Okay, I now get why those missions were originally cut.
A Knight’s Quest Review
More Like Zel-Don’t
HIGH The opening setpiece is thrilling in a way the rest of the game isn’t.
LOW What if Ocarina of Time‘s Water Temple didn’t have a map?
WTF Now you want me to fast travel? No thanks, I’ll quit instead.
Ys: Memories of Celceta Review
A Search For Lost Time
HIGH The ‘Mount Doom’ scene.
LOW The giant fish boss that can only be slightly harmed every couple of minutes.
WTF So many animals to befriend!
Tokyo Xanadu EX+ Review
They’re Pushing Into Our World…
HIGH Wiping out a boss in seconds by unloading a chain of six super attacks on it.
LOW Picking the wrong partner for a dungeon because I had to choose before knowing what was inside.
WTF So we’re just going to watch a whole musical performance now?
Secret of Mana Review
Now With More Accordion
HIGH The option to switch back to the original soundtrack.
LOW The fact that said option was necessary.
WTF So we get this game, but still no Seiken Densetsu 3 localization?
Nights Of Azure 2: Bride Of The New Moon Review
Making Vampires Sexy Again
HIGH Muveil’s bathing suit cutscene.
LOW Occasionally bosses will unleash a move (without decent warning!) that does 80% damage.
WTF Aluche’s ‘upgrade wedding dress’ outfit.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
I Didn’t Remember Dragons Being So Big
HIGH Watching foes flop awkwardly after headshots never gets old.
LOW The pop-in range is noticeably short.
WTF It’s dangerously easy to accidentally dragon scream with Move controllers.
ELEX Review
HIGH Damn, that’s a good sequel hook…
LOW Trying to hit anything further than twenty feet away with a bow.
WTF Is there seriously not a character sheet? I have no idea how much health I have.
Fallen Legion: Sins Of An Empire Review
Think Fast!
High Killing the dragon for the first time.
Low Starting New Game Plus and forgetting to switch Cecilia’s spells.
WTF: The ending made me sad, and I don’t think it was a Bad Ending. It was just… the ending.
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