A Hard Day’s Knight

HIGH The secret ending is the work of pure unfettered genius.
LOW Wandering around pointlessly in search of the entrance to Stormheim.
WTF The markedly more realistic approach to certain Castlevania moments.
Ensign Mike Suskie joins the Bridge Crew to discuss Mega Man, Elden Ring, and military rank structures.
HIGH Castlevania III is the greatest NES game ever made. Fight me.
LOW Trying to get excited for sub-par Game Boy games on a 4KTV.
WTF Why did it take 25 years to re-release Castlevania: Bloodlines?
Stop me if you’ve heard this before — a 2D platformer borrowing from Metroid and Castlevania which also has roguelike elements just hit Steam Early Access. This time, though, the game already feels finished, and has been nearly impossible to put down for the past week. Dead Cells manages to go beyond genre pastiche and freshens up one of the most crowded spaces in gaming. It’s well worth checking out even in its “unfinished” state.
HIGH The idea of explaining what was happening while Dracula slept is great.
LOW Being stuck at the elevator puzzle for way too long.
WTF Why are the skeletons the toughest enemies in the game?
HIGH Taking out a horde of enemies flawlessly while moving like lightning.
LOW The stealth section in the garden needs some tweaking.
WTF This game's Metacritic score. What the hell is wrong with people?
HIGH The battle with the Daemon Lord in Chapter 3.
LOW The godawful laser puzzle in Chapter 2.
WTF Who or what was the Lost Soul supposed to represent?
In a nutshell, I Am Alive's a post-apocalyptic story about a father who was trapped far from home when disaster struck, and is only just now returning to find his wife and daughter. There are a number of things that make this title unique, such as the extremely stark visuals, the dark, mature subject matter and the interesting combination of environmental traversal and highly non-standard combat which is more like lethal puzzle-solving than it is about punching dudes out.
HIGH The combat system once all the moves are unlocked.
LOW The first several hours.
WTF Gabriel Belmont's neck is bigger than his head.
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