Climbing A Third Category

HIGH Going all-out on a downhill section for the first time.
LOW Frequent control issues.
WTF Egan Bernal is way too overpowered.
HIGH Going all-out on a downhill section for the first time.
LOW Frequent control issues.
WTF Egan Bernal is way too overpowered.
HIGH The extensive modes.
LOW A downgraded career mode.
WTF Ferrari competing for grand prix victories.
HIGH The gorgeous hand-drawn visual aesthetic.
LOW A melodramatic and cliché finale.
WTF My companion is a Furby?
HIGH Great integration of 3D cinematography in a 2D game.
LOW A horrendous final section.
WTF The Dutch translation is horrible.
HIGH The branching narrative’s room for speculation.
LOW Being unable to skip through text in replayed sections.
WTF So which character is real here?
HIGH The epic torture techniques.
LOW My save file getting corrupted.
WTF A cutting sound effect kicks in when choosing to mutilate a criminal.
It’s the most anticipated time of the decade. As I rank my pics for the top 10 best games of the past 10 years starting in January 2010, there’ll always be too much left unsaid. I’ve seen the rise of superb open-world games, titles with graphical qualities almost equal to reality’s beauty, and several art games pushing the boundaries in storytelling, world-building or other aesthetic aspects.
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: Final Fantasy VIII
Remastered, developed and published by Square Enix.
HIGH The simulation of absolute monarchy.
LOW Grinding for gold to get to the next highlight.
WTF I just reformed the church so I could marry objects!
Coming to PC Today, November 5th, 2019
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