A Brave Commentary On Pica
HIGH Jumping twenty feet in the air, landing on a group of beachgoers, and chucking one like a football.
LOW The combat can sometimes be difficult to follow underwater.
WTF Sharks can double-jump?
Maneater (Switch) Review
Tag: Deep Silver
Iron Harvest Review
Days Of Futures Past
HIGH Brilliant illustrations, solid writing, great music.
LOW Poor AI/pathfinding, uneven balance, large armies are awkward to control.
WTF It’s 2020 – why are we still putting stealth missions into RTS games?
Saints Row: The Third Remastered
The Third Is The Word
HIGH “Power” by Kanye West is the best superhero theme music.
LOW The treatment of women.
WTF I would exceed this review’s word limit listing all the WTFs here.
Maneater Review
Ocean Man, Take Me By The Hand
HIGH I’m a freakin’ shark!
LOW That framerate.
WTF The story was… deeper… than expected
Outward Review
A Familiar Journey
HIGH Finding a sweet new backpack to carry more stuff in.
LOW The combat is super, super basic.
WTF The best backpack I found was two treasure chests
lashed together with a belt.
Metro: Exodus Review
It’s All About The Journey
HIGH The new, more open areas are beautifully realized.
LOW Getting lost in these areas and wandering aimlessly.
WTF ‘Sacrifishious’ would have been a much better trophy name…
Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut (Switch) Review
Sometimes The Past Should Be Forgotten
HIGH Some of the writing is great.
LOW It’s visually messy, and has terrible technical performance.
WTF Why is this on the Switch?
Agents Of Mayhem Review
Open World 101
HIGH The cast is incredibly diverse.
LOW The reliance on ‘go here and kill these guys’ missions.
WTF This came from the team that made Saints Row 4??
Dreamfall: Chapters Review
A Compendium Worth Reading
HIGH Anytime Kian talks about his love of Yams.
LOW Checking the concept art before finishing the game.
WTF Yes, I am reading every one of these Diary entries.
Videogame Logic and Homefront: The Revolution
I’m going to discuss videogame logic for a little while here, and I realize that this is a tough thing to do. Over my years in gaming I’ve become very selective about how far I can suspend my disbelief. I’ve thought long and hard about it, and I just can’t explain it.
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