Ninjas, Nostalgia, And Nigh-Impossible Platforming
HIGH Clever story, neat characters.
LOW Being “killed” 53 times by the same boss and chase.
WTF What does Quarble spend his Time Shards on?
Tag: Devolver Digital
Minit Review
Brevity Or Bust
HIGH The old man on the pier.
LOW A rather generic final boss.
WTF The settings menu has a… vegan option?
Crossing Souls Review
Almost Heaven
HIGH Fantastic art direction and musical score.
LOW Impossible-to-skip cutscenes after dying and restarting.
WTF The ending. I’m not sure it was supposed to be humorous?
Ruiner Review
Gibsonihilistic
HIGH The aesthetics and style are on point.
LOW It runs out of interesting content halfway through the campaign.
WTF Explosive barrels fly towards me when shot??
Absolver Review
Yellow Belt
High The aesthetics are awesome.
Low Getting gangbanged five-on-one during the first hour of gameplay.
WTF For an online-focused game, how are the servers this poor?
Ronin Review
Sharp As Hell
HIGH Killing a guard by recalling my sword in mid-air.
LOW Failing to see a ceiling I could grapple for way, way too long.
WTF No checkpoints in the final level?
Shadow Warrior 2 (XBO) Review
Many Highs. One Big Lo.
HIGH Hilarious, breakneck gameplay that continually offers new variety.
LOW Player models pale in comparison to the effects and environments.
WTF Lo Wang begins to get a little grating by the ten-hour mark.
This Is Not A Review: STRAFE
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: STRAFE, developed by Pixel Titans and published by Devolver Digital.
Shadow Warrior 2 Review
Lo Wanging Fruit
HIGH The crude playground humor is a perfect fit…
LOW …but it gets tiresome by the end.
WTF I didn’t know a body could be cut into that many pieces.
Mother Russia Bleeds Review
Final Fight + Hotline Miami
HIGH Reliving my childhood arcade memories.
LOW Getting bored every 30 minutes or so.
WTF Watching my AI partner wander aimlessly while I needed to be revived.
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