Into The Deep
HIGH Great premise, great controls, great graphics.
LOW The difficulty is brutal and inflexible.
WTF Why in the world is there no save function?!?
Returnal Review
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Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise Review
You’re Already Dead
HIGH The perfect use of slight controller vibration during the Thouzer fight.
LOW The sheer amount of grinding required for high-level parts.
WTF Devil Rebirth acting as a human construction crane.
Castle Of Heart Review
A Knight In Corroded Armor
HIGH The storybook intro and outro are rather nice.
LOW The controls are atrocious.
WTF A classic-style, side-scrolling platformer that only controls with the analog stick?
Shining More Light On Candleman
Here at GameCritics, we originally covered Candleman in January with a full review by Corey Motley. It also had a strong impact on me, and I was actually so touched by it that I reached out to the developers for further comment.
Cuphead Review
Half Empty
HIGH Those visuals. I mean, damn.
LOW The roulette level.
WTF The idea of playing this without the dash invulnerability power-up.
Yakuza 0 Review
Meeting Old Friends For The First Time
HIGH Putting a chicken in charge of a high-profile financial district.
LOW Enemies equipped with firearms are a time-wasting annoyance.
WTF There aren’t nearly enough scenes involving Nishitani.
Interview With Hideyuki Shin On… Let It Die
In February 2017, it was announced that Playstation 4 free-to-play exclusive Let It Die had passed more than two million downloads in North America, Europe and Japan combined. In order to mark the occasion, I had the chance to ask the game’s director, Hideyuki Shin a few questions. Here are his answers, translated from Japanese.
Horizon: Zero Dawn Review
A Misguided Journey
HIGH The first four or five hours are amazing.
LOW Getting mobbed by three different kinds of enemies in the desert.
WTF A lot of this game feels seems directly lifted from Far Cry: Primal
Nioh Review
Not Just Shogun Souls
HIGH The feeling of one-shotting a boss.
LOW Lots of re-used environmental assets.
WTF How does something that small have a tongue that huge?
Let It Die Second Opinion
Free-To-Slay HIGH The gameplay loop is incredibly addicting. LOW Getting one-shotted by Haters twice my level. WTF The prices of some items in the PSN store… There’s a lot to be said for simplicity of design and a focus on core ideas. I played an absurd number of games […]
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