HIGH Slo-mo limb-severing explosions.
LOW Replaying the same five minutes ad nauseum.
WTF How big is this dance club?
Tag: first-person-shooter
Shadow Warrior 3 Review
A Shadow Of Its Former Self
HIGH Gore Kills are a nice idea.
LOW All the good features from previous games are gone!
WTF Whose idea was it to ship with just seven weapons?
Far Cry 6 Review
En Este Mundo De Malos, El Bueno No Tiene Nada
HIGH An in-game radio station full of salsa songs.
LOW Awkward changes to the gameplay loop that don’t move the series forward.
WTF Way more work needs to be done…
Reviews In Retrospect: Metroid Prime
Longtime listeners of the old podcast might remember that Metroid Prime is my number one game of all time. While it isn’t a title I’ve had a lot of occasion to talk about publicly, Prime was actually what made me start to approach videogames as something more than toys, and it ultimately led to me finding GameCritics.
Exodemon
Playing The Same Level 18 Times
HIGH A ’90s throwback with fast and smooth gameplay.
LOW The uninspiring and repetitive levels.
WTF Great (but minimal) music on a constant loop.
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods, Part II Review
Saving The Worst For Last
HIGH The Sentinel Hammer’s a pretty decent addition.
LOW The Dark Lord boss fight is abysmal by every conceivable metric.
WTF They’ve literally made The Ancient Gods, Part 1 worse with this release.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Review
A New Red Scare
HIGH It’s still that same satisfying Call of Duty gameplay…
LOW …in a severely half-baked, racist and politically screwed-up package.
WTF Someone thought a dangerously right-wing game was needed in 2020?
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods DLC review
A Hell Of A Good Time
HIGH This is some of the finest videogame combat ever created.
LOW Buff Totems are still inexplicably awful additions to any encounter.
WTF They removed the DOOG easter egg? Give it back, cowards!
Sniper Ghost Warrior: Contracts Review
Changing Regimes, One Bullet At A Time
HIGH A sniping post across a lake from a chalet with glass walls.
LOW Why doesn’t this super-mask work?
WTF Why do I have to worry about windspeed in an underground lab?
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Review
Boots Nailed To The Ground
HIGH Three distinct game modes!
LOW Two of which feel pretty dang stale.
WTF I’ve no idea what they were aiming for with Frank Woods’ dialogue.
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