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.
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?
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!
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?
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.
The best part about experimental retro games is the ability for game makers with some vision to explore an interesting idea – what if previous generations of devs kept making titles at a given level of technology rather than constantly chasing graphical improvements?
HIGH A well-balanced and well-implemented class system.
LOW Graphical glitches abound when the action gets fierce.
WTF Exactly why are we doing this again? Plotless games are so passe…
HIGH Letting the other team charge the battery to 100% and then stealing it.
LOW The dialog and aesthetic are thoroughly forgettable.
WTF The tutorials are literally just YouTube videos? What is this, Elite Dangerous?
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.
HIGH Disappearing into the trees and picking off a dozen soldiers before anyone knew where I was.
LOW Getting spawn-camped three lives in a row.
WTF The devs just didn’t bother putting in a ‘wearing gas mask’ version of the AI models.
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