Kickstarter: Nothing Is Final Any More
HIGH A respectful ode to both the source material and a dormant genre.
LOW It’s not the most welcoming of titles.
WTF …Maybe going with “Final” was a bad naming convention?
R-Type Final 2 Review
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Oddworld: Soulstorm Review
A Fine Macrobrew
HIGH Exceptional production values with outstanding in-engine cinematics.
LOW It’s a franchise still defined by cheap deaths due to finicky controls.
WTF …Where’s my gotdang fart button!?!
Judgment (PS5) Review
Hold It In Contempt
HIGH Judgment is still a helluva videogame.
LOW This particular version of Judgment is a rip-off for those who already own it.
WTF At least they didn’t call it Judgment: Enhanced Edition.
Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town Review
Who Put All These Robots On My Farm!?
HIGH The possibility of getting transfixed for hours is definitely still here.
LOW The graphics and performance are well behind the Switch curve.
WTF The “You cannot change this later” notice when choosing the player’s gender.
Super Meat Boy Forever Review
Throwing The Bandaged Hamburger Baby Out With The Bathwater
HIGH This team can still make a game that controls with expert precision.
LOW Zero flair and zero soul to speak of.
WTF…did anybody at Team Meat ever write down what people liked about the first game?
Jarrod’s Top Ten of 2020 (Kinda.)
I will admit that the bit this article is going for started as a joke in the first half of 2020, but as the year went on, it became less of a joke and more of a legitimate argument.
Devil May Cry V Special Edition Review
Smokin’ Sexy Style
HIGH The deepest, most satisfying combat (maybe) in the history of the genre.
LOW It’s not exactly a showpiece for next-gen hardware.
WTF V needs some proper footwear.
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered Review
Please Pursue Making Games Like This Again
HIGH Gettin’ dat Bugatti
LOW The soundtrack didn’t get any better with age
WTF Lamborghini cop cars = Defund The Police.
Marvel’s Avengers Review
Assembled By The Board
HIGH It actually has value for offline players.
LOW Lengthy load times after every death.
WTF Writers need to stop writing snarky dialogue around the act of flipping switches.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Review
Aren’t There Better Things To Remaster, Kupo?
HIGH A bright, cheerful presentation that defined “chibi” Final Fantasy.
LOW Completely missing the only thing that made the original cool in the first place.
WTF The proper usage and inflection of the word “Kupo”
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