Actually, They *Can* Be Killed
HIGH Great malleability in approaches to play.
LOW That tutorial.
WTF It has been tracking my progress since early access.
Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars Review
Tag: Kalypso Media
Shadows Awakening Review
The Demon’s In The Details
HIGH Novel concept on the isometric RPG style.
LOW Every puzzle involving a rolling stone.
WTF Zarr’s Libido.
This Is Not A Review: Railway Empire (PS4)
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: Railway Empire, developed by Gaming Minds Studios and published by Kalypso Media.
Blood Knights Review
Crushed by Influences
HIGH Stomping over foes as some kind of giant tree-vampire-thing.
LOW Falling off a cliff because the framerate decided to attack me.
WTF Since you're already stuck in that deathtrap, you couldn't possibly need all your blood, could you?
Air Conflicts: Vietnam Review
Air War is Also Hell
HIGH Finding out what happened to the main character post-game.
LOW Why are there rail shooter segments?
WTF Am I seriously spraying Agent Orange over rural Vietnam?
Alien Spidy Review
Down Came the Rain…
HIGH Achieving the perfect arc to a swing.
LOW Failing (again!) to earn new coins on a level.
WTF Why does the spider fly a UFO in the first place?
Dark Review
The Music of the Night Is Off-key
HIGH Seeing that 90s-style goth club vamps are alive and well.
LOW The embarrassingly awful final boss fight.
WTF I'm sucking his blood from a foot away? Is that a power? No, just bad graphics.
Omerta: City of Gangsters Review
Being the Boss
HIGH Killing three foes with a single Tommy Gun burst.
LOW Watching grass grow (figuratively) as I waited for a glitch-slowed clock to advance.
WTF How is this the first time I've had a chance to shoot the KKK in a game?
The First Templar Review
A Comfort Game
HIGH Siccing the Templars on the Inquisition at Montsegur.
LOW Fighting the game's few single-player duels.
WTF Did the medieval Catholic church have some kind of breeding program to produce these giants?
DarkStar One: Broken Alliance Review
To Middlingly go Where no one (on 360) has Gone Before…
HIGH A huge universe to explore.
LOW Each star system is nearly identical to the next.
WTF Have these developers never seen a good menu system?
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