The Carapace Must Hold
HIGH Superb animation, tight controls, wonderful world design.
LOW Some of the bosses are deeply demoralizing.
WTF The world is so open, I went more than 25 hours before finding a *crucial* starting vendor!
Tag: Nintendo
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Switch) Review
A Staggering (and Staggered) Achievement
HIGH The best writing in the triple-A space by a Mesquite mile.
LOW Playing on Switch is suboptimal in a few important ways.
WTF Look, Giant Bomb created an entire award category to talk about all the bonkers moments in this game.
West Of Loathing Review
The Best RPG This Side Of The Pecos
HIGH Shockingly nuanced and detailed, both in writing and game design.
LOW My failure to figure out Stench resistance for far too long.
WTF The game’s obsession with spittoons, but in the best possible way.
Ikaruga (Switch) Review
Bullet Heaven
HIGH Damn, that boss theme thumps so hard.
LOW Kinda wish the Switch had 4K support to take full advantage of my TV.
WTF There’s some pretty funny Engrish in here.
Smoke And Sacrifice Review
Swunge-ing In The Deep
HIGH Finally getting to an environment that isn’t swamp or snow.
LOW The first time I fast-traveled at moderate health and got killed by enemies before the world finished loading.
WTF How does this arrangement of swamp, blazing hot coal fields, and bitterly cold snow zones even exist?
Urban Trial Playground Review
One Wobbly Wheel
HIGH Strong level design encourages maximum air.
LOW No Freestyle multiplayer.
WTF The whole game feels like an artifact from the early 2000s.
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles (Switch) Review
Getting There Slowly
HIGH Jumping off a cliff that’s too high.
LOW Oh good, time to cross the map for an important resource again.
WTF From the recipes, it appears that this bread is made from fish oil?
Burly Men At Sea Review
Scurvy Will Be Patched In Later
HIGH Beards
LOW None of the control schemes are particularly good
WTF Stop being so impulsive, Hasty Beard!
Darkest Dungeon (Switch) Review
Scary Hard… On The Eyes
HIGH Deep, satisfying combat. Stellar artwork. More difficulty options.
LOW It’s tough on the eyes in portable mode.
WTF Why doesn’t the DLC come standard with the base release?
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