An Odyssey Worthy of Zeus
HIGH Kassandra is the one of the best game protagonists in recent years.
LOW The mercenary system feels tacked on.
WTF The framing story set in the present day still exists.
Tag: Open World
Red Dead Redemption 2 Review
Ain’t No Trouble
HIGH The best fog effects in the history of gaming.
LOW The momentum-killing epilogue.
WTF We’re still holding a face button to run? What year is this?
The Subtle Morality Of Far Cry 4
Far Cry is a diverse series that has varied wildly across its sequels. Far Cry 4 broke this trend by not only being in the same universe as Far Cry 3, but by reusing a majority of the same gameplay ideas. Another way it broke the cycle? By adding choice.
Spider-Man Review
Amazing At Last
HIGH The utterly perfect webslinging mechanics.
LOW The usual open-world busywork.
WTF A weird fixation on pigeons.
Shenmue I & II Review
I See
HIGH Offered an unprecedented level of detail for its time.
LOW The ludicrous maze-like layout of the Yellow Head Building.
WTF The absolutely bonkers left turn Shenmue II takes in its final moments.
No Man’s Sky NEXT Review
Next Gonna Give It To Ya
HIGH Photo Mode.
LOW Finding 500 Platinum.
WTF Where do those buried artifacts go?
Red Faction Guerrilla: Re-Mars-Tered Review
Ghosts of Mars
HIGH Revisiting a classic
LOW Optimization problems
WTF Where is my ostrich hammer?
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.
State Of Decay 2 Review
Endless Armies Of The Dead
HIGH Building an all-powerful Sniper Tower.
LOW Driving across the map because the game can’t adjust objectives to my base’s location.
WTF Why no update on CLEO, Undead Labs?
Planet Nomads Preview
While I can’t say for sure what’s going on inside the developers’ heads, it’s impossible to look at Planet Nomads’ aesthetic and not come away with the impression that – at least on some level, the game exists as a way to make good on No Man’s Sky’s promises. It’s a game matching NMS’ 70s sci-fi look but keeping the scope to a single planet. Will setting more modest goals lead to a better result?
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