Is It Really That Time Again?
HIGH Jeff.
LOW The hacking minigames can be a little irritating.
WTF The, uh, “fuel” for the med stations.
Half-Life: Alyx Review
Tag: PC
The Pedestrian Review
Sign Language
HIGH The final puzzle.
LOW Regularly feeling like an idiot during the later segments.
WTF That ending.
Baldur’s Gate III Preview
I know the last few years have been rough for a variety of reasons, but one of the few indicators that we’re not quite living in the darkest timeline was last year’s announcement that Baldur’s Gate would be resurrected by none other than Larian Studios. Their recent work on Divinity: Original Sin and its sequel – two of my favorite games – has made them, to my mind, the most qualified team to inherit the long-dormant series. I was recently invited to Manhattan for a first look at Baldur’s Gate III, and based on what I saw, the pairing seems to be every bit as perfect as I’d hoped.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries Of New York Review
What We Scroll Through In The Shadows
HIGH Strong character writing. A great taster for the Vampire setting.
LOW Bare-bones features discourage repeat play.
WTF How’d it take this long to get some good Malkavians in a game?!
Mosaic Review
Misery, Inc.
HIGH The minigames and monochrome aesthetic.
LOW Game-breaking bugs and wonky controls.
WTF A disappointing, weak climax.
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne PC review
Guilt-Free Slaying
HIGH The new mounts are a fantastic addition to the formula.
LOW Environmental slope attacks not triggering when they should.
WTF Shouldn’t there have been a Dragon’s Dogma crossover event by now?
Everreach: Project Eden Review
Futuristic Shooting, Archaic Design
HIGH Exploring a lush alien world.
LOW The combat.
WTF There’s one good story beat in the game, but it’s never shown on screen
Disco Elysium Review
Communist Cop
HIGH The climax of the necktie subplot.
LOW Way too many typos.
WTF A Whitney Houston reference in this fictional world.
This Is Not A Review – Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
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: Ancestors: the Humankind Odyssey, available on PS4, Xbox One and PC, developed by Panache Digital and published by Private Division.
The Executioner Review
A Swing And A Miss
HIGH The epic torture techniques.
LOW My save file getting corrupted.
WTF A cutting sound effect kicks in when choosing to mutilate a criminal.
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