The games-as-service model isn’t exactly barren ground these days, with some of the most popular titles in the world embracing this method of content delivery. Sure, some of the notables such as Apex Legends and Halo Infinite are in completely different genres, but fundamentally they’re all competing for the limited time players have available. The goal is to hook people for the long haul so that they (hopefully) provide a steady stream of revenue for years to come.
HIGH Boarding the Kreon.
LOW The port’s difficulty is a bit askew.
WTF A trip through a tunnel ripped wholesale from Gears of War 2
HIGH Blowing away a whole squad of Forest Knights with a laser blast.
LOW The ubiquitous hacking is a lackluster twin-stick shooting exercise.
WTF The ending with the fish.
HIGH 2B and 9S are likeable characters.
LOW The game is at least twice as long as it should be.
WTF Accidentally getting joke ending H.
HIGH The disco dance party special attack.
LOW the never-ending second sewer level.
WTF What’s up with the turtles’ weird noses?
HIGH Realizing it really looks as good as it does in trailers.
LOW Escaping from the plasma core.
WTF The Decepticons aren't playable in any mode?!?
HIGH A spectacular boss battle with a sai-wielding man made out of magnets.
LOW Finding out who the final boss is.
WTF I normally don't like heavy metal music, so why do I like this soundtrack so much?
HIGH The dance number after the credits roll.
LOW The "story" is a bloated, empty mess of half-realized nonsense.
WTF Why is Jeanne glowing there?
I'm trying to make a serious effort towards trimming down my backlog this year, so I decided to give Bayonetta one more shot. I've started and quit the game twice before, but it comes up in conversation so often and in such positive terms that I'd feel like I wasn't doing my critical due diligence unless I gave it a least one more try.
HIGH Sasha. Also, Sasha.
LOW Not realizing there was an elevator behind the tentacle.
WTF The "red eyes" are never sufficiently explained.
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