The Remnants Of Game Design
HIGH Reflection on the nature of game design.
LOW A corrupted save file.
WTF The random water treatment plant.
Evan’s Remains Review
Tag: Puzzle
This Is Not A Review: Escape From Life, Inc.
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: Escape From Life, Inc. available on PC, developed and published by Power Burger.
The Pedestrian Review
Sign Language
HIGH The final puzzle.
LOW Regularly feeling like an idiot during the later segments.
WTF That ending.
Guildmaster Story Review
Adventurers Of The World, Unite!
HIGH The long legal battle is extremely funny.
LOW Thinking about how scummy most casual game publishers are.
WTF Being the main character’s imaginary friend.
The Sojourn Review
Stay A While, Don’t Listen
HIGH The “Vivid Nightmare” level.
LOW Trying to inch along bridges while keeping an eye in view.
WTF “The more you reap the more you sow”?
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Switch) Review
Two-Player Adventure
HIGH Same great visual storytelling as before.
LOW Original glitches are still present.
WTF What happened on the giants’ battlefield?
Professor Lupo And His Horrible Pets Review
An Adorably Deadly Menagerie
HIGH The Arachnae boss fight.
LOW The lack of a hint system.
WTF Uh-oh, (SPOILER) has figured out he’s a videogame villain.
Crystal Crisis Review
Puzzle Fighter Fans (Maybe?) Rejoice
HIGH Solid controls.
LOW Constantly getting kicked out of online matches.
WTF Johnny Turbo. Yes, that Johnny Turbo.
Solar Flux Review
Houston, We Have A Problem
HIGH Stringing together a complex puzzle using simple geometry.
LOW No controller support in handheld mode.
WTF Why can’t I use the controller in handheld mode!?
Tetris Effect Review
Mizuguchi Does Tetris
HIGH The VR integration works beautifully.
LOW There’s no adversarial multiplayer.
WTF Why is the default camera zoomed out so far?
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