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.
HIGH More than 300 levels, and it’s rare to find one that isn’t engaging.
LOW The enemy AI is, at times, very dumb.
WTF This game is 12 bucks?!?
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.
HIGH The boss battles at the end of each season.
LOW Unlocking the bonus stages is far from rewarding.
WTF Some enemies reappear after death, but others don’t?
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.
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?
HIGH Strong level design encourages maximum air.
LOW No Freestyle multiplayer.
WTF The whole game feels like an artifact from the early 2000s.
HIGH The voyeuristic thrill of rooting through someone else’s phone… for a good cause!
LOW It never feels as right as it does when played on an actual smartphone.
WTF The infamous “Nintendo Tax” rears its ugly head.
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: Football Manager Touch 2018, developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega.
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?
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