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: Plague Road, developed and published by Arcade Distillery.
HIGH The bit with the Penguins.
LOW Poor optimization.
WTF *Best Sam Jackson voice* We need to get these snakes out of this game
HIGH These characters are pretty great.
LOW Again with the missable, poorly signposted side quests!
WTF Black hair? I thought it was dark blue all this time…
HIGH Modern rhythm gaming at its challenging best (for those who can dig the music.)
LOW The anemic track list.
WTF Are you reading some of these lyrics?!
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HIGH The sheer speed of combat once the obtuse controls are mastered
LOW Having to master obtuse controls in the first place
WTF Of all the Extreme VS games to localize, why choose the weakest one?
HIGH Buffing the team with the Devour mechanic, then destroying a boss in record time.
LOW Killing the same enemies over and over and over…
WTF Why can’t online players join a lobby after the game’s started?
HIGH Vanillaware’s best game looks and plays better than ever
LOW The changes don’t quite mask some of the repetition
WTF Experiencing Vanillaware’s glorious food/cooking obsession in glorious HD
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