Wasted Wanderings
HIGH Clever uses for items. Battles can be intense.
LOW Starting over really means starting over.
WTF Tom Nook has nothing on the scamming tanuki here.
Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower Of Fortune And The Dice Of Fate Review
Tag: Vita
Penny-Punching Princess Review
Money Makes The World Go ‘Round
High Money used as a resource for fighting is fantastic.
Low Both control schemes the game offers are poor.
WTF Why does everyone in this world have a southern drawl?
Little Red Lie Review
Soulcrushing
HIGH Many sharp observations on subjects that deserve it.
LOW The ceaseless negativity becomes intolerable.
WTF Why is this game so long?
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Review
A Harmonious Finish
HIGH Some of the series’ best characters
LOW Multiple rounds of Psyche Taxi…
WTF You’ll know it
This Is Not A Review: Plague Road
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.
The Deer God Review (Vita)
Something To Fawn Over
HIGH The bit with the Penguins.
LOW Poor optimization.
WTF *Best Sam Jackson voice* We need to get these snakes out of this game
The Legend Of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II Review
Mech It A Double
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…
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X Review
The Sharon Apple Cometh
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?!
Idea Factory’s 2017 Lineup
Idea Factory recently invited GameCritics to drop by their annual preview event to take a look at their upcoming 2017 releases. As usual with IF, their games target the Japanese RPG and Visual Novel fanbase, so if you’re into either of these genres, take a look!
Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS-Force Review
Bringing A Knife To A Gundam Fight
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?
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