Waki
HIGH The cartoon art style gives its characters personality.
LOW Too much effort in some places, not enough in others.
WTF I guess I’m rescuing a princess again?
Tag: Xbox One
Voodoo Vince Remastered Review
Cursed By Missed Opportunities
HIGH Humorous self-mutilation is fun. (Now there’s a sentence I’ve never written before.)
LOW Visuals from 2003. Innovation from 1903.
WTF Are there really this many bottomless pits in New Orleans?
Late Shift Review
Happy To Do A Double
HIGH Seeing familiar locales in London.
LOW Why can’t I skip sections?
WTF ‘Prease Forrow me’…
Acorn Assault: Rodent Revolution Review
Let Them Eat Acorns
HIGH Building my first level 3 grenadier.
LOW Fighting a bad guy who gets to rebuild all of his defenses every turn.
WTF The Queen is wearing acorn falsies.
Styx: Shards Of Darkness Review
Not The Smoothest Run, But It Styx The Landing
HIGH Playing an old-school stealth game in 2017.
LOW Clumsy controls and counterintuitive UI.
WTF How does Unreal Engine 4 still have texture pop-in?.
Soda Drinker Pro Review
Gamers Will Need A Drink, Alright…
HIGH Graphics that evoke warm memories of screensavers.
LOW This “game” does nothing to advance the cause for independent Xbox game development.
WTF Why didn’t the devs have more confidence in Vivian Clark?
Interview With Wes Platt on… Knee Deep
Prologue Games’ Knee Deep is a twisted tale of treachery, murder, and journalistic intrigue. Although similar, it diverges from Telltale’s tried-and-true formula to provide a stage production-like experience, and interviewer Elijah Beahm enjoyed his journey through the corrupt Florida town of Cypruss Knee for the review. He also got the chance to sit down with the writer behind this wild mystery, Wes Platt, and dug into the mysteries behind the game.
Warning: This interview contains spoilers for the game.
Interview With Spotlightor On… Candleman
Candleman was released on the Xbox One earlier this year on February 1st, and quickly garnered attention as a moody, curious work that added a bit of platforming into what might otherwise have been a small-scale walking simulator. Our own Corey Motley reviewed the game quite favorably here, and after finishing it myself, was quite struck by the themes revealed over the course of the adventure — specifically, the shocking ending.
I reached out to the developers behind the game, Spotlightor, and wanted to know more. Here’s what they said.
Candleman Review
Trial By Fire
HIGH Exploring the bioluminescent garden.
LOW A few badly-placed checkpoints.
WTF The existential “bad” ending.
Dead Rising 4 Review
Hubris, Thy Name Is Willamette
HIGH Power Armor + Snow Cone Machine = Walking Ice Tornado.
LOW Starting New Game+ and realizing there’s only about two hours of story.
WTF I have never torn so many people in half.
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