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Finally, there’s Red Earth and Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness, which are the two coolest games in this collection. Red Earth is more of a boss battle-centered fighter where you pick one of a few fantasy characters and battle folklore-inspired and just plain badass foes. It plays super smooth and looks incredible,...
Battle League looks great and has a snazzy art style that is used for special shots. It’s not as dark and grungy as previous Mario Strikers games, but it still has a bit of edge to it compared to the more happy-go-lucky atmosphere of other Mario games. The energetic tracks...
The sound design is brilliant too. Every creepy track, vicarious sound effect, and quip from Ash and his fellow survivors are top-notch. Chainsaws have never sounded so nasty, and I mean that in the best way possible. Bruce Campbell in particular is always a highlight to listen to, and I...
Again, there’s no bonus content or quality-of-life features. I would have loved to be able to speed up enemy turns, or see behind-the-scenes design docs or art. Sure, it’s not strictly necessary, but when so many other remasters are doing stuff like this, it really makes me wish NIS did...
Postal 4: No Regerts
Visually, Postal 4 isn’t especially fun to look at. The models look kind of stumpy, though I guess that helps convey the grime and nastiness of the characters and environments better. I do like that there are options for the different Postal Dude voices, that’s quite a nice touch for...
Teardown looks great, as it uses the voxel style to make smashing stuff even more of a blast. The stages are of very high quality (given the intentionally blocky appearance of the game,) and the objects are all crafted to be recognizable even as blocky pixels. The physics of destruction...
Nobody Saves the World’s visuals remind me of Flash games from my Newgrounds-centric youth. There’s a respectable ugliness to it if that makes sense. Many of the characters are intentionally weird to look at, which I don’t mind. It does make the game look a bit cheap, but I think...
The music is incredible, that goes without saying really. Stuff like Duel of the Fates and Battle of Heroes is eternally etched in my mind, and hearing it while little minifigs smack each other really harkens back to childhood play sessions. I’m not so hot on all of the voice...
Kirby and the Forgotten Land looks quite nice, with plenty of colors to make even the long-abandoned locales feel lively and happy. The designs of the new animal enemies and bosses are cartoony and adorable, and the new iterations of fan favorites like King Dedede and Bonkers feel right in...
While the character models aren’t breath-taking on the PS5, the particle effects and appearance of attacks sure are. Ripping out enemy cores with mystical ropes, or sealing them with a talisman and hand signs feels incredible largely because of how damn cool it looks. The city is beautiful, and I...
The voice acting is pretty decent all-around, given the core group is somewhat all-over-the-place personality-wise. Mocean Melvin can be both hilarious and insanely expressive as Jack, depending on the scene. The music is enjoyable as well, with a few rather memorable tracks thrown in. This is partially thanks to the...
As you likely expected, the soundtrack and voice acting are excellent all-around. Both the carried-over tracks from the original games and the new tracks and remixes are absolutely certified head-bangers. Par for the course, I know, but still worth pointing out. The same quality extends to the English voice acting,...
