Joe Bariso
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At its core, The Plucky Squire is a pretty traditional old-school Zelda game. It hits all the notes, even down to the traditional hero’s story, albeit with a meta aspect. But the game also functions as a celebration of the stories that stick with us. The small silly things we...
All this said the core combat and the pawn system are great. It’s a joy to mess around with different classes on you and your pawns. Especially when rolling with some particularly weird ones. Like my beloved Frog Nasty. The game really wants you to experiment, and it never feels...
In a lot of ways Starfield feels like Bethesda Game Studios magnum opus, it’s a collection of almost every design idea and concept they worked on since Daggerfall nearly 30 years ago. A lot of these design choices can be seen as them pushing exploration past simple silhouettes on the...
You also occasionally run up against the edges of what you can do, which again isn’t much and inevitable really. Sometimes a dialog prompt won’t have anything you would want to say. Or a questline will go into a direction you don’t really feel your character would, but this is...
None of this is bad, the game runs fine, and nothing is broken, but it isn’t fun and to quote one Monkey D. Luffy: “I don’t want to go on an adventure that isn’t fun.” What’s the point of a massive world if nothing is interesting? What’s the point of...
On top of that most of the story is locked behind a system called Criminal Ventures, locations that you buy to increase your hourly income. The more you have unlocked and completed the further into the story you can go. All of these ventures are really just minigames, one of...
On top of that most of the story is locked behind a system called Criminal Ventures, locations that you buy to increase your hourly income. The more you have unlocked and completed the further into the story you can go. All of these ventures are really just minigames, one of...
All that said, if you’re looking for a game with an incredible art style that you can easily drop in and out of whenever Cult of the Lamb is phenomenal for that. The game has a problem with diminishing returns, but the visuals and overall vibe of the game make...
That said, eventually you get to fight the Frankenstein monster and you get excited, and the satisfying loop of Monster Hunter pulls you in once again. While the new locations are limited they’re both wonderful, especially Citidel, which perfectly captures the expansions spooky vibe, especially under the eerie red moon...
That said, eventually you get to fight the Frankenstein monster and you get excited, and the satisfying loop of Monster Hunter pulls you in once again. While the new locations are limited they’re both wonderful, especially Citidel, which perfectly captures the expansions spooky vibe, especially under the eerie red moon...
Chinatown Detective Agency tells a pretty typical cyberpunk noir story on a more global scale as you dart across countries looking for clues, leads, and perps. You get a feel for how the world reacts to some of the changes that usually come in a cyberpunk future as opposed to...
This is just the tip of the iceberg of new content. There’s also dozens of quality of life changes like multiple control styles, target lock on, and the much requested Japanese lip sync for maximum immersion. This is on top of an expanded multiplayer experience, and dozens of new cosmetic...
