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Also, I mention this in the interest of thoroughness, but it won’t affect my score, as I’m assuming patches are incoming: I had a few crashes while playing, which you can imagine would be particularly frustrating on those occasions where I thought I was making pretty good progress. Once my...
Regardless of the protagonist, NieR is a remarkable piece of art, and this remaster touches up the issues people had with the original without compromising what made it such an impactful work. It’s going to be interesting to see if people give it the look that it deserves this time...
I genuinely love Balan Wonderworld because it caught me at just the right moment to indulge its whimsy. I don’t for a second think it’s a great game or platformer, but then I also just don’t care. It offers something much more viscerally engaging; raw creative energy, and I would...
Black Legend is not completely without merit, but it’s a game that had better ideas than execution. The big, unique gameplay mechanic that dominates its combat system is also responsible for making each battle far too long, and while the game’s atmosphere is excellent, the art direction is uninteresting and...
Either way, I’m settling on the score that I have because I can’t reward work that is this derivative. But despite the score I find this one an easy recommendation for certain players out there. Kaze is a genuinely well-made game and if you like Donkey Kong Country you’re going...
The designs are very forward-thinking for 1999 – before the indie market started tacking exp-bars to everything, here was SNK creating an engaging weapon upgrade system and a sizeable menagerie of monsters that required a diverse loadout. The enemy designs are memorable, fitting the Hammer-Horror theme: spooky but not overtly...
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is wholesome. It’s a little naive in the way it presents the “grass is always greener on the other side” perspective on country living, but this series has been kicking around since the Super Nintendo and always gets away with it, on account...
I really do love Monster Hunter. I might be terrible at it, but to me, that’s secondary to the fact that it’s a gorgeous, authentic bit of Japanese art. It’s like a modern take on the philosophy of ukiyo-e. It might be aesthetically different – completely different, in fact –...
I’m all for games being complex, challenging, and unforgiving. Just this week I reviewed a simulation title, in A-Train, that comes dangerously close to being a genuine degree in urban planning and an MBA, rolled into one. But, if you are going to go down the route of unforgiving complexity,...
Gnosia might not be a new concept – there are so many video games out there that feature death games with deception at the core of them. Last year’s Quantum Suicide even set the scene in space and had a less-than-benevolent AI pulling many of the strings, just like Gnosia...
Harvest Moon: One World is ultimately forgettable and limited, but I didn’t regret my time playing it. Perhaps that is simply because I’m such a fan of these anime-casual farming sims, and have been since the “genre” emerged all the way back on the SNES, but as someone who has...
Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection is a harsh game that wastes little time in making it clear that this is entirely the point. Then again, why should Capcom’s venerated and vintage platform action series waste any time? If you’ve ever played any of the games in the series, you’ll already be...
