Charlie Wacholz
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No matter how excellent its soundtrack or sense of momentum may be, there’s no shaking the sense that Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is in a race against its own sense of nostalgia. The game rips, but more often than not it feels like that's because Jet Set Radio ran before it....
The Medium
Were it a shorter, tighter experience that came in, showed off its impressive technical accomplishments, and got out, I’d be much more impressed by everything The Medium has to offer. Instead, a drawn-out, confused narrative and largely boring gameplay left this game feeling like a slog. The disconnect between its...
That said, it accomplishes what it sets out to really well. This is a great game for players who might be lapsed, more casual gamers, or kids. Don’t let that scare you away, though. If you have any sense of nostalgia for the DS era of 5th Cell games like...
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
Between Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, Tetris 99, and Tetris Effect Connected, one thing is clear; we are in a golden age for Tetris fans. Each major offering gives players something different. Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 gives players an unparalleled slate of local multiplayer content that elevates both Puyo Puyo and Tetris from just addictive, hypnotic puzzle games to fun, bombastic, colorful...
I'm not sure if I'm comfortable saying that it's my game of the year, but it's easily the shining star of the Xbox Series S|X launch to me. Tetris Effect Connected brings multiple creative, beautiful, and mesmerizing spins to the Tetris formula that anyone with Game Pass owes it to...
Overall, there was so much inherently wrong with my experience with Bright Memory that could have been easily fixed or improved with more time in the oven. From unsatisfying, shallow combat to limiting and dull level design, there are a million little things wrong with the game that end up...
I Am Dead
As a puzzle game, I Am Dead isn't necessarily anything to write home about. Outside of some wildly captivating visual mechanics, the game itself is shallow but accessible. That said, players that take their time to explore every nook and cranny on the island, or even mess around with the...
The climbing sequences are emblematic of Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time's biggest overall problems. Every fun and sometimes even fluid (albeit mindless) encounter is bookmarked by a myriad of small problems that snowball to make the experience less enjoyable. It largely keeps the same voice and tone that the source...
Carrion is a satisfying, bloody, intricate experience with fantastic puzzle, level and encounter design. However, it also suffers a notable consistency problem that breaks the sense of destructive momentum that's central to a game like Carrion. While players who come looking for a rip-and-tear experience like DOOM (2016) might be...
Regardless of which difficulty you play on, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 serves as one of the best entry points into classic Castlevania. Its gameplay, while not as challenging as the classics, introduces interesting mechanics that build not only on the original Castlevania games but the first Curse of the Moon as...
