Jason Fanelli
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Improved fighting mechanics and mode selection can't overcome some glaring weaknesses.
Just when you think this story is going to zig, it zags. Even when you lay all of the clues out, connect the dots, and have that "a ha!" moment, this game turns your "a ha!" into a "wait, wha?" It's a thrilling, creepy, tense masterpiece of a story with...
Great mechanics and a wild story make a solid first impression, but a shallow selection of modes keeps MK1 from a flawless victory.
My Starfield review-in-progress went up 11 days ago, on August 31. I had made my way through a good chunk of the main quest and was getting my bearings in Bethesda's gigantic universe. Now that I'm on the other side of dozens of hours spent galavanting through the galaxy, much...
Sabotage Studio unearths a time capsule in this incredible retro-style RPG.
From the minute I read the words "roleplaying musical," I wondered how well musical theater and video games would merge on the latter's home turf. After all, we've seen video games make the jump to the real-world stage a few times in history – Japan's Ace Attorney musicals and The...
Back at Summer Game Fest Play Days, one demo seemed to elicit more cheers and shouts from attendees than any other: Crash Team Rumble. Every match played throughout the weekend sounded like the final minute of an NBA Finals game, with loud whooping and anguished cries of defeat echoing through...
I have gone on record many times saying that Riot Games' decision to expand the lore and universe of its flagship franchise, League of Legends, is one of the smartest in recent memory. After a decade of introducing dozens of characters both playable and non-playable – as well as descriptions...
Capcom's flagship fighter is back in form with intricate but approachable fighting mechanics and a feature-rich package.
What comes after humanity? It's a question in which, by its very nature, the answer will never be fully known by our kind, but that hasn't stopped video games, movies, and TV shows from offering a few guesses. After Us, the latest from Barcelona-based developer Piccolo Studio, throws us into...
Everspace 2
Two years ago I previewed Everspace 2 here at MMORPG, and I could not think of a better way to begin that piece. The full freedom of space exploration Everspace 2 gave me was brilliant, blasting me into the great unknown in a way few other space-based games are able...
Endless content and tight rhythm-based gameplay make Final Bar Line the best Theatrhythm yet.
CriticDB tracks 67 Jason Fanelli reviews, averaging 77/100. See the score distribution and their highest & lowest rated games below, or browse every Jason Fanelli score in the Reviews tab.
Jason Fanelli score distribution
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