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While an overall shorter experience, there’s plenty to do around Barnsworth that was optional. Revisiting, I already found several things that I had missed on my first playthrough. Playing through Thank Goodness You’re Here! had me wondering why more comedy games of this ilk don’t exist and I believe I...
There is a bit of repetitiveness that is just part of the genre that some people might not enjoy, but the dopamine hit keeps my brain happy, as well as many other genre fans. I think the variety in characters really kept me feeling fresh because I kept trying everyone,...
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is a short romp of a revenge quest, offering a trite story that isn’t overbearing. Its combat has a few unique ideas and does sing when you follow the loop exactly, but the seams show often in the form of imprecise hit boxes and animations....
It’s worth noting that there’s not a ton of content if online competition isn’t your thing. You can potentially clear most or all of the challenges with an A-rank or higher within five to ten hours, with your only non-online incentives to play further being beating your times and unlocking...
The price is right for an eleven hour game. I’ll likely go back through it one more time for achievement cleanup and to check some things I believe I missed on my first playthrough. It’s far from a long game but it is a tight and thoughtful experience. There’s no...
My only issue with the game is that some of the corruptions that you’re attempting to dispose of during the day can easily blend with the purely decorative parts of each stage. On more than one occasion, I’d be looking for the last couple of pillars in a panic with...
Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus does excel in two areas, art and most boss fights. The game’s hand drawn art looks incredible, with each new area offering new styles to look at. It looks great in motion when moving through it and when you are in a stationary area,...
The First Descendant seems like a fun lark at the moment. Even after completing the lengthy campaign, which took me around 45 hours, I’m still looking forward to more of the gameplay. All I can really do is review what’s currently in the game now. I look at games like...
My only big issue with Luigi’s Mansion 2 is the same one I had when the original game was released 11 years ago – the major shift in tone from the original game. Granted, the 12-year gap between games means it would never be too similar, but the original title...
After you’ve played all the minigames once or twice and seen each of the locales, you’ll likely be a bit bored between character interactions, making this a tough sell for anyone outside of hardcore series fans. As someone who loves the series, I was able to still enjoy it after...
While my playthrough wasn’t without issue, overall I enjoyed Until Then. The characters Polychroma created are memorable. Like a binged television series, I’m going to miss the characters greatly. The amount of threads being pulled throughout the story is impressive and actually engaging. While a lot of narrative adventure games...
I ended up rather impressed with Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble’s multiplayer, which has a few different modes that all provide different but equally enjoyable experiences. One sort had a certain number of players saddled with a bomb, with the goal being to bump into another player to pass your...
