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The subtly-revealed story is bleak and somewhat disturbing, but it never becomes particularly compelling. If you play The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human, it will be for the exploration, challenging boss battles, atmosphere, and presentation—not its story.
The sound design is decent, with the sound effects standing out above the music. While the music is okay, it’s mainly varying pieces of techno that kind of blend together. It works well as atmospheric background music, but it’s not overly memorable. The sound effects on the other hand are...
The music is fantastic. Sketchy Logic again draws on legitimate historical sources and provide a score composed by romantic-era composer Camille Saint-Saëns. However pleasant the music, it cannot detract from the sometimes ear-ache inducing speech sound effects. High pitched squeaking and buzzing of a handful of characters were a real...
Sadly, Just Cause 3 disappoints in some pretty significant ways. Across the board, Just Cause 3 has significant performance issues. On Xbox One it was extremely common for the frames per second to drop well below 20, and during explosions, that take up roughly half of the game, the framerate...
Yo-Kai Watch‘s sound is just as fantastic as its visuals, and compliments the game’s tone well. The songs used in the game’s overworld are bright and chipper, in tune with the happy summer atmosphere, while battle themes and tunes used during Yo-Kai encounters have a particularly spooky element to them....
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider is a great improvement on the 2013 design and continues to develop Lara from where the first game left off. The game blends third person shooting with exploration and gives the player a lot of freedom in how the different scenarios can be approached. Rise...
Lost Song‘s sound is decent enough. The voice acting is that of the original anime, meaning that each character speaks in Japanese with English subtitles. The voices are all very fitting, with each voice matching its character’s appearance very well. The music in the game is alright with the exception...
Also, are we not at the point in game design where when you die you don’t have to go back the game’s main menu? Every single time you meet your demise, which can be often, the game will boot you out. Every time it happens you simply hit continue and...
I enjoyed the Guitar Hero: TV components a lot more than I thought leading up to the release of GH:L but it isn’t without some pretty major faults. The first downside to this streaming music video system is: there are no options to purchase any additional content for offline play....
The voice work is also great, as each voiceover fits its character perfectly. Lilac sounds strong and confident, while Milla is kind and naive. Brevon’s voice in particular stands out, giving off a calculating, and powerful presence that makes the player believe he’s a feared galactic warlord.
Besides working your way through the pretty short campaign (it took me four hours), there are a few side-missions you can find while exploring the maps. They’re usually nothing more than “kill these guys in the time limit” but there are a few that do things differently like position the...
When playing through Black Ops 3, I wondered if there were too many modes in the game. Because it’s stuffed with things to do, it feels like certain parts, mainly the campaign, suffered. Don’t get me wrong, the multiplayer and zombies are still the highlight of this package and they...
