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Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town does have that compelling farming gameplay loop that we've seen time and time again in different series, but it lacks depth -- much like the rest of the game -- to keep farming sim veterans coming back. At a time where the likes...
If you can pick up Maquette from free as March 2021's PlayStation Plus title, it's difficult to argue against. But if you're looking to pay full price for this 3-hour puzzler, you're money's better spent elsewhere.
It's extremely compelling and dangerously addictive; you start an expedition, you fight, gain resources, go back to camp, reset. Then you do it again. It's hypnotic. After a while, it feels like nothing else exists outside of the loop, and you're content to stay in it.
Bravely Default II doesn't exactly break new ground in the saturated JRPG genre, but instead refines and iterates upon the the foundation of the genre itself and the combat system that was introduced in the first game. It's a marked improvement over its predecessors in many ways, and most importantly,...
Overall, Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection is still an extremely punishing yet fair game. The controls are as clunky as always, but after a playthrough, you start to gain some muscule memory. But there's never a point where I can confidently say that the controls feel good.
Bowser's Fury is yet another example of Nintendo's ingenious innovation to ensure its most iconic mascot remains relevant. Its shortcomings are both literal in terms of its duration and minor, with its iffy performance in handheld mode, and cookie cutter copying from Super Mario 3D World. They're so minor, though,...
Persona 5 Strikers is proof that change isn't always a bad thing. While it may not hold onto everything that made its forebear a phenomenon, the new elements it brings to the table more than make up for it, and show that the series' future lies in more than just...
Little Nightmares II is my favorite game of 2021 --which is quite the accomplishment considering how much of a huge coward I am. There is just something about how the game structured its bite-sized gameplay and ambiance, as it somehow managed to evoke an odd combination of excitement and dread...
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood is a serviceable hack-and-slash experience and a rather mediocre stealth game. There's not much substance beyond what you'll experience in its first few hours, which may come as a disappointment to fans of the TRPG it is based on. That said, it does function...
Scratch the surface and you'll find a very shallow car combat game that simply doesn't have what it needs to pull you back in over and over again. Destruction AllStars is unlikely to be the next PlayStation Plus success story.
Despite its faults, I did enjoy the brief amount of time I spent with the game, and I feel like it has a lot of potential thanks to a distinct premise. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough in Gods Will Falls world or gameplay that warrants me giving it a glaring recommendation,...
That being said, The Medium isn't perfect. Its ideas aren't realized to their full potential, but it's a step in an exciting new direction. Its pacing stumbles in the middle, but its enticing narrative drives you through. Its dual-reality mechanic goes far enough to keep its slowest gameplay moments interesting,...
