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Hi-Fi Rush
I had zero crashes or bugs of any type while playing. It might be the first time in years that I can say that. Not one freeze, not even a hitch. No crashing or odd enemy behavior. I never clipped through a wall or had the sound cut out. It...
I came into Forspoken unsure of what I would find. Its initial teasers promised a gorgeous magical world full of incredible sights. Instead, we’ve been given something boring, that runs terribly and has a story full of overused tropes. The combat fares no better, and it’s retailing for $70 at...
The graphics overall are a step above the typical simulator genre fare. The game doesn’t look good compared to most modern titles of any quality, but it’s on the low end of mediocre. Compared to most games with Simulator in the title it’s damned gorgeous. The framerate suffered immensely when...
Need For Speed Unbound, even at its launch, is certainly rather packed with content. The story sees the player throughout 4 weeks of days and nights throughout many events, some mandatory and most optional, with players always being able to decide how many seen-before events they wanna rush through again...
It’s also worth mentioning that you can now choose between English and Japanese voice acting, which as far as I’m aware, wasn’t available on the original Vita release. The game also hits a smooth 60 frames per second (and beyond!) and visuals are significantly sharper than they were on handheld....
But all that doesn’t make this a bad game. Persona 3 Portable is still a good way to experience what made that PlayStation 2 game so special. This port adds some new features, too. Namely custom difficulty options that can be changed on the fly, new language options, and a...
One area that blew me away though was the soundtrack. Every track in the game is great, both those that were orchestral and the ones with vocals. You’ll be in town a lot and each area is musical bliss. It’s not a genre of music I normally care for but...
At least that’s what I’ve been told it is because the Xbox version is completely busted. Attempting to play this title on a Series X gave me an endless loading screen after only a few minutes of cutscenes. A quick look at the reviews on the store showed that this...
Despite a fun gameplay loop, I have a few frustrations with Bannerlord. Namely, the UI on console isn’t all too intuitive on a controller. As a PC first game, that’s not all too surprising and there is mouse and keyboard support for those interested. With this final release I haven’t...
Blacktail
The music, writing, and voice acting all match the graphics with only a few of the side characters feeling a bit out of place. Most of the characters have vaguely British accents, but a couple of Yaga’s “friends” sounded American. It’s not a big thing but it did take me...
But I’m not done talking yet. I found CCR’s story to be much more enjoyable than other Final Fantasy sequels. Zack is a cool protagonist and I like him more than I do Cloud. It’s nice to see what things were like leading up to the base game. I do...
To wrap things up Wavetale is a heart-warming story of discovery and reconciliation. Traversal of the islands requires players to overcome some rather creative platforming challenges and never gets repetitive. Although it takes a while to get going, the story is well written and the adaptive music and environmental design...
