HIGH The platforming is only slightly tedious now!
LOW The final fight with Darth Maul is still basically impossible.
WTF Someone at Lucasfilm Games keeps approving these things.
Author: Elijah Beahm
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap Review
HIGH Sniping the head clean off an orc’s shoulders! With a wrench! Somehow!
LOW The ‘thrill’ of grinding for a -0.2 second reset time to grind more efficiently.
WTF 99,999 Skulls to wear the color PURPLE. Are you serious?
Metro Awakening Review
HIGH The first game where checking the chamber of my gun has a skill ceiling.
LOW The “worm worm worm worm worm worm worm” scene.
WTF Five headshots and an enemy still gets back up. Really?!?
Technotopia Review
HIGH Narrowly dodging a budgetary issue that could sink a run.
LOW Why do I need to build more buildings just to talk to people?
WTF Nuanced critiques of morality in civic management… in a videogame?!
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (2024) Review
HIGH Star Wars: Bounty Hunter finally has a PC port, 22 years later!
LOW The live system is still included, despite like a dozen other, more questionable changes?!
WTF When an emulator is better at remastering a game than a professional studio.
Children Of The Sun Review
HIGH Pulling off a perfectly-timed string of hits without hesitation.
LOW Where is the last guy on this level?!
WTF The balancing of the last two stages!
Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip Review
HIGH This may be some of the best game-feel of the decade.
LOW Honestly, the soccer minigame kinda sucks.
WTF Feeding your pet fish… fish-fries
Asgard’s Wrath 2 Review
HIGH Dismembering foes like a sword-swinging badass.
LOW Every single time Abraxas opens his mouth.
WTF No brightness slider in a modern triple-A game? Are you kidding?
Lorelei And The Laser Eyes Review
HIGH A lovingly-animated bestest doge.
LOW Not even David Cage games are this pretentious.
WTF No back button. Why? No really, I want someone to explain this one.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023) Review
HIGH Call of Duty has never been more player-driven, and I’m here for it.
LOW A grindy zombies mode with permadeath and ridiculous internet speed demands!
WTF People complaining about a campaign being replayable?!