Tag: Namco Bandai

RIDE Review

Ticket to RIDE

RIDE Review Screenshot

HIGH Nailing a succession of corners at high speed without sliding off the bike like a total klutz.

LOW Encountering several nasty glitches within the first hour of turning it on.

WTF A game centered around going extremely fast has such glacial loading times?

Godzilla Review

More like Grindzilla

Godzilla

HIGH Hey, a Godzilla game! I love Godzilla!

LOW Everything. Literally everything.

WTF I beat the game once and still can't level up a single time?!?

J-Stars Victory VS+ Review

JUMP around. JUMP up JUMP up and get down.

JStars

HIGH My favorite Dragon Ball Z characters charging Ki. Freiza!

LOW No English voiceovers.

WTF A pair of giant, academic squids that insist on teaching me stuff…by fighting me.

Dragon Ball Xenoverse Review

Yell, punch, yell, fly, yell, yell, repeat

Dragonball Xenoverse

HIGH Each match looks like a scene straight from the anime

LOW Simplistic play, unreliable controls, and inconsistent checkpoints make matches feel unfair

WTF Local multiplayer and matches against the AI are hidden in a remote corner of the story mode

Lords of the Fallen Review

Soulslike

Lords of the Fallen Review Screenshot

HIGH Enchanting the Gauntlet with fire makes for a neat projectile weapon.

LOW The third boss is ten times harder than the two bosses that precede him.

WTF I stabbed you in the back. How is your shield in front blocking that?

Dark Souls II Second Opinion

Spiritual Salvation

Dark Souls 2 Review Screenshot

HIGH Conquering the Gargoyles on my own after countless defeats.

LOW Accidentally killing an NPC after 50 hours of trying to not kill NPCs.

WTF Why is it even possible to miss the tutorial area?