HIGH The atmosphere is top tier.
LOW Repetition and recycled content.
WTF …Happened to my save file?
Tag: crafting
Slime Rancher 2 Review
HIGH Adorable slimes and fantastical environments.
LOW The frustrating progression system.
WTF The ethics of my “ranch”.
PREVIEW: No Rest For The Wicked
No Rest for the Wicked is Moon Studio’s latest project, recently released into Early Access.
This new title from the creators of Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps
breaks away from their platforming/metroidvania roots and pivots into a new third person,
open-world semi-isometric soulslike direction.
DYSMANTLE Review
The Whole World Is Your Resource
HIGH Getting a weapon strong enough to one-shot the skinless hunters.
LOW A few quests have confusingly-worded instructions.
WTF The ancient ancestors left behind… sokoban puzzles?
The Last Stand: Aftermath Review
No Happy Endings Here
HIGH Finding a machinegun just before I ran into an armor-clad behemoth.
LOW Finding out the hard way that it’s possible to drown!
WTF Is that a speaker growing out of a mound of flesh?
Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends And The Secret Fairy Review
Learn From The Past Or Perish
HIGH Fi is SO ADORBS!
LOW The base inventory limit is shockingly small.
WTF Would two years of farmwork really render alchemy skills that rusty?
The Wild Eight Review
The Slow Road To… Nowhere?
HIGH Interesting premise. Cute visuals.
LOW Combat never evolves.
WTF It’s riddled with bugs, many of them severe.
Windbound Review
The Nautilus’ Garden In The Sun
HIGH Perfecting my all-bamboo watercraft.
LOW Dying because I was too weak from hunger to hunt for food.
WTF Seriously, how is there not a hunger meter separate from Stamina?
Atelier Lulua: The Scion Of Arland Review
Inheriting The Big Questions
HIGH “Why are you even here?”
LOW Muddling through unclear clues.
WTF Are you sure this basket came out of a pot? Because it’s obviously woven.
Smoke And Sacrifice Review
Swunge-ing In The Deep
HIGH Finally getting to an environment that isn’t swamp or snow.
LOW The first time I fast-traveled at moderate health and got killed by enemies before the world finished loading.
WTF How does this arrangement of swamp, blazing hot coal fields, and bitterly cold snow zones even exist?