HIGH Well-crafted homage to a classic murder mystery.
LOW Few locales in the campaign, resulting in visual boredom.
WTF Petting street rats?!
Tag: adaptation
Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron Flyboyz Edition (Switch) Review
HIGH The intuitive control scheme and well-acted voiceovers.
LOW Everything else.
WTF The “mouse pointer” can exit the Switch screen’s boundary…
Robocop: Rogue City Review
HIGH Quite possibly the most faithful videogame adaptation of a film property in history.
LOW Definitely has some Eurojank.
WTF Maybe don’t think too hard about how the concept of Robocop in 2023 is a tad problematic
Blood Bowl 3 Review
HIGH Great atmosphere. Good-looking stadiums & players. Translates the boardgame rules well.
LOW Myriad glitches and bugs, frustrating multiplayer, repetitive announcing, microtransactions.
WTF Why can’t I consistently execute actions I know I should be able to execute?
Valley Of The Dead: MalnaZidos Review
HIGH Gross neck stumps all around!
LOW Everything else.
WTF Two missions couldn’t end because boss death animations didn’t load.
This Is Not A Review: The Captain Is Dead
Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.
The subject of this installment: The Captain is Dead developed and published by Thunderbox Entertainment.
Blair Witch Review
Lost And found
HIGH It nails the feel of the Blair Witch house.
LOW The motion sickness.
WTF Owning a videogame dog.
This Is Not A Review – Necromunda: Underhive Wars
Warhammer is a frustrating license. When adaptations using the brand pop, they’re fantastic. Great settings, rich gameplay, and a lot of perks that come from being able to draw from such long-lived and celebrated IPs. Blood Bowl 2, Inquisitor: Martyr and Mechanicus were all fantastic, and some of my favorite experiences.
Paranoia: Happiness Is Mandatory Review
Failure To Be Fun Is Treason
HIGH Absolutely nails the atmosphere of fear and ignorance from the tabletop game.
LOW Frustrating combat scenarios. Progression is inconsistent.
WTF When did it stop being treasonous to ignore the orders of a higher clearance citizen?
Seven Deadly Sins: Knights Of Britannia Review
We’ve Got Some Steak, But Not Much Sizzle…
High An anime take on medieval Britain and King Arthur.
Low The game only recaps the anime, and not much else.
WTF Owning a bar that is the hat of a giant pig is normal in this world.