HIGH Gorgeous enemy design. Lots of cool weapons and powers.
LOW Terrible save room placement. Absurd amounts of needless backtracking.
WTF Isn’t fighting monsters a lot harder in that outfit?
Tag: Exploration
Submerged: Hidden Depths Review
Drowning In The Shallows
HIGH The setting is truly promising.
LOW The world is big, but empty!
WTF Why can’t I just die?
Reviews In Retrospect: Metroid Prime
Longtime listeners of the old podcast might remember that Metroid Prime is my number one game of all time. While it isn’t a title I’ve had a lot of occasion to talk about publicly, Prime was actually what made me start to approach videogames as something more than toys, and it ultimately led to me finding GameCritics.
Shelter 3 Review
The Best Will Fall And The Rest Will Follow
HIGH Finding another tree to headbutt before the herd dies.
LOW Finding out that I don’t really care if the herd dies.
WTF Most of the commands don’t seem to do anything at all.
Bugsnax Review
Bet You Can’t Eat Just One
HIGH Mothza!
LOW Trying to freeze a flying Snak.
WTF All of it. Every part.
The Long Journey Home Review
Star Control To Major Tom
HIGH Learning more about each alien race.
LOW Landing on literally any planet that isn’t harmless.
WTF In this game, Farscape is more dangerous to live in than Andromeda.
No Man’s Sky NEXT Second Opinion
What Do I Do NEXT?
HIGH Getting lost in the game.
LOW Actually getting lost in the game.
WTF Murdering adorable creatures to learn alien languages.
Deep Rock Galactic Preview
I have to admit, I tense up a little whenever I see “Xbox One Game Preview” in the title of something I’m playing. It’s not that there aren’t some fantastic experience to be had (because there are!) but these words can also mean crippling bugs and glitches galore while exploring a fantasy landscape.
InnerSpace Review
Outside In
HIGH The encounters with the chamber gods.
LOW Trying to find a tunnel in one of the mid-game chambers.
WTF The whole gravity concept is one big WTF.
This Is Not A Review: Astroneer
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: Astroneer, developed and published by System Era Softworks, and available in early access on both PC and Xbox One.
