High The art direction is unmatched.
Low The fast travel points are too far apart for my liking.
WTF I can beat up Tokoloshes!
Tag: Metroidvania
Disney Illusion Island Review
HIGH Traversing the expansive, animated world.
LOW A couple of cutscenes are too long.
WTF Water stages that control just as well as the rest of the game!?
Blasphemous Second Opinion
HIGH Unsettling, majestic art direction.
LOW Annoying trial-and-error platforming challenges.
WTF The illogical way to unlock the canonical ending.
Elderand Review
HIGH The scientist boss.
LOW How utterly broken the wasteland Brutes are.
WTF Sacrificing people for gear is a disturbing mechanic!
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Crit Hit Video – Grime: Colors of Rot
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Moonscars Review
HIGH The most beautiful platformer I’ve seen in a long time.
LOW Character dialogue is surprisingly flat.
WTF RIP to the bone powder I spent an hour and a half farming for.
HunterX Review
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?
Aeterna Noctis Video Review
Endless Cycles Of Life And Death
HIGH Beautiful aesthetics and world design.
LOW The rest of the game, mechanically.
WTF The underwater base world.
Greak: Memories Of Azur Review
Follow You, Follow Me
HIGH Gorgeous hand-drawn graphics and a pleasant soundtrack.
LOW Controlling multiple characters soon becomes a chore.
WTF Seeing my sister fail to climb a ledge over and over again…