Don’t Fall Asleep
HIGH It looks great.
LOW It’s dark, confusing and boring.
WTF Did they just pull a guy off the street and ask him to do voiceovers?
DreamBack VR Review
Author: Mike Suskie
This Is Not A Review: Fight Crab
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: Fight Crab, developed by Calappa Games and published by Playism.
Carrion Review
Feed Me
HIGH Just watching the monster do its thing.
LOW The lack of a map occasionally makes navigation frustrating.
WTF Why do humans have such trouble dislodging themselves from ladders?
This Is Not A Review: MindSeize
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: MindSeize, developed and published by Kamina Dimension.
Predator: Hunting Grounds Review
If It Bleeds, It’s Still Hard To Kill
HIGH Looking into the trees and spotting the camouflaged Predator.
LOW Hearing the Predator stomping around like a doof.
WTF So… who won that match?
The Persistence Review
Probability Space
HIGH Harvesting spinal fluid.
LOW Repetition severely dampens the scares.
WTF An enemy type straight out of Left 4 Dead.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners Review
Hard Times In The Big Easy
HIGH The melee combat.
LOW General jankiness, especially when it comes to the sound.
WTF Dirty bandages have no negative effects…?
Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Review
We Shall Always Remember The Night
HIGH A real tearjerker of a final reveal.
LOW Some of the new abilities don’t have broad use.
WTF How is the music even better this time?
Doom Eternal Review
Disappointing As Hell
HIGH The meat hook.
LOW Almost the entire second half of the campaign.
WTF Who thought the Marauders were a good idea?
In Other Waters Review
Unexpected Depth
HIGH Filling a taxonomy entry and finally getting an illustration.
LOW Occasionally rushing while power and oxygen meters dwindle.
WTF The amusingly rudimentary names Dr. Vas comes up with.