This Tequila Tastes Like Regret
HIGH The whole encounter with Larissa.
LOW A character dying because a safe-sounding dialogue option wasn’t.
WTF These cocktails might be better if they contained something else besides hard liquor.
Tag: Narrative
A Normal Lost Phone Review
The Title Is Ironic
HIGH The manner in which players trigger the end credits.
LOW Some questionable handling of its subject matter.
WTF Sebastian. Jesus, what’s the deal with that guy?
Subsurface Circular (Switch) Review
Please Remain Seated
HIGH Cerebral robot games are always welcome.
LOW The lover and its code.
WTF There’s at least one other obvious way to end this game, and it’s not here.
Little Red Lie Review
Soulcrushing
HIGH Many sharp observations on subjects that deserve it.
LOW The ceaseless negativity becomes intolerable.
WTF Why is this game so long?
Opus: The Day We Found Earth Review
A Mind, Forever Peering
HIGH Pleasantly compact and poignant.
LOW The planet location system is too vague and useless.
WTF I missed 40% of the content? Where was it?
Manifest 99 Review
Don’t Play It, Feel It
HIGH Emotionally responding to anthropomorphic animals.
LOW Brevity is the soul of wit, and apparently it’s the soul of this game too.
WTF The feeling of shame I felt when a passenger succumbed to my stares.
Shining More Light On Candleman
Here at GameCritics, we originally covered Candleman in January with a full review by Corey Motley. It also had a strong impact on me, and I was actually so touched by it that I reached out to the developers for further comment.
Lydia Review
Sympathy For The Devil
HIGH The frog monster.
LOW The conversation at the end of the teenager episode.
WTF This is actually a pretty big house.
Tacoma Review
A Loooong Way Past Seattle
HIGH The ending!
LOW Missing one document and finishing with 99%.
WTF Why does she use ASL to start the saved sequences?