To Be… What?
HIGH A great art style and vivid, genuinely upsetting writing…
LOW …Dragged down by frustrations that adventure games should’ve grown past by now.
WTF There’s no ending!
Author: Josh Tolentino
Aragami Review
Mork of the Ninja
HIGH Old-school stealth with gorgeous modern art
LOW Old-school pacing issues/mission design with modern finicky controls/incoherence
WTF For a shadow ghost ninja, this guy runs awfully slowly…
Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity Review
Highly Receptive to Fan Service
HIGH Crisp combat and solid boss design
LOW An inscrutable story for all but the already-converted
WTF There are now more Touhou fan games published in English than core releases. What’s up with that?
7 Days to Die Review
Hell Week
HIGH An interesting microcosm of all the things that make survival sandbox games a good time…
LOW …as well as the things that make survival sandbox games a tedious, buggy chore.
WTF This game is nowhere near complete, but is being sold as final!
A.W. Phoenix Festa Review
Festa or Famine
HIGH It will be enjoyable for people who liked The Asterisk War
LOW What fool would admit they liked The Asterisk War?
WTF If only Asterisk War fans would like this, why change its title?
Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS-Force Review
Bringing A Knife To A Gundam Fight
HIGH The sheer speed of combat once the obtuse controls are mastered
LOW Having to master obtuse controls in the first place
WTF Of all the Extreme VS games to localize, why choose the weakest one?
Assault Suit Leynos Review
Retarget: Earth
HIGH Gorgeous art and classic gameplay
LOW Isn’t “easy mode” supposed to be easy?
WTF That price tag!
Brigador Review
Mechs. Warriors. Mercenaries.
HIGH The frosty-cool cyberpunk mood and glorious synth soundtrack
LOW Tougher than a cyborg’s titanium codpiece, and not always for the right reasons
WTF Am I wrong for wanting a mission or two during daytime?
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir Review
Götterdämmerung like it’s 2007
HIGH Vanillaware’s best game looks and plays better than ever
LOW The changes don’t quite mask some of the repetition
WTF Experiencing Vanillaware’s glorious food/cooking obsession in glorious HD
P.O.L.L.E.N. Review
It’s in the atmosphere
HIGH A gorgeous sci-fi aesthetic wrapped in a great sense of atmosphere…
LOW …that can’t disguise a slight and inconclusive story.
WTF That ending, man.