HIGH Surfing a missile into a building is rad as hell.
LOW There’s a suboptimal amount of downtime in the stage design.
WTF Joe’s eloquent way with words.
HIGH Surfing a missile into a building is rad as hell.
LOW There’s a suboptimal amount of downtime in the stage design.
WTF Joe’s eloquent way with words.
HIGH Deeply customizable builds.
LOW A grueling number of enemies.
WTF All that text on a single piece of equipment
The Game That Never Ends HIGH The story feels both boundless and handcrafted. LOW Some reused art assets here and there. WTF A girl who wears a tomato mask I keep asking myself, have I really beaten The Hundred Line? Sure I’ve completed the story — I’ve reached the […]
HIGH Satisfying combat and addictive metroidvania mechanics.
LOW Short runtime and lack of truly fresh ideas.
WTF The fairy queen’s sprite is basically Dark Souls‘ Gwynevere…
HIGH Witty, offbeat dialogue steeped in queer culture, Grammy-worthy soundtrack.
LOW Boss fights.
WTF This game is hornier than a Renaissance faire, so how are there no sex scenes?
HIGH A riveting supernatural story with a legendary legacy.
LOW What do you mean the other half is still in production?!
WTF The tonal shifts when encountering a bad ending and reading the cast commenting on your failures.
HIGH New gameplay mechanics updates and characters.
LOW What story mode?
WTF Divide! 2nd Clause! Immortalize! It’s the standard Arc System Works word salad.
HIGH Combat, quests and core gameplay.
LOW Enemy variety, difficulty, and lack of story co-op.
WTF Why can’t I play the campaign with my friends in a co-op focused game?
HIGH It’s a fine franchise choice to work out to.
LOW There’s no Japanese voiceover option, and the alternatives aren’t great.
WTF Kenshiro claiming that my punches are every bit as good as his. Uh… no.
GameCritics was recently invited to a preview event in LA to sit down with both the singleplayer and multiplayer content of Granblue Fantasy: Relink (GBF:R) and I was not disappointed.