No Happy Endings Here
HIGH Finding a machinegun just before I ran into an armor-clad behemoth.
LOW Finding out the hard way that it’s possible to drown!
WTF Is that a speaker growing out of a mound of flesh?
The Last Stand: Aftermath Review
Author: Daniel Weissenberger
Neptunia X SENRAN KAGURA: Ninja Wars Review
The Breast Of Both Worlds
HIGH The main villain’s style is beyond compare.
LOW The lack of danger indicators makes boss fights a slog.
WTF “In this game, we’re ninjas instead of videogame goddesses!”
The Good Life Review
What Team Are You On?
HIGH Finding the government’s private Stonehenge.
LOW The ending leaves players with more questions than answers.
WTF I thought magic talking swords would be nicer than this.
Spookware Review
Exploring The Wide Dead World
HIGH Hearing how baby Skeletons are born.
LOW The rhythm-based minigames.
WTF “Since you’re wearing a deerstalker cap, would you mind solving this murder?”
The Dark Pictures: House Of Ashes Review
Older Than Time, Madder Than Hell
HIGH A friendship for the ages.
LOW Trying to wrangle the camera when exploring a house.
WTF The whole last hour of the game.
ExZeus: The Complete Collection Review
A Weak Blast From the Past
HIGH Drifting a motorbike around corners as missiles rain down around me.
LOW The boss that spams screen-clearing attacks.
WTF Is that the ship from The Last Starfighter?
King’s Bounty 2 Review
Leading My Army Down The Drain
HIGH The end of the ‘assemble a skeleton’ quest.
LOW Realizing that I’d played so badly that the game had become unbeatable.
WTF The research-focused magician who’s just a step away from realizing she’s in a videogame.
Tails Of Iron Review
This Mouse Means Business
HIGH Finding the Moleshevik Republic.
LOW 50% of the Arena Bosses.
WTF Great, now I’m haunted by a picture of the long-dead mice that inspired this game.
Tormented Souls Review
These Secrets Weren’t Buried Deep Enough
HIGH Finding out how Caroline lost her eye.
LOW A puzzle completely unplayable to people with hearing issues.
WTF There are ranged enemies in a fixed-camera game. Madness.
World War Z: Aftermath Review
Fighting To The Ends Of The Earth
HIGH Tearing down a literal tower of zombies with a flamethrower.
LOW Getting rat-locked.
WTF I freeze when away from a heater for 90 seconds, but zombies in T-shirts are fine?