HIGH Intuitive and rewarding combat. Wonderful hand-drawn aesthetics, epic story.
LOW Some glitches and visual bugs.
WTF Why are the mole people living in a more modern age?!
HIGH Intuitive and rewarding combat. Wonderful hand-drawn aesthetics, epic story.
LOW Some glitches and visual bugs.
WTF Why are the mole people living in a more modern age?!
HIGH Excellent execution on a strong concept.
LOW Some cheap-shot ambushes. A few of the bosses are rough going.
WTF So ultimately, professional sports are to blame?
HIGH effective world-building and imaginative game design.
LOW Gameplay and visuals lack variety. Some pretty egregious bugs.
WTF money floating around waiting to be pilfered is truly the stuff of fantasy.
HIGH Stepping into [redacted location] for the first time.
LOW A pretty obnoxious summoner boss in one of the sub-dungeons.
WTF Count Ymir’s whole deal.
After more than two years of development, a demo for the epic new Dark Souls III mod known as Dark Souls: Archthrones has finally been released, causing many Souls fans on PC to rejoice.
HIGH Superb aesthetics, tons of quality-of-life features, flexible systems.
LOW The true final boss is an OP nightmare.
WTF Trapping players by disabling fast-travel before a boss fight.
HIGH Dual worlds means tons more exploration and replay value.
LOW Trying to run both Axium and Umbral does lead to performance issues.
WTF Running through Umbral with a horde of enemies giving chase is terrifying.
HIGH Still the best example of a shooter-soulslike hybrid ever.
LOW Noticeable glitches, but none gamebreaking.
WTF How is that boss targeting me from behind the boss fog?!
If the Jedi way is defined by personal growth and straying away from the dark, I’d like to think that going back to videogames I didn’t initially enjoy counts as my grand journey towards becoming enlightened. Dramatic? Sure, but it seems like an apt comparison when talking about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
HIGH Expands on everything that made its predecessor great, while adding much more.
LOW Getting eaten by the same Rancor over and over.
WTF I think I’m back to loving Star Wars again.