HIGH Clever level design. Throwback one-bit style. Unsettling sci-fi and horror elements.
LOW Missed opportunities for world-building, wonky controls, tedious trial and error gameplay.
WTF No mouse controls whatsoever?
Tag: Sci-Fi
Split Fiction Review
HIGH Amazing setpieces and co-op gameplay
LOW Simplistic storytelling, predictable character beats.
WTF Pig body horror.
PREVIEW Exoborne
As I wait for the dropship to pick me up, I reflect on just how badly this run had gone.
It started — as all deployments do — with my character, a freshly-ressurrected cyberzombie clad in an armored exoskeleton, jumping out of a helicopter into a warzone..
Ereban: Shadow Legacy Review
HIGH Easy-to-learn mechanics.
LOW The voice acting.
WTF They swallowed the sun guys.
Astor: Blade Of The Monolith Review
GOOD Beautiful, well-crafted environments.
BAD Incessant narration every five seconds.
WTF Leaving the best feature until the end of the campaign.
PREVIEW: Abiotic Factor
HIGH A fresh, yet nostalgic approach to the survival genre.
LOW When making soup is an unlockable skill, we’ve gone too far.
WTF I didn’t think a toilet minigame would be such a big selling point.
Bzzzt Review
HIGH The exploding floor level!
LOW The level that demands too many dashes in a row.
WTF Apparently the game is now a SHMUP?
The Invincible Review
HIGH A gripping, expertly-framed first-person sci-fi adventure.
LOW Polish issues and rough edges in the climax and finale make for an awkward landing.
WTF How did this story come out in 1964 and manage to still feel as timely as it does?
The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition (PS5) Review
HIGH Eventually (I assume?) this will be a fine release.
LOW It sure as s*** ain’t right now.
WTF Putting the level cap to 99 in this game is the definition of arbitrary and capricious.
The Entropy Centre Review
HIGH Brilliant voice acting.
LOW The setpieces.
WTF This platforming is so bad.