HIGH The karakuri system adds a fresh, welcome twist to combat and exploration.
LOW I’m not in love with most of the crafted armor set designs.
WTF Japanese words scattered throughout the translation at random. Sou desu ne?
Tag: remake
Gex Trilogy Review
HIGH It’s Tail Time.
LOW It’s Tail Time.
WTF It’s Tail Time.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Review
HIGH Exploring an open world that was made with passion and densely packed with content.
LOW Some bugs, old and new, rear their ugly heads.
WTF Why are the atronachs so hot?
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. Review
HIGH The latest Virtua Fighter 5 edition, with rollback, finally available on Steam.
LOW The single player component is pretty barebones.
WTF Kage’s flying headbutt down attack looks absolutely lethal — to himself.
Snow Bros. Wonderland Review
HIGH Snow Bros. finally gets a successor!
LOW Camera controls are severely lacking.
WTF The final gauntlet…
The Thing: Remastered Review
HIGH Original creature ideas, interesting blend of action/RTS, quality-of-life updates.
LOW Monotonous level design, bland color palette, awkward menus and dated animations.
WTF Guy who says “we’re screwed!” then “it’s alright, I’m OK” a second later.
Shadow Of The Ninja: Reborn Review
HIGH Brutal artisanal arcade action. Dense, lush pixel art.
LOW Desperately needs a proper practice mode.
WTF A ninja with a shotgun just feels wrong (but also kinda right?)
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (2024) Review
HIGH Star Wars: Bounty Hunter finally has a PC port, 22 years later!
LOW The live system is still included, despite like a dozen other, more questionable changes?!
WTF When an emulator is better at remastering a game than a professional studio.
Monster Hunter Stories (2024) Review
LOW Muddy graphics in prerendered cutscenes.
WTF The best Jade Cocoon game I’ve played since Jade Cocoon
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Review
HIGH Faithful to the originals. Switching between graphic modes is incredible.
LOW Remastered graphics have some issues. No archive of Tomb Raider history??
WTF Lara can explode via incorrect cheat code inputs in Tomb Raider II and III