HIGH Goodbye “Quests”, hello “Leads”!
LOW Shallow gameplay mechanics.
WTF They “say less is more” but isn’t it too little!?
Tag: Fallout
SVG Special: Starfield At 5 & 30 Hours
PREVIEW Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role-Playing Game
It’s a difficult time to be an optimist about space colonization. Even as the possibility of human civilization living beyond Earth’s gravity comes closer, the reality is weighed down by the bleak situation at home. In the end, even optimists must concede that the prospects of living under a distant sun are likely impossible if we can’t solve the problems we have here on Earth — And from the look of things so far, that’s the premise of Iron Tower Studios’ in-development RPG, Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role-Playing Game.
The Outer Worlds: Murder On Eridanos Review
A Killer Among The Stars
HIGH The writing continues to be outstanding.
LOW Some sidequests feel like obnoxious padding.
WTF No one else notices the infected citizens? No one?
The Outer Worlds: Peril On Gorgon Review
Trouble On The Moon
HIGH The crisscrossing tale of a corporate cover-up.
LOW Zero onboarding assistance after a year.
WTF The speech check challenges seem unusually difficult?
Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut (Switch) Review
Sometimes The Past Should Be Forgotten
HIGH Some of the writing is great.
LOW It’s visually messy, and has terrible technical performance.
WTF Why is this on the Switch?
Wasted Review
Like your time
HIGH Taking out an S.O.B. Purifier
LOW Losing everything because I took the wrong fork at the start of a level.
WTF This is the grossest take on Richard Nixon ever, right?
This Is Not A Review: Fallout 4 Vault-Tec Workshop DLC
Brad Gallaway recently rolled out a new column titled This Is Not A Review. In it he discusses general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game he’s playing, but not reviewing. It’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z. I’m hijacking his column to offer my impressions on Fallout 4‘s latest DLC — Vault-Tec Workshop, which is developed and published by Bethesda for Xbox One, PS4 and PC.
Fallout 4: Far Harbor Review
Set sail for intrigue
HIGH: Hermit crabs!
LOW: Tedious workshop crafting puzzles shoehorned into the main quest
WTF: Could everyone in Fallout 4 be an android?!?
Fallout 4: Wasteland Workshop Review
Fallout + Pokemon + Fight Club = Boredom
HIGH New cosmetic settlement items
LOW No new quests to justify the new items
WTF Bethesda's still pushing the weakest part of Fallout 4—the settlements