I’ve been writing these lists for a while now, and I always try to sum up how i’m feeling about the game industry at that particular moment in time. In 2023 I wrote about the industry writ large essentially being a dumpster fire, and basically all of the bad stuff from 2023 got exponentially worse. 2024 was actually the year where I looked at my wife and said “if our children come to us and say they want to make a career in videogaming, it is our duty as their parents to steer them away from that”.
Tag: 2024
Every Game I Played In 2024
As editor of GameCritics.com and the host of the So Videogames Podcast — and also as a person who just generally loves videogames — I strive to sample as much of the industry as I can.
EA Sports WRC Review
HIGH Jam-packed with content.
LOW Truly accessible only to rally-heads.
WTF Still figuring out what those numbers my navigator is yelling mean.
EA Sports NHL 24 Review
GOOD The on-ice gameplay, realism, and atmosphere are all phenomenal.
BAD Haven’t we seen these modes before?
WTF The microtransactions and upsells practically shame users for not spending more.
NBA 2K24 Review
Macrorealism Mired In Microtransactions HIGH The on-court gameplay reaches new heights of realism LOW Microtransactions and cash grabs sink to new depths of capitalism WTF I sprained seven knuckles trying to recreate moves like Kobe. For the last few years, I’ve ended every NBA 2K review the same way — […]
Madden NFL 24 Review
HIGH Animations and AI combine to deliver unique, unpredictable gameplay.
LOW The selection of modes hasn’t changed much in a decade.
WTF Why do the menus have lag and load time?