CJ Andriessen
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is a pleasant remake of a pair of dungeon crawlers that, as I can see now, are a bit more dated than I originally thought they’d be. There is still a lot to love about this interesting spin on the Pokémon formula, but not enough for...
Honestly, 18 days is far too little time to generate a comprehensive assessment of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. There is still much I don’t know about this game, including how in-game purchases will ultimately be incorporated. But based on what I have been able to experience, it’s what I’ve wanted Animal...
But even when it’s not sounding like an improv group at a Bernie Sanders rally, Heroland is a gem. It’s incredibly funny, the characters are some of the most charming I met all year, and its unique take on turn-based battles made a strategist out of me. I just wish I didn’t...
On one hand, the online is absolutely broken and embarrassing. On the other, anytime I’m not dealing with that nonsense, I’m having fun with the game. Maybe in a couple of months, when I’ve min-maxed every Pokémon in the Dex and am just focusing on raids, I’ll feel more antagonistic...
Two weeks of a workout regiment is not nearly long enough to give a full assessment of how effective it is, but it is enough time to see that Ring Fit Adventure is one well-crafted exercise game. Will it be good enough to help me overcome this lifelong struggle? Ask me...
Stela
Stela clearly wants to be as unnerving and fascinating as its contemporaries but the end product is merely an empty imitation. There is no element of surprise or wonder here, nothing to make players consider the game at a deeper level. Instead, it acts as a good reminder of the far...
Despite that, the sum total of my experience with Daemon X Machina is positive. The combat is amazing, the game is bright and colorful, the framerate mostly holds up in either docked or handheld mode, and the hangar is great to tinker around in, checking out all the different configurations of my...
Flight School Studio has created an exceptional world to explore in Creature in the Well. Its prodigious art direction is enticing, wooing players into a unique puzzle game that very much feels like a history lesson on the medium itself. It combines ideas and concepts found throughout gaming into a...
Despite that, Witcheye is an absolutely pleasant and pleasurable adventure and easily one of the best mobile games I’ve played all year. With tight controls and a headphone-worthy soundtrack, it’s one I’m going to be returning to. Though I’ll probably just stick to the boss rush mode going forward.
Whether or not the fanservice is too much for players or just a natural evolution of the boundary-pushing booby game genre, one thing that is certain about Omega Labyrinth Life is that it is not that good. The dungeon crawling, which is how you’ll spend about 75% of your time with...
It’s easy for me to say Dragon Quest Builders 2 is a good game because it’d be a lie for me to say otherwise. The groundwork laid by the first title is still sound, but it just didn’t grab me the same way its predecessor did. That doesn’t mean I’m going to...
Marvelous and Honey∞Parade Games’ biggest mistake with Senran Kagura: Peach Ball was treating it as a budget title because it deserves so much more: more tables, more girls, more everything. Combining the cheeseball sexuality of Senran with pinball is perhaps the most brilliant idea this franchise has ever had and the execution...
