Jesse 'Doncabesa' Norris
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Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is a lot of fun if you engage with all of it. At first, I was flying through the main quest before I slowed down and explored every inch of each map. Once I made that change I went from enjoying my time to loving...
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is experimental Capcom at its best. While some of the fights can teeter on feeling unfair the majority of the game is a glorious mix of hack-and-slash action with a heavy dose of tower defense. It’s launching directly into Game Pass and is well worth...
Bug-wise I had only one, on Steam with cloud saves. A few times the game simply would not cloud save after playing on Steam Deck, thankfully that never happened with the Xbox version even if I tried jumping between consoles to play it. It runs great on Xbox and controls...
Neon White
Neon White features incredible gameplay and some of the best “one more try” levels in recent memory. It’s so fun to play that it can’t be brought down by its poor story. It is worth a purchase or Game Pass download, especially if you’ve got some friends to compete with...
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is my favorite expansion ever. Supplanting the twins of The Witcher 3: Blood & Wine, and Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, there is more to do here than most games twice over. Outside of an over-tuned final boss, I have zero major gripes and dozens...
#Blud
I didn’t run into any major bugs though a few key gameplay systems were never explained and I had to stumble into the answer. I thought my game had soft locked but it turned out there was a “find pink skull and put it on pedestal system” early on that...
The story itself, what happens and why isn’t crazily inventive, though the visuals you’ll encounter are magnificent at times. There’s better tech here than in previous Chinese Room titles, and while I chose to play in performance mode with all post-processing disabled on Series X you can opt for a...
Indika
There isn’t a lot of music in the game, but what is there are mostly more modern-sounding synths and a mix of old-timey videogame chiptunes. The game is set in an alt-history that imitates 130 years ago made those choices feel a bit odd. Like with most of their choices...
The game’s music is fantastic. It’s a smooth mix of jazzy pianos and light melodies that had me bopping during combat and relaxed during exploration. Bug-wise I ran into a few issues with getting stuck in the environment. The game has a built-in solution where it will just plop you...
Tales of Kenzera: Zau is a triumphant debut for Surgent Studios. At $20, and available on day one for PlayStation+ subscribers, any fan of the action-platformer genre would do well to check it out. Zau’s journey through loss will stick with me for a long time, and the excellent gameplay...
MyCareer has a “podcast” that rambles on every time you’re in a menu, and it’s terrible. It feels like at most points this game had a shoestring budget, either that or John McEnroe’s “TopSpin Academy” voiceover ate it all up. He’ll walk you through the basics of the sport and...
The music isn’t memorable nor is it ever in the way. It’s a game I routinely had the sound turned down for as it was my go-to chill out as I listened to The Dollop or watched a Jaboody stream, title. It’s pleasant sounding musak that fits the vibe. I...
