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Exploration and puzzle-solving feature heavily in most dungeon crawlers and, while you’ll spend a great deal of time roaming Vaporum’s corridors, the puzzles you solve to make progress are disappointingly low-rent. Former GameSpew writer Olivia noted that Vaporum’s puzzles present accessibility issues – but aside from that, they’re just not...
So it boils down to this: if you like systematically wrecking colourful but undoubtedly evil robots, you need Mechstermination Force in your life. Some minor control issues might pop up from time to time, but they shouldn’t sour your overall experience. Until all of its foes have been vanquished –...
But such occurrences are infrequent enough not to be game ruining and while you shouldn’t count on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy being legally accurate, it’s a hell of a lot of fun. For all its silliness, there are some emotionally charged moments and, spread over the three games, some...
Disappointing is perhaps the best word to sum up Dangerous Driving. It could have been so much better, but instead it’s just passable fun. The saddest thing is, if you want a game that plays like classic Burnout, it’s the best option currently available. Like a cover band howling the...
At the end of the day, it’s undeniable that Outward‘s combat is sub-par, and that its systems prove to be very punishing when combined. Most who play Outward will find it very frustrating at first, then might come around to it a little when they understand it a little more...
Basically then, Generation Zero is a game of extreme peaks of troughs. At times it’s dreadfully boring; other times it’s wildly exciting. It doesn’t want to make your life easy, but then throws so much resources your way that being downed is trivial. It looks great, but it has a...
I had high expectations, but Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice lived up to them. In fact, in some ways it exceeded them. It’s not a perfect game, but it comes very close. FromSoftware, via Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, Tenchu, and Bloodborne, has built this beautiful, mystifying, work of art. A work...
While it may be quite a departure from a standard Atelier game, Nelke & The Legendary Alchemists is a valiant attempt to diversify the series. It may not appeal quite so much to fans of traditional JRPGs, but there’s certainly enough here to enrapture Atelier fans along with newcomers who enjoy...
After trying out its closed beta, I was hopeful that Xenon Racer would turn out to be solid Ridge Racer clone. Unfortunately, the finished product doesn’t quite live up to my expectations. While the racing does eventually become fun, it’s marred by poor design choices and presentation that’s just lacking....
With a runtime of around 40 hours, Death end re;Quest is likely to drive you up a wall if you’re used to polished and well-designed JRPGs. Passionate RPG lovers may overlook Death end re;Quest’s faults and see an ambitious title that flows well enough: it has a story told many...
One Piece: World Seeker isn’t the most inventive open world game out there. It’s not the biggest or the most varied in terms of mission design and structure. But it is a delight to play, thanks in part to its wonderful characters, well-written story and absolutely stunning-looking world. It’s just a shame...
As it is though, Left Alive is simply not worth your time or money. It has a fairly interesting story to unravel, but only the most patient and persistent of players will be able to enjoy it, even if they pop the difficulty down to its lowest level. It may...
