My Reviews

The pinnacle of the genre, so fun from start to finish. It never gets frustrating, it always pushes you forward. The art style and designs have no competition in their details.

A perfect puzzle experience for me. Part 1 is pristinely balanced from start to finish. The flow of information and clues is weighted to keep you moving forward in the investigation. There probably won't be a better gaming feeling this year then when you lock in correct characters in the

Interesting game. The setting and construction of the world is incredible, the expanding and unraveling the case is an unparalleled gaming narrative. The actual 'gaming' parts are just ok, its frustrating to get locked out of skill checks early on due to leveling limitations. And the 'killer' and his motives

My kind of jam for sure, the setup and location are all perfect. It's a little overwhelming initially but you slowly start to figure it out. The writing is ok but the lore and worldbuilding carry the story along. A fun detective game.

Very surprised by this as it is not a genre I engage with much. It is light on gameplay and even consequences in those few gameplay sequences. But it gives more than enough back in tough on the fly decisions and wonderful characters to be around and engage with.

Incredibly fun, addictive, and frustrating. It's madness and zen all in one.

An incredible action and platforming game with just the right amount of difficulty and frustration to properly reward the player for pushing through. Cogwork Dancers is potentially the greatest metroidvania boss of all time. My only gripe is I wish the rosary economy was handled a little better - there are

Wastes no time getting into the fun and mayhem. The design is perfect, leading to endless fun and exploration. The characters and world are alive and fully formed. Finished at 541 bananas and I think that was enough for me. The bosses for the majority of the game are a

A remarkable achievement that came out of nowhere. By far the best turn based combat I have ever played. The characters are fully fleshed out and given room to develop and interact. The world and story are gorgeous and well thought out. I only have a few minor complaints; the

A unique and awesomely distributed puzzle roguelike. I played this for over 60 hours and I would say the middle 40 were some of the best and most engaging puzzle gameplay I have ever been a part of. The game is not easy on the player or the player's mentality.

An exemplary and action packed adventure that is more than worthy of its title character's legend. The music, audio design, and voicework is incredible. I really think the entire Vatican sequence stands out as one of the best levels in gaming, My only critique would be the gameplay systems don't build

Fun, inventive, and mind twisting in all the right ways. Great mystery and world building, very excited for future DLCs.

Always down for a few well crafted metroidvanias throughout the year. This is a very solid one. The movement and platforming is great, combat is ok but definitely secondary to the world and exploration.

Had held off from playing this or the original RE for far too long. Had played the other mainlines and remakes and its one of my favorite series. Seeing the survival horror template was awesome. This has great moments and design.

My initial instinct is this is better than 2, even if it is much more simpler. I thought the one room 15 minute rooms fit better. It controlled much better for me also. Puzzles range from awesome and engaging to frustrating and obtuse, but leaning more to the former.

Great Vibe and sticks around for the perfect amount of time. Music and gameplay elements blend together perfectly. It didn't have much room to improve on itself in the last few chapters but was glad I could see it through to the end.

Well made, engaging puzzles. The settings are pretty standard fare and the controls on the steam deck were definitely wonky. But I could play these kind of games forever. Looking forward to trying some of the community levels.

Got addicted to this for a few days. It definitely doesn't have the legs to support past the credit. But I loved this for what it was.

The new definitive standard for open world graphics, beatiful design and animation around every corner and beyond every vista. The gameplay is fun and pretty much a 1:1 copy of the previous entry. I found the story to be a big downgrade from Tsushima but not enough to ruin it,

Enjoyed this quite a bit, the exploration is fun, the base sim is an easy thing to wrap your head around and not a major part of the game.