Joonatan Itkonen's Reviews
This minor miracle proves once again that it's in indie titles where we can find the most precious gems in gaming.
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Yes, it's packed with star power, and yes, it's got an M. Night Shyamalan-level idea behind it, but all that is irrelevant because 12 Minutes is a chore to play. It's a game that hates being a game and should have been a short film instead.
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It's just as good as the first one, and that's both a good and bad thing.
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Humankind has grand, sweeping ideas and it almost pulls them off. The scope is understandably limited compared to Civilization, but this is the kind of ambitious game design that deserves praise for trying, even if it doesn't always succeed.
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A dire and unfun attempt at sprucing up one of the worst "sports" ever invented.
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Skyward Sword is one of those Zelda titles that has aged the worst, yet it's still a part of a franchise that I love to bits, and that counts for something. The story is grand and ambitious, and that makes up for a flawed gameplay experience. At least a little.
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It's the first two classics perfectly remastered, now in the palm of your hand. What more could you want?
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Final Fantasy VII was a masterpiece when it was first released. Its remake is an ambitious attempt at recontextualizing the classic dieselpunk adventure for modern audiences, and it's a roaring success. It's one of the great games of a generation.
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I give Dark Alliance points for getting the visuals and the mood exactly right. It's just a shame they got everything else wrong.
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Necromunda is a budget title, and as long as you remember that, you'll have fun with this Doom-clone set in the Warhammer 40k universe.
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If we have to spend this long with characters we hate, at least make the exploration and biking mechanics fun. Instead, we get tedious busywork in fixing a bike that never feels like the real thing and a world full of fetch quests and very few scares.
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I Sherwouldn't recommend this one to anyone.
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Disco Elysium is one of the greatest games ever made. It's a lyrical, smart, funny, heartbreaking, and dazzlingly inventive work of art that sets a new standard for the entire industry to follow.
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Harvest Moon: One World has one thing going for it: it taught me to hate again.
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The monsters are exquisite and the combat can be furiously fun, but this is a collection that desperately needs better accessibility options and a difficulty selection to prove anything but a curiosity for a small fandom.
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I admire its ambition, even as I'll be the first to admit that Gods Will Fall stumbles way more than it succeeds.
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Visually resplendent with inventive gameplay to boot, The Pathless is an unexpected delight that ends 2020 on a high note.
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It might be an expansion pack, but Miles Morales is finally the great superhero adventure this Spider-Man deserves.
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Featuring three classic Mario adventures, this All-Star Collection has enough goodness for a hundred hours of fun. It's just a shame Nintendo has locked it behind a high sticker price and a limited exclusivity period. What the heck?
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Packed with great characters and memorable set pieces, Horizon Zero Dawn is a fantastic adventure title finally available on the PC.
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