Jed Pressgrove's Reviews
From a standpoint of action, Breath of the Wild goes out of its way to step beyond every Legend of Zelda title before it.
Its anecdotes function as mawkish indicators of social status, as the Internet crowd often forgets that being online is a privilege for more than a few.
With so many different factors to manipulate on your way to reaching ridiculously high character levels, it's almost impossible to see any end in sight to the game.
There's something to be said about Nintendo throwing curve balls to keep players from becoming complacent.
Its superior kineticism shows that Shovel Knight was an amateur's first stab toward something a little greater.
The game reveals itself as a sympathetic view of an imperfect world without a clear road to peace.
In our present-day world, its prediction of a violent worker-versus-worker future feels hauntingly plausible.
The game is always concerned with telling a story rather than selling us the gimmick of player agency.
The channeling of art nouveau not only impacts the look of the characters and settings, but complements the curves that fighters draw with the motion of their attacks.
The game often feels like a survival-horror experience with its sharp emphasis on the senses.
SELF rejects the power-building, level-gaining escapism that typifies the majority of pop games.
It's electrifying in how it goes out of its way to ensure that you're constantly in the middle of nail-biting action.
Dark Souls Remastered shows that just as the extra visual definition giveth, it also taketh away.
Aven Colony strikes a superb balance of introducing its systems and giving one enough freedom to live and learn.
At its best, Sonic Mania makes classic zones from past Sonic the Hedgehog games feel unpredictable again.
Lizardcube has both made The Dragon's Trap more vibrant and set a fascinating standard for game remakes.
Based on its turn-based combat alone, Dragon Ball Fusions distinguishes itself from other roleplaying games.
The game suggests identity and heroism arise from communal ties as much as they do from individual traits and struggle.
Even in its remastered form, this expansion stands tall as a relatively focused and uncomplicated action experience.
It articulates a horrific but heroic myth underneath the clothes of a traditional platformer and beat-'em-up.