Elizabeth Henges's Reviews
Honestly, Best Friend Forever feels like it's having a constant identity crisis. Mechanically and story-wise, everything feels incredibly disjointed.
Maneater is not a perfect game. It can be just a bit unbalanced, and you can start to see the gameplay seams on extended play sessions, but that doesn’t stop it from being a hell of a lot of fun. Maneater is simply worth your time, blemishes and all.
While this beat-em-up and RPG mix is solid, a few things hold it back from being truly great.
A year after Episode 1's release, Life is Strange has reached its conclusion, and it's not one to miss.
Atelier Ryza is a solid start to a new trilogy.
Minoria shows a lot of promise, but some strange design decisions stop the game from truly shining.
After a bit of stumbling with Episodes 2 and 3, the latest episode of Life is Stange 2 sets up for a memorable conclusion.
Dragon Quest Builders 2 improves upon the original title in a variety of ways, making for a superior sequel for the building based spin-off series.
Cadence of Hyrule is a fun time if you know what you’re getting into. This isn’t an average Zelda spin-off, so if you’re awful at keeping a beat and don't’ want to use the Fixed Beat Mode. But, Cadence of Hyrule is worth a try if you don’t mind going to the rhythm and dealing with a couple of rogue-like elements.
Atelier Lulua continues the story of the Arland trilogy of games while taking the mechanics of more recent Atelier titles and refining them.
The third episode of Life is Strange 2 doesn't really nail its emotional beats but sets up for what's bound to be an exciting next episode.
Sword and Fairy 6 is a poor introduction to the popular Chinese RPG series.
A spin-off title of the niche Atelier series, Nelke may provide some neat cameos for long-time fans, but otherwise isn't a very interesting game to play.
Wargroove is the Advance Wars game fans have been waiting years for, even with its fantasy trappings.
While the original Code: Realize and its first fandisc were great, Wintertide Miracles just feels long in the tooth.
This beautiful pixelated Metroidvania makes the graceful jump to the Nintendo Switch.
Koei Tecmo has ported the Plue versions of the Atelier Arland games to consoles and PC, and if you haven't given these titles a try yet, now's your chance.
The fourth entry to the Mercenaries series just doesn't do enough to make it stand out from the SRPG crowd.
The Switch port of the DS RPG holds up well, even a decade after the original release.
The highly anticipated sequel to Dontnod's narrative adventure has begun, and it's off to a strong, tense start.