Spencer Legacy's Reviews
The Panzer Dragoon Remake is a fun and quick way to experience a SEGA classic, if you’re okay with very simple gameplay and not much of a main plot.
The Resident Evil 3 Remake is a fantastic and consistently-tense horror game that takes an already brilliant game and updates it to be even better in a few departments.
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is a great musou game that captures the tone of One Piece’s action in its gameplay without dragging.
Bubble Bobble 4 Friends is a simple and comfortable arcade platformer that is quite fun for its short runtime.
I’d say One’s Justice 2 is worthwhile for My Hero Academia superfans, but others may find it to be too repetitive for a fighter.
The Yakuza Remastered Collection is an excellent updated collection of three stellar games from the PS3’s lifetime.
Granblue Fantasy Versus has a few issues, but it’s an excellent game for fighting game newcomers and people who want a simpler fighter for a change. The story is thin and repetitive, but the varied characters and strong visuals mostly make up for these issues.
One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows is your standard anime arena-fighter. Combat and missions are repetitive, and the visuals are incredibly mixed. Interacting with the world of One-Punch Man and creating your own character is quite fun, as is combat at first, so the game is likely still worthwhile for huge fans of One-Punch Man. Otherwise, you may want to skip this one.
Rune Factory 4 Special is a robust farm-simulator and RPG experience that, while occasionally dull, is a deep and truly relaxing experience. There’s no shortage of things to do from the get-go, and the detail put into combat and the various leveling systems will surely please even those who lean more into the RPG side of things.
While I can appreciate what Dawn of Fear is trying to achieve, the amount of technical problems that plague the game makes it an unfortunate mess. While it occasionally manages to project the tone of classic horror games, it’s simply a broken game.
Speaking Simulator can get a bit complicated, but the goofy writing and strange yet fun gameplay make it a weird but worthwhile game. It can be a tad repetitive, but if you’re looking for a silly and fun time, Speaking Simulator is indeed for you.
Re:Mind has a lot of great boss battles and some wonderful moments of fanservice, but its lack of overall importance to the story of Kingdom Hearts III makes it hard to recommend to anyone other than major fans of Kingdom Hearts. If you’re in it for the gameplay, you’ll be pleased, but anyone hoping for some real plot progression may be let down.
There’s plenty of potential in the idea behind Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, so it’s a shame that the game itself is so bogged down in fetch quests and a repetitive combat system.
SaGa Scarlet Grace Ambitions is a disappointing RPG that falls short because of its boring story, mediocre visuals, and nerfed world. The combat and music are excellent, but it’s not enough to make Ambitions worth recommending.
While I wish there was some Universal Century representation in the game, SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS is a fun and detailed tactical RPG that nails the tone of each Gundam series it adapts with its excellent visuals and exciting music.
Shenmue III isn’t for everyone, but anyone who was waiting for it will be amazed at how perfectly it captures the gameplay, atmosphere, and world of Shenmue so many years later.
Romancing SaGa 3 isn’t for newcomers to the RPG genre, but it’s an excellent and complex game that JRPG fanatics will certainly appreciate. It can be ridiculously vague at times, but the game’s non-linear structure and plethora of well-developed mechanics make it a truly unique and enjoyable game.
It’s not the deepest or most robust collect-a-thon platformer, but New Super Lucky’s Tale serves as a completely decent 3D platformer that serves up some simple fun for anyone with fond memories of the collect-a-thon craze.
Pokémon Sword and Shield have a lot of great ideas and fun creatures, but the stark lack of content, rough performance, and a concerningly large number of minor issues keep them from being the definitive home console Pokémon games that myself and many other fans hoped for.
Death Stranding is one of the strangest and most unique games I’ve ever played. While its story’s pacing and theming are all over the place, its characters, world, atmosphere, and fascinatingly dull gameplay make Death Stranding an experience that you will likely either love or hate. Either way, I’m glad it exists.