Slavish adherents to modern sensibilities may wish to look elsewhere. However, if you're looking for a blend of fast-paced fun and familiar flaws, you can't go wrong with this game.
Sadly, my beleaguered appreciation of The Watchmaker's aesthetic polish was not enough to carry me all the way through to the end. As it happens, I am brimming with caustic vitriol for timed dungeons of any sort, which you may notice is like, this entire game. I struggled mightily to push as far as I could, yet the infuriating sensation of constant dread built into this game's bones utterly broke me.
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles does its best to present you with a steady stream of breathtaking vistas, serene escapes and idyllic moments that snap to a picture frame with flawless ease. The core game has all of its slight flaws that came with the other versions, but I found that taking time to frame and save some of what I saw gave me a deeper appreciation of Yonder's many high points.
If this will be your first time playing Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, you can scarcely afford to pass this up. With a fresh set of eyes, this is an absolute home run from Nintendo.
If you're a fan of CRPGs or just RPGs in general, you can't go wrong with Tower of Time.
I was compelled to continue, if only so the game didn't get the best of me.
While I started out frustrated, every hour I invested in Titan Quest paid off in full.
I'm entranced by the world on display, but I dread having to navigate it.
Being forced to run around and making frantic repairs in order to stay alive forges an intimate connection between you and the ship
Why on Earth would you keep the gameplay totally intact when it's so terribly flawed?
Everything I've seen suggests that this is the version you want if you've never played any of the Bayonetta games before.
If the final product doesn't hold together, then the key components are irrelevant.
In spite of my cruel and cutting remarks, I still enjoyed Lost Sphear.
The Red Strings Club is a vehicle for some of the most engrossing cyberpunk stories I've witnessed in recent memory. I don't know that I've had anywhere near enough of them, just yet.
I wish that this was an actual storybook, a heavy thing bound in leather and built from parchment.
Traditional polygons and surface textures grow muddy and bland with every passing year, while Okami will shine bright for decades to come.
If you've got a crew you can recruit for retrieving all those missing spells, you're going to have a fabulous time.
In the end, the caramel center of the Pokémon experience remains unchanged.
You may gnash your teeth and hang your head but Xenoblade Chronicles 2 will earn your love all the same.
I wanted so much more than what I got from this game.