Lee Mehr's Reviews
Doing everything in its limited power to harm its decent concept, Energy Cycle ultimately becomes a Bohr-ing experience.
Ember Lab's first concoction triumphs by succinctly shepherding and remixing older genre staples.
All-Star Brawl deserves a Kid's Choice Award for Most Kneecapped Game of 2021: a nuanced platform fighting foundation so damaged by slimy timeline & pricing expectations.
Some nagging issues prevent Insurgency: Sandstorm from earning a pristine Medal of Honor, but it's an easy shoe-in for a Silver Star
It's a game that elicits a plethora of vivid emotions, both good & bad, but my overriding true color by the end was beige.
As a noir with the punch of a pillow fight and a campy alien invasion as fun as mashed potatoes, Timothy's Night is a quasi-remake that is another misfire.
Lake's placid design philosophy cuts both ways: no flaw too egregious and no positive too remarkable.
Although buoyed by pleasant presentation and a warm atmosphere, I Am Dead's lackluster main puzzles make this a more reserved recommendation.
Beethoven & Dinosaur's musical odyssey across the universe isn't as adventurous with its gameplay as its venues, but that doesn't stop The Artful Escape from being a fun ride.
Some reservations about The Forgotten City's game design keep it from attaining Legion-dary status among the new wave of time loop games, but its exceptional narrative ensures I won't forget it either.
The accumulation of so many elements to crow about – characters, polish, creativity, art design, combative pacing, and so on – made it an experience I couldn't put down.
Paper Cult threw Samurai Jack's aesthetic, Tarantino's offbeat writing, and Hotline Miami's lurid violence into a vat; to its credit, that confection is still a mixture I admire at a distance. It’s the closer inspection that reveals several bad roots.
Ironically, Night Book makes a better argument for replaying than ever starting it.
Despite some technical issues, Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life may have been one of the best crossovers I've ever seen.
The guided tour quickly becomes overbearing and the initial drive to document any magical wildlife never recovers.
Variable State's sophomore effort reaches a boring destination due to uneven writing and game design austerity.
The 9th-gen upgrade treatment doesn't remove any of its tougher fleas, but A Plague Tale: Innocence remains one harrowing ride.
Studio Fizbin's first foray into the first-person narrative adventure sub-genre is their most uncreative work thus far.
More of a developer's victory lap, The de Vespe Conspiracy is a more-of-the-same expansion that doesn't quite reach the heights of the original's better questlines.
I thought the book was better.