Lee Mehr's Reviews
There are a few writing and gameplay demons to exorcise, but that only keeps Bloober Team's latest from séance-sational horror game status.
Summer in Mara slowly morphed into a winter of discontent.
Due to lackluster porting and misjudged value, Down in Bermuda is slated to be lost amongst genre fans' collective memories.
Morkredd's main mechanic succinctly reflects my own thoughts on it altogether. The glowing orb represents life: punctuating atmosphere, inspired visual design, and a motivating gimmick. But when you begin to step away, as you wander outside its glow, you encounter death: day-one DLC, technical problems, an atrocious finale, and more. These severe disparities, bright day and atramentous night, imply even genre fans will be ambivalent towards it.
The Coalition's first expansion often excites, but the ephemeral length and mismatched gameplay loop tempers its fiery ambition.
Whether in respect of gameplay or storytelling, the longer Twin Mirror peers at the glass the easier it is to see a pale reflection of DONTNOD’s previous work.
Whether due to its miserly length or disjointed puzzles, Mojiken's exploration of loss is already distant in my mental rearview mirror.
Fitting for this studio’s name, Out of the Blue's puzzle-adventure debut resonates due to its mechanical challenge and atypical approach to Lovecraftian fiction.
An inspired & nuanced structure demonstrates where Giant Squid took the road less traveled, and it made all the difference.
FTQD Studio's first outing is a playful shooter/slasher hybrid that's far too finite to feel worth its retail price.
Bumpy design turbulence blunts The Falconeer's ambition.
There’s an expectation for next-gen remasters to be cash-grabs, but Bloober Team went beyond resolution upgrades. Observer: System Redux shares a similar release history with Blade Runner: a newer version releasing with extra content and impressive visual polishes. It doesn’t avoid all the pitfalls endemic of walking sims nor of this studio, but it deserves augmented respect like its closest inspiration eventually earned.
If Spider-Man was Insomniac's rebuttal to this titular hero's decaying status within games, Miles Morales is its claim that story opportunities beyond Peter Parker are also worthwhile.
Despite clinging to some underwhelming gimmicks, Astro’s Playroom is a cute-n-capable platformer and a respectable assemblage of PlayStation antiquity included in every PS5.
It'd be apropos to say Punch Punk Games' latest title botches its execution on this fascinating subject matter.
An offer you can’t refuse.
Between the writing that's too often puerile and gameplay too often unengaging, Larry's going to be spending many a lonely night lest he up his game.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is the story of marketable talent crafting a competent-if flawed-RPG in 2012; Re-Reckoning is that same story hastily repackaged in 2020 and resold at an overinflated price point.
Control: AWE leverages Remedy's lineage to make one of the best expansions of the year.
Hello Games' modest ideals erode The Last Campfire's true potential, but there’s enough creative kindling to retain your attention.