Lee Mehr's Reviews
By trying to wrestle with a mixture of parkour/stealth/combat mechanics, a large open world, and reactive storytelling within a rotund narrative, it starts to buckle from its lesser elements and annoying technical problems.
A flawed-yet-engaging first season forcefully strapped to its turgid prequel, further harmed by current technical issues unfit for a remaster.
Little Orpheus' Cold War-era narrative captures the fun of vintage adventure serials, but its gameplay is as rewarding as a Soviet breadline.
Any earnest intentions The Guardians of Peace ostensibly had can't disregard how terrible it looks, sounds, and plays.
Despite some pretentiously cryptic puzzle design in the latter half, DP Games' first effort still succeeds from all of its strengths.
Kaiko's expansion seems fated to be compared to a dedicated, earnest, and haphazardly-designed fan mod.
It's hard to deny the missteps and missing launch-day features, but it's harder to deny how thoroughly engaging Halo Infinite feels.
Image & Form's first 3D title doesn't have any obscene messes to clean, but it never excels beyond a conventional distraction.
Apropos of the brand, NERF Legends has no punch.
Thanks to a surfeit of undaring options, solo and multiplayer, Sledgehammer Games' latest sports the most ironic subtitle of the year.
I think Nicolas Meyssonnier's work falls just short of its action-platformer goals. But when you consider its great Halloween-themed visual design, engaging soundtrack, strong personality, creative potential, and its place in today's market, genre fans can still have a gourd time with it.
Invisible Walls have made a nuanced social-deduction title, but current design & polish issues prevent it from reaching a "first class" experience.
Despite s-ohm frustrating drawbacks, Energy Cycle Edge is a respectable improvement in gameplay and presentation.
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.