There's a bit of a love/hate relationship in play when reviewing a game like Super Neptunia RPG. Maybe a case of Stockholm Syndrome has crept in, but the time in this 2D world feels mostly well spent.
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth is not a perfect game in the overarching landscape that is video games today.
There's a ton to like about Team Sonic Racing. The racing itself is as tight and high octane as ever while remaining accessible.
With an ever increasing amount of games getting console releases, the PC gamer can typically only point to having the best version of a title.
Worldend Syndrome isn't going to change anyone's minds about visual novels.
Battlefield V is one of the best current multiplayer shooters on the market.
The experience of playing this title is one of roller coaster highs and lows.
Taking in the picture that Arcade Islands Volume One paints for itself as a whole, this isn't a very good game.
The strange thing about The Lost Child is that, despite its many, many flaws, it still manages to be entertaining by virtue of being a bog standard, but competent, first-person dungeon crawler with a great pace of progress.
The new features, particularly the Resolve system, are cool, but the title still manages to feel incomplete. For those elite, it's best to wait until the next version.
Some daring swings at humor and story beats that lend themselves to mocking elevate the package, but not by enough. Nippon Ichi consistently does better work and it's best to appreciate those instead of prodding this bloated thing.
Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms is not what it markets itself as. Instead of a frilly samurai epic, it's a monster fantasy that steeps itself in Japanese lore and historical politics.
In the end, The 25th Ward takes the edge as it is a less clumsy, more playable experience even if it could be argued that the quality level is a wash. This is a fantastic experience for people who enjoy Suda51, visual novels or finding out of context quotes to annoy friends.
When all of the parts are added together, it becomes apparent that Rogue Trooper Redux doesn't quite meet the standards of modern day gaming.
Underwhelming visual style notwithstanding, Son of Scoregasm is a well-designed shooter tailored to players who have grown weary of the rut that the genre has worn into the road.
While one mode is a bit technically spotty, that becomes immaterial when the entire package is brought into focus. Raw Data is absolutely the game that every VR owner should play. It has humor, scares and a metric crap ton of cool ways to blow things up, all with some major replay power to keep headset on and sweaty. It just feels great to play and looks sharp while doing it. Raw Data can convince people of what virtual reality can do and stands as the best overall title for the platform.
Speaking personally, Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online was a tonic I needed that arrived at just the right time.
Typically, a more rigid outline is used in writing up a review to create a flow that is comprehensible, allowing the reader to separate out thoughts and opinions in an intelligible manner.
When the single player portion of this piece was posted, someone asked if it's worth playing if they weren't planning on going online.
With a patch to clean up the technical issues, The Bard's Tale: Remastered and Resnarkled would be an incredible value.