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As Kratos' coming-of-age prequel, it's rather ironic how Sons of Sparta emulates the antithesis of his character: a Metroidvania unsure about its size, its looks, and even its own voice.
High on Life 2, while lacking some of the more outrageous humor and novelty factor of the first rendition, makes up for it in other areas — namely the skateboard inclusion, more gun varieties, and a smattering of neat easter eggs.
One of the absolute peaks of the Resident Evil franchise.
Despite some successes — workshop upgrades and highway duels chief among them — it's a middling sim racer with a monotonous (albeit substantial) story mode, limited multiplayer options, and subpar visuals.
Tarsier Studios' greater scope from past works - presentationally & thematically - leads to both unforgettable moments and unfortunate mechanical setbacks.
A killer soundtrack and interesting game mechanics make Mewgenics worth the price of entry, but it overstays its welcome.
Ultimately, Mario Tennis Fever occupies the same general territory as recent Mario Tennis games. It's good, but not great. The moment-to-moment gameplay is exciting, Fever Rackets add chaotic, unexpected fun to each match, and the huge roster encourages lots of experimentation. Yet the game falters somewhat when it comes to modes, particularly single-player modes.
From minute tweaks to large siege towers, Wildlight's detail-oriented attitude helps lift Highguard above the usual Hero shooter fare.
BlazBlue Entropy Effect X represents a formidable, motivating, and rewarding challenge for a fair price, although the in-game progression may not retain your interest beyond a certain point.
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined retains the core components of the PlayStation title — an emotionally powerful narrative, a diverse set of role-playing scenarios, and a tactically rewarding vocation system — and enhances them with gorgeous visuals, immersive voice-acting, several important quality-of-life features, and superior pacing.
It's great that Red Art Games has elevated the experience by adding two new modes, while also preserving the original version. The only issue is that the game, no matter the version, is too brief, disorienting, and repetitive to truly enjoy.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Horizon is a very satisfying follow-up to a partially disappointing Trails Through Daybreak II. It has a much stronger narrative, dramatically improved combat, boasts great returning characters, delightful enhancements, and even more enjoyable side content in the form of Grim Garten.
Woolhaven is proof that Massive Monster made the right decision to stick with Cult of the Lamb. By retaining everything the vanilla version does right, and adding several novelties, the expansion takes what was already a great game and makes it even better.
Core Design did fantastic work with the Tomb Raider franchise, but largely dropped the ball when developing Fighting Force and Fighting Force 2. And while this new compilation makes them more accessible, it doesn't do much, outside of the addition of save states, to make them more enjoyable.
Taxi Chaos 2 is the kind of sequel that flashes a new paint job while forgetting to fix its flat tires.
A wonderfully crafted, retro-inspired take on the arcade-style side-scrolling shooter, based on the Terminator 2: Judgment Day movie. It's a must-try for fans of the genre.
If you're someone who genuinely likes the genre, or think that you and your friends will want to do several runs through the game's 16 stages, then it'll definitely be worth the price. However, if you only see yourself wanting to do a single playthrough and then move on, it might be worth thinking twice about the cost-to-gameplay ratio.
While it's inferior to the three games in the original Prime trilogy and also recent entries like Metroid Dread, it remains a rock-solid action-adventure game that at times flirts with greatness.
There are some who won’t enjoy Skate Story's blend of semi-realistic skateboarding controls with a completely bonkers narrative, but I found it compelling and would recommend it to anyone who has even a passing interest in skateboarding.
Beyond aggravating launch-window bugs (on Xbox) that need to be fumigated, The Berlin Apartment is an underwhelming living space managed by a greedy landlord.