VGChartz's Reviews
While the final act bogs down in firefights, the game, for the most part, juggles physical and mental challenges successfully.
Even with a graphical facelift and some new customization options, the Wii U version of Rodea pales in comparison to the Wii build, and it doesn't come close to Naka's earlier works.
A movie license tie-in game that lives down to genre expectations.
There are inspired moments throughout, and the pixel art is of an incredibly high quality, but Poncho often fails to capitalise on the great ideas that are briefly teased.
Fallout 4 easily prevails over its technical issues and subjective design flaws. It's a never-ending stream of superb experiences that keeps you engaged and coming back for more.
Sword Coast Legends is a straightforward, average game with some unique and interesting ideas that are yet to be fully realized.
Life is Strange has had its ups and downs, but the occasionally cheesy writing and dull plot points are easily outweighed by a truly unique game world and generally strong story-telling.
It discards series tropes with confidence and stands tall as a testament to what can happen when a series embraces the new without detracting from the best of the old.
Involving, if at times perhaps too keen to handhold, The Serpent's Curse has the intrigue of a novel and the sedateness of an afternoon stroll. An acquired taste undeniably, but one worth trying.
A solid, if unspectacular, hack-n-slash game that honors the subject material and respects its fans.
If anyone thought that Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 was going to be any good they were wearing some serious nostalgia glasses. The E3 reveal was downright awful, and the game hasn't improved much since.
PES 16 is very close to the game long-term fans have needed and demanded. It inexplicably manages to match terrific, absorbing gameplay with awful presentation everywhere but on the pitch.
With a little more financial support and a lot more play-testing, Armikrog could have been something special. As it stands, however, it seems incomplete.
Although Freedom Planet does not officially bear the name Sonic the Hedgehog, it deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as the greats of the series. It's the best Sonic game (that's not really a Sonic game) of the last 20 years.
Disgaea 5 is not the obvious revolution for the series that its predecessor Disgaea 4 was from a graphical standpoint, but it does feature meaningful evolution of the series' gameplay.
If you want to play a game, then don't buy this. If you want to experience something, to really feel something and do something new, though... well, you couldn't really spend 90 minutes better.
Unwritten Tales 2 is a satisfying point-and-click adventure game and a worthy sequel to one of the genre's best.
SOMA is one of the better survival-horror games of the last decade.
If you're a fan of Metroidvanias then Xeodrifter hits all of the right notes, even if it's a bit simple and can be completed in less than an hour.
Inventive and beautiful, even its clear flaws cannot take away from what is simply a brilliant game.