VGChartz's Reviews
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is an absolutely stunning game, but once your initial awe for the visuals begins to fade all you're left with is a drawn-out narrative that has you wandering from one story set-piece to another.
While Legend of Kay is improved technically, its production values, mechanics, and camera are still stuck in an uncomfortable past.
Character inconsistencies and story dead-ends mar an otherwise superb narrative series that is starting to really pay off.
Its value proposition is almost unrivalled and the extra features add a twist of modernity to what could have easily been a quick cash grab collection.
Beyond Eyes is a great learning tool, but don't expect to be entertained.
Anyone looking for a comprehensive and complex RPG or strategy game might end up disappointed with Eisenwald. Those in the mood for a medieval adventure with a smart dose of tactical battles, morality choices, and RPG elements, however, will find a lot to like.
Those who need a strong narrative or a lengthy, replayable experience will end up being disappointed, but as a platformer with powerful music and unique visuals it's well worth adding to your wishlist.
For as fantastic as Rocket League can be, it's a tough road to tread, and the higher-than-standard price could be all for naught if you don't tough it out and eventually come to appreciate it in all its glory.
Tachyon Project is a great arcade twin-stick shooter that feels like a natural evolution of the genre. The game handles well and features some nicely varied enemy types, but it's also far from flawless.
Arkham Knight is very close to being brilliant.
Pneuma's story, while intriguing and heady, is sometimes delivered in an annoying way.
There are a lot of - perhaps too many - familiar moments early on, but the gameplay is just as great now as you remember it being in 1994.
Whispering Willows proves that simplicity, atmosphere, and a strong narrative can go a long way to creating a memorable gaming experience.
Narratively, Sons of Winter is a definite improvement over the earlier episodes, and has a much easier, confident pace.
The high point for narrative-driven open-world RPGs.
After the Lego series reached new heights with Marvel Super Heroes and The Hobbit, Jurassic World feels like a step backward.
Heroes of the Storm can improve with future patches, and will have to do so if it wants to compete with more established titles in this fiercely competitive genre.
As good as S&S2 threatens to be, the wireless connected elephant in the room overshadows proceedings, offering a tantalising glimpse of what S&S2 could have been rather than a celebration of what there is.
It's not an easy life, and this is not an easy game; some will find it greatly rewarding, but they are likely in the minority.
All in all, colour me surprisingly impressed by Project CARS.