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This game is terrible in every way. Whether we're talking major aspects of the game or simply minor little details, everything about it is awful.
Summertime Madness doesn't last long, and it can easily be finished in under two hours. But it's also not the sort of game that needs to go on forever, either. It's a challenging, engaging puzzle with enough plot to last through its runtime, and that's enough to make it well worth a look.
I don't foresee Sword and Fairy: Together Forever garnering the kind of following here in the west that it has in China, but if you just want to kill lots of monsters and watch lots of dialogue, it may be worth your time.
Digimon Survive is a talk-heavy game that expects you to spend a lot of time reading, and a little bit of time fighting. That may not be the most enjoyable thing if you just want a Pokémon substitute, but as visual novels go, it's one of the better ones.
Cursed to Golf is designed to challenge you, frustrate you, and punish you -- and even if real golf does that, this game takes it to a whole other level. If you're the kind of person who doesn't usually give sports games a second glance but loves difficulty ramped up to an insane degree, this should be the one sports game you make an exception for.
Severed Steel doesn't exist in a vacuum. It exists in a world where Neon White (to say nothing of Max Payne and Superhot) not only also exist, but are much, much better options if you want this kind of gameplay. With competition like that, Severed Steel doesn't quite match up.
The First Cases is a good tribute to one of the classic characters of fiction, and anyone who likes to curl up with a good mystery should find this to be to their liking as well.
The controls are so bad, in fact, that they outweigh whatever good or interesting or intriguing things Pendula Swing may be trying to do here. There's a lot going on, and there are all kinds of ideas, but the only way to experience any of it is by dealing with constant frustration, and in the end it doesn't seem worth it.
Madden NFL 23 is a win for console and PC.
Two Point Campus is basically a perfect management sim. It's filled with content (with more likely on the way, if Two Point Hospital is any guide) and it's absurdly accessible, and it's worth picking up no matter your usual interest in the genre.
I really, really dug my time spent with Arcade Paradise, and thought the sheer variety of arcade games was pretty impressive, as was the actual amount of upgrades and story content available.
Even if Blossom Tales isn't all that original, that doesn't make it any less fun. The world is fun to explore, the puzzles are fun to solve, and the story is engaging and enjoyable. It may not make you forget its obvious influences, but at the very least, it does right by them, and tries its best to live up to their sterling reputations.
If you've ever wondered what Portal would be like if it had an ancient Egyptian theme, wonder no more. It would probably look somewhat similar to Hourglass.
To be able to go back to the original The Last of Us with a very close visual retelling to the top notch sequel is nothing short of magnificent.
Please, Touch The Artwork is a nice-looking puzzle game that leaves you awash in good vibes.
It's still not a complex game, obviously. And you're still likely to eventually get bored by its relative simplicity. But it's a mark of how enjoyable Bit Orchard is that you'll almost inevitably find yourself getting sucked right back in.
Overall there is not enough here to recommend to most players. Souls veterans will be left wanting more, and most likely frustrated by the limited options available to approaching combat encounters. Newcomers to the Souls-like games will most likely be put off by the initial difficulty, as well as the massive skill check that the first boss poses. A forgettable story, relatively bland world, and overly simplistic combat leave quite a lot to be desired after the initial hour or two with Thymesia.
PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC may not be one of the greatest games of all time being brought back for a new generation to discover, but it's still a decent enough 3D platformer that lots of people -- myself included -- are going to enjoy.
Pure Crosswords is a very good take on the genre. I mean, it doesn't reinvent what people have been doing with pencil and paper for the last 150 years, but it also doesn't need to do that. It just needs to approximate the pencil and paper experience on a Switch screen, and it does just that.
It's easy to be down on Echo Generation, even though it does a lot of things well: it never feels like it fully respects your time. It's got an interesting story and it's set in an interesting world, but you'll be spending a lot of time sidetracking into minute, extraneous details that make those bigger picture things difficult to see.