ZTGD's Reviews
Well Dweller is a must-play for fans of Metroidvania games. If you are like me and tired of digging through all the crap out there to find a great adventure, you can stop here.
The addition of Peace Walker and Ghost Babel are great, and the encyclopedia rounds out the package. I know what I want for Volume 3 but cannot fathom getting the rights to Twin Snakes would be easy. I am guessing we see something like MGSV and Rising with perhaps bonus titles including the Ac!d series. For now Metal Gear fans are eating good, and I am here for it.
Aggelos 2 is a great sequel to a solid game. It suffers from backtracking and not quite upgrading the experience in the presentation department, but the updates and enemy variety kept me coming back.
While my love for the Trails series is well documented at this point, it was back when I completed the original Trails in the Sky SC that it became a full-on obsession. To see such an important game to me, remade with such love and care warms my heart. Whether you are a veteran of the series like myself or a new fan discovering the series with these remakes, you are in for a treat- or perhaps, a new obsession.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 should be counted among the few really good Aliens franchise video games that we have; and I say that even with the small issues I’ve experienced.
Wolverine is another great game from Insomniac. I was kind of shocked how linear and brief it was though.
I expected more from a game called Mexican Ninja yes, I was given a Mexican ninja to control but I was really hoping that the developers would lean into the complete wackiness of the story and its characters.
If you are a fan of Hotline Miami and its sequel; then I feel pretty safe in suggesting Kusan: House of Wolves to you. As I said the game doesn’t do anything inherently wrong but I just could not gel with the combat rhythm and precision that it demanded of me.
Duskfade is a throwback for sure, and it knows exactly what it wants to be. It hit all the notes for me, and I really enjoyed my time with it.
Visually the game looks outstanding. It is chock full of color and the standard biomes you would find in most platformers. The cartoon aesthetic reminds me of classic Saturday morning cartoons and the animations are fantastic.
Kynseed isn’t a game that you ‘finish’ in the traditional sense though. It allows players to build an impressive family tree and continue playing through that family for generations. It offers a completely open way of enjoying its world, much like real-life players have freedom to do what they want and build or destroy relationships.
Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions feels like an interesting evolution of the Astroneer formula. While it retains the colorful exploration and resource gathering of the original it takes those elements and wraps them in a cooperative experience.
With top notch audio design and fantastic visuals the developers manage to tell a story with lots of depth and heart without using any dialog, subtitles or wall of text. Theropods is a game that demands your full attention and doesn’t disappoint you once it has it.
Madden NFL 27 is by far the best upgrade we have had in years. The new presentation and franchise upgrades are fantastic. I love all the attention to detail, and the on-field game play is fantastic. I think a few patches will fix some of my issues, which means yet another year of hundreds of hours are in my future. If you have skipped any entry, now is the time to hop back in.
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy is an incredible game from a clearly talented studio. While I did not get into the previous two games in the series, I always recognized their quality. This one though, really connected with me, and I loved it from start to finish.
Ultimately Panzer Knights Commander Editon feels like a really hollow experience. As an arcade tank battler without the grind of PvP gameplay I expected more than the lacking combat and boring narrative. There is some fun to be had in mindlessly blowing up tanks though, as long as you don’t look for anything more.
Splatoon Raiders is my favorite game in the franchise and a wonderful trek into a new genre.
Ground Zero Hero has taken over my free time as the game I play in spurts here or there. It is just as addictive as Vampire Survivor was when it first dropped but even more so.
70s Style Robot Anime: Geppy-X feels more like an experience mainly because it’s so much more than just the video game here. What makes this game succeed is the great combination of the anime visuals, music, and storytelling and without those crucial items, I doubt if Geppy-X sees a remaster in the first place.
I don’t think anyone is going to find anything exactly new in Twisted Tower, but I think that’s the point. It’s a throwback to some of the best parts of the seventh generation first person shooters mixed with the some of the best parts of what is now called “boomer shooters” and Twisted Tower blends them well.