Guitar Hero Live

Like a bolt from the blue, Guitar Hero had one last encore. After Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock ended the five year run of multiple Guitar Hero, Band Hero, and DJ Hero games, Activision put the entire series on ice due to low returns and oversaturation. This, combined with the late 2000's recession, led to a massive downturn for the series. One game, allegedly being made by Vicarious Visions, who worked on the On…

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Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

This game (and its sequel) having 90+ Opencritic scores is a joke. It's anime tropes the game. I couldn't even make it to gameplay. The introduction to the these characters was painful. Here is this super annoying girl (Estelle) and her pervy looking dad "gifting" her a stepbrother. Flash forward to their teenage years and their first interaction was Estelle telling her brother that his harmonica playing gets her…

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Final Fantasy IX

They somehow made an ATB combat game feel like controlling Geralt

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God of War

I grew up exclusively on Nintendo systems so the God of War series eluded me until playing 2018 on the PS5. Will mentioned on a recent Bombcast that he's replaying the original series and he inspired me to finally dive in to where the franchise began. As a lover of retro games, I put my early-2000's glasses on and tried to give this game a fair shake but generally did not enjoy myself along the way. I can appreciate…

Review · philodendron

Wanderstop

I'll admit I came into Wanderstop with loftier expectations than I should have, treating it as a spiritual successor to The Beginner's Guide, and while my initial feelings on Wanderstop left me a little wanting, over time I've warmed to it considerably. In my mind, I wanted it to be a little cleverer, or a little twistier, or a little thornier, and failed to see the forest through the trees of what is an incredibly…

Review · aquaticas