• bhlaab wrote a review of Sonic Forces.
    Quest of The Avatar: Forsaken Virtues

    The game is a mix of 3D and 2D side-scroller platforming. Two of the playable characters, Modern Sonic and The Avatar, will switch between the two based on context. Classic Sonic, the third playable c...

  • bhlaab wrote a review of KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child.
    Detroit Bad Game City

    This game should be called Todd Macfarlane's Spider Circus! I'm not a KISS head by any means but I'd actually prefer that to a game full of Todd MacFarlane's twisted clowns! There are a few times wher...

  • bhlaab wrote a review of The Evil Within 2.
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    A great open world survival horror game

    The Evil Within 2 would be a great open world survival horror game if it was actually an open world survival horror game. That's what they sold it as, and I bought it a year after release thinking tha...

  • bhlaab wrote a review of Tales of Berseria (Steam).
    Great Cast, Great Story, Good Game

    Tales of Berseria tells a surprisingly nuanced, funny, and affecting story with passable action-based combat filling in the gaps.Its main strength is how it rides the line between following JRPG trope...

  • bhlaab rated positively bhlaab 's list, Sailor Scouts in Order of Prettiness .
  • bhlaab posted a message on the post Episode 02.

    Press down on the codec screen

  • bhlaab rated Dan_Rob_Campbell's review for iVideo Review: Poi, as not helpful.
  • bhlaab wrote a review of Poi.
    Good for Kids, Okay for Adults

    Poi is a 3D platformer in the style of Super Mario 64. It's a Unity engine game where the end credits are about 30 seconds long and begins with "Created By Ben & Paul" before listing off a handfu...

  • bhlaab created a list Games I Played in 2018.
  • bhlaab wrote a review of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified.
    20% okay 80% miserable

    When The Bureau was first announced as 'XCOM' it met with an understandable backlash. People assumed the publisher was trying to replace their favorite turn-based strategy game with an action shooter ...

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  • bhlaab rated judgereinhold's review for iThe Best Sonic Game Released This Year Wasn’t Sonic Mania, as helpful.
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  • bhlaab wrote a review of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
    She's Back!

    To start with, I haven't played any of the other games in the Final Fantasy XIII series, including the two direct prequels to Lightning Returns. Why play the last and most poorly regarded game in a tr...

  • bhlaab posted a message in the forum topic Boycotting games?. on the General Discussion board

    What gamers don't seem to understand is that grudgingly buying a product isn't a boycott

  • bhlaab posted a message on the post Sonic Forces.

    This game's pretty decent, I don't know why everybody wants to take a diarrhea dump on it like the Ticked Off Gamer. I've read the atmosphere, people have been waiting for months to hate this game an...

  • bhlaab posted a message in the forum topic Is the future of gaming screwed?. on the General Discussion board

    If you don't like it, don't buy it. I'm not trying to be smugly dismissive here, it's advice I genuinely wish more people followed.You say that you're worried the bad business practices such as loot c...

  • bhlaab posted a new blog.
    Why I Like Sonic 2006

    Note: This essay was written on a dare. Despite this, my feelings on the matter are genuine.There are two fronts on which Sonic 2006 succeeds in spite of itself. One is cultural, and the other is inn...

  • bhlaab posted a message on the post Agents of Mayhem.

    we heard you like progression systems so heres five thousand of em

  • bhlaab wrote a review of Snake Pass.
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    It Mostly Works

    Snake Pass is a platformer where you play as a snake. In each level you have to collect three stones. Optionally you can get orbs and coins, neither of which do anything besides provide self-satisfact...