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5 (1) 4 (2) 3 (0) 2 (0) 1 (0) 4.3 starsAverage score of 3 user reviews
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A Triumph of a Remake 0
When I first read the term "AAAA game", I thought it was merely a marketing buzzword. I still do, largely. Compared to the decades of AAA releases we've seen, companies with hundreds or thousands of people working on every last detail for massively scoped projects, how can you claim your game is somehow above that echelon of quality? Such a distinction doesn't seem like it should exist.And yet, it's been done. When I look back at my time with Final Fantasy VII Remake, it's just absolutely oozing...
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Prequel to the Sequel 0
When comparing NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...to its original release, there's an important change in its presentation that I think summarizes much of what has been achieved in this remake. If you look on digital storefronts, you'll see it described as "the one-of-a-kind prequel to the critically-acclaimed masterpiece NieR:Automata". This isn't necessarily an incorrect statement, and it makes perfect sense to market it like this -- NieR:Automata's audience is significantly larger, after all,...
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Replaying Portal Makes You Better Appreciate Portal 2 0
At the time of Portal's release, it had everything possible going in its favour. There were no expectations set for it, there were no real assumptions it needed to concern itself with. It was part of a package with other complete games with much more notoriety, belonging to existing IPs and genres Valve was already known for. By their own acknowledgement, Portal was an experiment for Valve, and its relatively short length is indicative of this. To say it knocked it out of the park is an understa...
2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
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