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5 (1) 4 (0) 3 (3) 2 (3) 1 (1) 2.6 starsAverage score of 8 user reviews
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No blessings here 0
Imagine the worst murder mystery story you can think of.What would it contain? Perhaps it would lack investigation? Maybe the motives would be flimsy? Or maybe you have thought of the story where the villains are so painfully obvious that nothing about it is gripping?Deadly Premonition 2 is all of those, and then some!It's hard to describe Deadly Premonition 2 because so much of it is just a mess. Not a cute, funny, low-budget mess like the original was, but a seemingly cynical pile of garbage.D...
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A toothless story of a dying world 2
There are plenty of games about war.Some of those games will claim that war never changes, while others will remark on how its changed over the years. Xenoblade 3, however, struggles to say anything.Another 100-hour-long epic from Monolith is a third revision of an everchanging series, with new characters and mechanics. In a way it's impressive that no Xenoblade title is like the other, even if they do share some DNA. However, I think that this one might be the weakest of them all.Xenoblade 2 wa...
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I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards! 1
I've always felt that Hideo Kojima is a really talented man, but a poor writer.I wouldn't usually start a review talking about the story, but Metal Gear is just one of those series.MGS4 feels like a creation that wasn't given enough time, written by a man who is extremely tired of his creation. Meant to be an ending to the franchise, it tries to do everything and fails at most of the things.The story feels like a much more integral part of this game than even of previous games. The cutscenes of...
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Been there, done that 0
Silent Hill 1 and 2 are all-time classics in the survival horror genre.While many people would argue that Silent Hill 3 captures the same niche or even surpasses its predecessors, it could never hold me for long.I have finished the game now, and I can finally understand why.Silent Hill 3 is a good and scary game, and it has nearly everything that made Silent Hill 1 and 2 great. However, it's this familiarity that made me feel like the game has nothing new to say.As opposed to Silent Hill 2, the...
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Too retro for its own good 0
Mega Man 9 is often described as a game that started the retro boom in the industry. It's not the first game that decides to go for a retro look, but it was one that proved that such revivals can be successful.When playing it, it's hard not to commend Inti Creates on how far they were willing to go with this game. It feels, looks, and sounds like an NES Mega Man title. In the context of 2009, it was a joy. Classic Mega Man was effectively dead, and Mega Man 7 and 8 weren't exactly the games peop...
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The unepic epic 1
Sometimes there are great games which I wish I loved. I feel like positivity is underappreciated in video games. Because of that, I usually try to hold a fairly positive viewpoint of "it's not for me" when I dislike a well put-together game.God of War III is not one of those games.I should start by saying that I had little to no interest in the series, and God of War III was the first time I tried one of them. I went into it with an open mind, and with some knowledge of its tone and genre: a vio...
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Yoshi's Pretty Slog 0
Yoshi's Island was a great game that never received a good follow-up. Every sequel was either too different or way too similar. Only with the release of Woolly World we finally got a great Yoshi game after all these years.Crafted World takes the overall formula of Yoshi series - an exploratory platformer - and somewhat expands it. The levels have depth, and you can freely aim your eggs anywhere, including background and foreground. The levels feel different and unique, and playing through them i...
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Baba Is Best 0
I'm under the opinion that puzzle games can be as close to perfect, as video games can be. They are often simplistic enough to revolve around few central mechanics and ideas, which are way easier to polish than many of the genre-bending games we often see today.Baba Is You might look deceptively simple. After games like Portal or Talos Principle, it's easy to dismiss Baba as some sort of short game ported from a mobile device. I've almost made that mistake myself, and only after hearing some gl...
2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
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