As the year is winding to a close I took up a challenge. Finish some of those damn games I started! Now there were some landmarks of progress. I finished my Xbox 360 backlog of exclusives I started years ago, namely Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey were all i had to dust off as I … Read more
Optional reviews Aquiris Game Studio’s Horizon Chase Turbo. It’s a fun and faithful update to arcade racers, but there are some issues to AI and the limited toolkit for increasing difficulty.
Welcome to part 10 of this series, in which I’ll be wrapping up with 5 capsule reviews written for games that I completed in 2020. That makes for 50 of these small reviews that I’ve put on TAY2 since we migrated over here! Today’s batch includes the conclusion of Kentucky Route Zero in Acts IV and V, Blind Men, Shadowrun Returns, and Streets of Rage 4. Let’s get to it!
It’s another week of capsule reviews – this time for Pivotal, Ape Out, Extreme Meatpunks Forever, Hard Lads, and Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown. This is the second to last block of 5 for games that I completed in 2020 – stay tuned next week for part 10. After that, it’ll be on to games … Read more
For today’s post, here are quick takes on Deus Ex: System Rift, LOCALHOST, Condor, Time Crisis: Razing Storm, and End of the Skyline.
Did I write a little capsule review for every game I played this year? Reader, I did not. But I did write them for… over half of them! And this week, I’m putting them up for Mixolumia, Wargroove, Pyre, Deus Ex: A Criminal Past, and Kentucky Route Zero: Act III.
These five were a rich seam – I was really on a roll of playing one good game after another in September and October. I’m talking Silent Hill, one of my favorite games, period. A Plague Tale, a game with the best rat-based technology yet designed. Sayonara Wild Hearts, a rhythm game rail shooter queer … Read more
This week’s five capsule reviews are for Monument Valley, Deep Sky Derelicts, Super Mario Galaxy, Kentucky Route Zero Act II, and the Gathering Storm and Rise & Fall expansions for Civilization VI. Pretty broad spread this week! Let’s get into it: Monument Valley This game is bursting with colorful, inventive geometry that makes for curious … Read more
Optional’s capsule review series of games from his backlog continues. This week: Inside, Yakuza 5, Ladykiller in a Bind, The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa, and Mr. Driller DrillLand
Optional’s backlog mining continues, with capsule reviews of Lara Croft Go, Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, Infamous: First Light, Lumines Remastered, and Arcade Spirits.