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All reviews are limited to two sentences. Some are obviously less serious than others.
I rate games using Toph's rating rubric, but on a 5 point scale. Defined around a hypothetical situation in which I meet a clone of myself that is identical in every way except that he has played zero video games, how would I recommend games to him, and in what order?
5: God-tier; legendary. Appeals to me on an intense personal level. Does a ton of things right, and does a few specific things better than literally everything else.
4: Would strongly recommend to myself. Iconic in some sense and to some degree. 4+ is the cutoff for games I am likely to talk about a lot.
3: Games that bring something to the table and that I'm more or less glad I played. I am likely to finish a 3, but I might drop a 2.
2: Forgettable / bad. Typically these are boring, have some gaping flaws, or are an outright waste of time.
1: Appalling on a legendary scale. So horrendous that I want to complain about it loudly to people.
All reviews are limited to two sentences. Some are obviously less serious than others.
I rate games using Toph's rating rubric, but on a 5 point scale. Defined around a hypothetical situation in which I meet a clone of myself that is identical in every way except that he has played zero video games, how would I recommend games to him, and in what order?
5: God-tier; legendary. Appeals to me on an intense personal level. Does a ton of things right, and does a few specific things better than literally everything else.
4: Would strongly recommend to myself. Iconic in some sense and to some degree. 4+ is the cutoff for games I am likely to talk about a lot.
3: Games that bring something to the table and that I'm more or less glad I played. I am likely to finish a 3, but I might drop a 2.
2: Forgettable / bad. Typically these are boring, have some gaping flaws, or are an outright waste of time.
1: Appalling on a legendary scale. So horrendous that I want to complain about it loudly to people.
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EMPATHY [Easy: Success] - This is a very, very sad man who has just seen something that’s made him forget his sadness.
“Should have just rolled better jokers,” I mumble to myself as my glazed eyes are once again embraced by the red glow of the ante 11 game over screen. After glancing over at the clock just in time to see it strike 2am, I take a moment to ponder what I’ve been doing with my life and whether or not I’ve actually enjoyed any of the last 6 hours spent watching virtual cards ping across the screen to make a number go up, before eventually letting out a deep sigh and mindlessly clicking new run.
In a game that is supposedly about player choices influencing the direction of the story, not being allowed to stop your teammate from continually abusing the literal cutest Digimon in the franchise made me genuinely upset, and the only thing I could find solace in was the fact that the gameplay and writing in the game weren't great anyways, so at the very least it wasn't souring an actually good game. There is a NG+ exclusive "true" route that you are expected to play after going through the initial routes, but I have zero interest in skipping through the game again 3 more times just to see what other non-choices I am allowed to make when I would much rather just do another route of Devil Survivor Overclocked instead.