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This is not at all how I expected the showdown between Dead Space Remake and CalPro to unravel. I was rooting for Striking Distance Studios, the original creators behind Dead Space, but Dead Space Remake smokes CallPro like a pack of light cigies.
Poorly paced, annoying combat system that irritates much more often than it delivers anything remotely resembling fun and satisfaction. Everything outside the gameplay, while compenent and interesting at times (like the decision to make radio conversations sound like they are in YOUR head) but utterly derivative of Dead Space in almost every way imaginable.
After a couple of hours you just scratch your head and wonder why Schofield and co even bothered to return with this pale copy of their former selves. And then you turn it off, because the combat sucks and you have no idea why you're still trying to have fun with it's broken ass.
Poorly paced, annoying combat system that irritates much more often than it delivers anything remotely resembling fun and satisfaction. Everything outside the gameplay, while compenent and interesting at times (like the decision to make radio conversations sound like they are in YOUR head) but utterly derivative of Dead Space in almost every way imaginable.
After a couple of hours you just scratch your head and wonder why Schofield and co even bothered to return with this pale copy of their former selves. And then you turn it off, because the combat sucks and you have no idea why you're still trying to have fun with it's broken ass.
2nd time completing Part I, 4th time completing the story of this game.
This time I found the opening 3-4 hours incredibly strong, in a way i've never seen them as before. At one point I even started to ponder if maybe Part I is actually better than Part II. Having completed it, though, Part II is, in plain terms, just a far more ambitious, far more complex and, ultimately, far more impressive achievement.
Still, the original has a ridiculously confident vision behind it and equally gobsmacking execution of that vision. A heartwrenching journey that is 100% the 2nd best game ever, behind it's own continuation. God, what a miracle it is to have these 2 incredible games all for myself until I'm dead and gone.
This time I found the opening 3-4 hours incredibly strong, in a way i've never seen them as before. At one point I even started to ponder if maybe Part I is actually better than Part II. Having completed it, though, Part II is, in plain terms, just a far more ambitious, far more complex and, ultimately, far more impressive achievement.
Still, the original has a ridiculously confident vision behind it and equally gobsmacking execution of that vision. A heartwrenching journey that is 100% the 2nd best game ever, behind it's own continuation. God, what a miracle it is to have these 2 incredible games all for myself until I'm dead and gone.
2023
Red Dead Redemption is what happens when technology and vision collide too early. Red Dead Redemption 2023 on PS5 is a redemption story to that.
My 4th time rolling the credits on this bad boy and it still has a punch and staying power to it that I can only hope RDR II will be able to sustain through the years.
My 4th time rolling the credits on this bad boy and it still has a punch and staying power to it that I can only hope RDR II will be able to sustain through the years.
2016
By some unexplainable reason, MRB makes its insane portrayal of modern Russia establishment feel eerily real and scary. High quality beat-em-up with bonkerously cool style and the hypest score.
Strange and unique experience of being inside a world that wants to swallow you whole... wait a sec, that, kinda, is life, huh?
Though mechanically unburdened and graphically simple, Albino Lullaby is very original and striking with it's tone and storytelling. Genuinely creeped the heck out of me while retaining a quality of wonder and intrigue that keeps you going forward. If a game can be charmingly scary, it's this.
Very much looking forward to EP.2 when it finally sees the light of day (unlike the protagonist, I assume).
Though mechanically unburdened and graphically simple, Albino Lullaby is very original and striking with it's tone and storytelling. Genuinely creeped the heck out of me while retaining a quality of wonder and intrigue that keeps you going forward. If a game can be charmingly scary, it's this.
Very much looking forward to EP.2 when it finally sees the light of day (unlike the protagonist, I assume).
I didn't particularly care for it after beating it once. Then, during the next couple of years, for some reason, I've felt the need to beat it three more times and LOVED it. The best cyberpunk game right behind aptly named Cyberpunk 2077.
2012
We are in the timeline where Alan Wake got a sequel, so can we now please end with the silliness and have Binary Domain 2 already? Please?
1998
An okay beat em up that tells a nonsensical (nonexistent?) story with one of the most perplexing endings I can remember. Enemy variety is lacking, gets repetitive pretty quickly, but smart enough not to overstay it's welcome too much. The core fighting mechanics are solid and for the first 5-10 mins you'll even think this is a hidden gem. It's not.
2009
The hardest boss in this game is 30 FPS, The Unstable.
Luckily, Bluepoint pulled it from purgatory of PS3 and now it can be enjoyed and recognized as the best From Software "souls" to date.
Luckily, Bluepoint pulled it from purgatory of PS3 and now it can be enjoyed and recognized as the best From Software "souls" to date.
2018
Very nice of this game to almost immediately present you with a vertical slice of its featureless image. I was able to immediately recognise its blandness both as a sequel to a once great series and a game of its own. Points for honesty, though I don't rate this since I've abandoned it. So, no points at all, sorry Far Cry 5.
2018
Not fun enough to be okay with how hard it is.
2017
On the Switch this is barely playable. I might come back to it on PC though.
2021
I love many things about this game, the biggest of which is its gameplay feel. If only it didn't belong to one of the two least attractive genres ever.
2020
If only this had a story DLC that totally owns and propels this game to a masterpiece status...
While the story and direction are nowhere near the heights of Uncharted, Shadow of the Tomb Raider utilizes its core gameplay mechanics better and more consistently. And that's a fact, Jack.