VariousDrugs
2022
This game excellently accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do - distilling the experience of speedrunning into something approachable for general audiences.
Where it fails is in its padding - the dating sim aspect of this game is painfully difficult to sit through & I found a majority of the cast unbearable. Fortunately that is not the main thrust of the game.
Where it fails is in its padding - the dating sim aspect of this game is painfully difficult to sit through & I found a majority of the cast unbearable. Fortunately that is not the main thrust of the game.
2022
This review contains spoilers
This game is absolutely delightful but it falls hard into the trap of completely barring progress unless you can solve its puzzles. For most of the game the solutions are easy enough that this is a non-issue but in order to get the true ending the player needs to figure out some particularly tricky puzzles.
When you do figure them out though, it's an incredibly rewarding experience. I recommend having somebody on hand that you can reliably ask for hints because if you get stuck you will be stuck hard.
When you do figure them out though, it's an incredibly rewarding experience. I recommend having somebody on hand that you can reliably ask for hints because if you get stuck you will be stuck hard.
2011
This was the absolute greatest creative toolkit ever made available to a community in gaming. If this game were released on any other system (especially PC) exactly as it was on PS3 it would be hailed as an absolute classic.
2003
This game was young me's introduction to the entire cyberpunk genre, possibly the first game with a story I actively cared about and has an aesthetic that I adore to this day.
It's not objectively 5 stars but it's so important to me that I can't rank it anything else.
It's not objectively 5 stars but it's so important to me that I can't rank it anything else.
2006
The load times were so bad I thought my PS3 was broken.
2005
CAN YOU SEE ALL OF ME, WALK INTO MY MYSTERY
STEP INSIDE AND HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE
STEP INSIDE AND HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE
2011
Something about the atmosphere of this game makes it so much more emotional than any other. I was moved to the edge of tears by the conclusion, and this is the one game I will ever give 5 stars despite mediocre gameplay.
If you chart out the quality of the Pokémon games this is the peak of the bell curve
2010
The most buttery smooth controls I have ever felt in a video game.
2011
This is the one time Sega were able to release a sonic game that managed to combine strong controls, level design, visuals, music & concept into a single package. Every other Sonic game since has been trying to recreate what generations made look effortless.