princessbeach
2003
better than either persona 4 arena
2013
the worst video game i have ever played in my entire life. if this website let me put less than half a star i would.
there are many, many great moments in beyond: two souls. every single one of them ends up making the experience worse.
one day, willem dafoe should be in a good video game
there are many, many great moments in beyond: two souls. every single one of them ends up making the experience worse.
one day, willem dafoe should be in a good video game
1986
it's nobody's fault that this is a bad game, but thank god it got made
the actual best layton game, fuck the haters, randall 4eva
your best friend is throwing a wedding. it's embarrassing and ends on a really bad note but it never stops being delightful and it's full of things you'll never forget.
you make a very good friend during the reception.
you make a very good friend during the reception.
ea really tried to hide this shit from me
2024
extremely annoying that this is basically literally the game i was making ten years ago (that i fell out of because, well, i need money to live) but with infinitely better programming and one or two more boring choices. impossible to prove that, though.
after a certain point, poking every wall with a stick stops being an interesting activity
after a certain point, poking every wall with a stick stops being an interesting activity
2024
i was almost ready to call this a masterpiece in the early going.
i'm not sure it quite is that; it cowers out of being genreless and meandering and quickly becomes A Game With Design, falling into a very clean little-nightmares-lite progression with small puzzles and small chases. but the extremely good dialogue stays so, the music stays emotionally bizarre, the atmosphere stays whimsically unfriendly in an honest way, and sweetness continues to puncture the overwhelming rot. it remains to be seen if it will grow in estimation in the memory or fade but the important thing is that it will definitely remain.
i'm not sure it quite is that; it cowers out of being genreless and meandering and quickly becomes A Game With Design, falling into a very clean little-nightmares-lite progression with small puzzles and small chases. but the extremely good dialogue stays so, the music stays emotionally bizarre, the atmosphere stays whimsically unfriendly in an honest way, and sweetness continues to puncture the overwhelming rot. it remains to be seen if it will grow in estimation in the memory or fade but the important thing is that it will definitely remain.
2017
how the FUCK did this come from the team that made something as good as transistor
2022
a hollow, porcelain doll with careful paint and messy glue.
it playacts at grandiosity, assuming this makes itself grandiose. in truth, all that does is make its play an act.
it playacts at grandiosity, assuming this makes itself grandiose. in truth, all that does is make its play an act.
what if every time you beat a mission in an open world game it punted you to a menu and made you start over from the beginning
not very good. bad, in fact. this was the first layton i played, and i swore off the franchise for literal years because of it
2023
basically a minimoog voyager preset you're only allowed to turn the filter knob on that's locked to b flat minor
2024
it's very fun, but it's a ton of expensive seasonings and sauces with no food.
2019
it seems facile, but it's not that facile