A Singular Ambition
HIGH A fascinating blend of strategy and history rare for console gaming.
LOW The real-time tactical combat is often slow and laborious.
WTF Why are some of the most helpful menus tucked behind DS4 touchpad presses?
Author: Steve Gillham
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Gravity has had an odd place in gaming history, often serving as a secondary embellishment to the action in brawlers or platformers instead of earning its own place at the forefront as a central mechanic. Not so in Altered Matter’s puzzle-platformer Etherborn, where the entire game design revolves around the manipulation of gravity, both figuratively and literally.
Namco Museum Review (Switch)
Pictures Without An Exhibition
HIGH Solid emulation quality and a wealth of configuration options.
LOW No supplemental museum-style content, HD rumble is uneven, challenge modes aren’t interesting.
WTF Why let players rotate the display without rotating or reorienting the controls to match?
Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviours Review
The Last Starfighter
HIGH A sharp set of mechanics and modes offers many satisfying ways to play.
LOW The arcade mode suffers from numerous technical hiccups and oversights.
WTF Why does attract mode show multiplayer when the game doesn't support it?
Heavy Bullets Review
A Most Dangerous Game
HIGH The luminescent, low-poly visuals and a glitchy soundtrack create intense gunplay.
LOW The harsh economy and random shop placement lead to no-win scenarios too often.
WTF If a company gives their janitors firearms as a part of their standard equipment, what are they cleaning up?
GRID 2 Review
How I tried to stop worrying and love the drift
HIGH Lovely track environments, delicious vehicle handling, intriguing event variety.
LOW Occasionally aggressive AI behavior, unconscionable amount of grind in single-and multi-player.
WTF The single-player campaign's half-hearted mixture of social media bandwagoning and corporate celebration is truly bizarre.
Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time Second Opinion
If I Could Turn Back Time
HIGH The real-time combat and Spellstone system provide satisfying loops of tactical decisions.
LOW Major story battles often boil down to frustrating trial-and-error.
WTF The handling of female characters is frequently problematic.
Rainbow Moon Review
The Butterfly Effect
HIGH Some of the game's features are refreshingly respectful of the player's time.
LOW Virtually everything else is not.
WTF One female quest-giver explains why she wants her comb fetched: "I want to impress my gallant Gorodo, but first I have to pimp myself."
Data Jammers: Fast Forward Review
Days of Futures Past
HIGH The sleek, retro-futurist presentation and simple controls are immediately appealing.
LOW Ineffective UI cues and the lack of hit recovery can sink the player in seconds flat.
WTF The game may not have an ESRB rating, but the random level content may inspire some rage that qualifies as "mature."
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