Tag: first-person-shooter

Dusk Preview

The best part about experimental retro games is the ability for game makers with some vision to explore an interesting idea – what if previous generations of devs kept making titles at a given level of technology rather than constantly chasing graphical improvements?


LawBreakers Review

Goal Makers, Life Takers, Don’t You Mess Around With Me

HIGH Letting the other team charge the battery to 100% and then stealing it.

LOW The dialog and aesthetic are thoroughly forgettable.

WTF The tutorials are literally just YouTube videos? What is this, Elite Dangerous?


This Is Not A Review: STRAFE

Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.

The subject of this installment: STRAFE, developed by Pixel Titans and published by Devolver Digital.


Verdun Review

Home By Christmas

HIGH Disappearing into the trees and picking off a dozen soldiers before anyone knew where I was.

LOW Getting spawn-camped three lives in a row.

WTF The devs just didn’t bother putting in a ‘wearing gas mask’ version of the AI models.


Overwatch Review

Team Fortress 3?

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HIGH: Launching into the air and landing the perfect Pharah ultimate

LOW: The feeling of helplessness against a Bastion/Reinhardt combo

WTF: A Play of the Game in which Junkrat kills himself and three others by flooding a room with grenades.


Doom (PS4) Review

Doom. Doom never changes

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HIGH Remembering to use the one-hit kill chainsaw in a tight spot

LOW Frustrating boss fights

WTF Antagonist Olivia Pierce looks like Tilda Swinton