Keep It A Secret
HIGH The game wasn’t too long.
LOW An arrow shot me through a rock. Twice!
WTF Why do big, red-eyed creatures with weapons run away from this tiny unarmed dude?
Author: Sparky Clarkson
Pankapu Review
Hard Dreaming
HIGH Jumping back and forth between air streams.
LOW The second third fourth boss fight.
WTF Bosses that ignore special attacks.
A Hat In Time Review
HIGH Racing through an exploding train filled with… lava?
LOW Most boss fights go on way too long.
WTF What on earth happened to that poor badge merchant?
Lydia Review
Sympathy For The Devil
HIGH The frog monster.
LOW The conversation at the end of the teenager episode.
WTF This is actually a pretty big house.
Hob Review
Exploration Through Obfuscation
HIGH Clearing the forest’s corruption.
LOW Where am I supposed to go now?
WTF The final choice.
The Lion’s Song Review
Don’t Get Off The Train
HIGH Psychoanalysis with Sigmund.
LOW The poorly-conceived fourth chapter.
WTF Wait, is Franz painting shirtless?
Thimbleweed Park Review
It Wasn’t Really Like This
HIGH Finally telling off Xavier.
LOW The puzzle to move the truck.
WTF Why, exactly, is there an occult altar on the top floor of this hotel?
Ovivo Review
Too Little
HIGH The first time a level pulls back and reveals its full form.
LOW Oh hey, you reversed the controls. How clever, how droll.
WTF I’m being chased by an eel?
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.
Nier: Automata Second Opinion
Simulation of Simulacra
HIGH Blowing away a whole squad of Forest Knights with a laser blast.
LOW The ubiquitous hacking is a lackluster twin-stick shooting exercise.
WTF The ending with the fish.
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