New Vegas is a much more well researched and considered take on Fallout thanks to Obsidian, but i find myself disappointed in the lack of true narrative freedom. Maybe it's enormous reputation set up some lofty unreachable goals, but I frequently felt frustrated at the lack of dynamism and interactivity when it came to decision-making and how my companions reacted to whatever it was I was doing.

It's a hell of a whole lot better than Fallout 3 and actually feels authentic to the original game, but it being a project rushed by Zenimax higher-ups and still being built off of Fallout 3 means many of those game's issues still persist while being even more unstable and crash-prone.


Sadly, I feel like I somehow missed all of the cool stuff. Enjoyable nonetheless, but entirely unfulfilling - By far my least favorite Obsidian title to date.

A solid enough effort from a first-time studio, that suffers from not enough development time and a little bit of an identity crisis - Many of its flaws are inherited by Reach, but just as many are newly introduced. Not every level is solid, but a decent amount are. Halo 4's strengths are found in it's cinematography, voice cast, and human story, but doesn't manage a totally clean landing in most things Forerunner related: mechanically, aesthetically, nor narratively.

This game looks like how Mountain Dew tastes.

Doom Eternal's gameplay is an evolution from doom 2016 that offers more depth and satisfaction, but feels less revelatory than its predecessor.

Perhaps most of its faults attributed to it are unfair - Doom 2016 was a huge surprise and it's hard to follow up such a strong first impression.

The visuals are incredible, and the music is solid, yet something about the game's presentation feels less intensely demonic. Chalk it up to the change in atmosphere, the different combat dance, or whatever you want, but despite Eternal feeling just so much better to actually play, it's a game that feels strangely unsurprising. It feels almost dirty to rank it below 2016's reboot.

Shadows of the Empire manages to throw out most modern common game design sense (By way of predating it) in a clunky but ambitious action game that somehow ultimately has enough cool factor and atmosphere to make just fun enough to still keep playing.

Despite the loss of the more visually appealing still-cutscenes in exchange for chunky 90's CG cutscenes, the smooth framerate, customizable controls, and support for a number of resolutions makes the PC port the definitive way to play this in 2020.