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Rain World
2017
Lil Gator Game
2022
Lil Gator Game
2022
Red Dead Online
2019
Lil Gator Game
2022
Wholesome collect-a-thon in the spirit of A Short Hike, framed around memories of childhood with a heavy nostalgia for Zelda. There's too much dialogue, little variety in quests, and not enough different music tracks, but who cares when the game is this fun to just wander around in. The antics of Lil Gator always bought a smile to my face, whether he was Naruto running, skateboarding or ragdolling down a cliff. An excellent and comforting few hours between all the overwhelming and intense big releases.
Portal with RTX
2022
this is utterly grim, nvidia rtx remix is to gaming what ai generated images are to art. the aesthetic of portal is completely neutered in favor of smudgy hi-res textures and overblown lighting.
not to mention that the new visuals actively detriment the original game's visual guiding and design!!! i've replayed this game a ton and i actually couldn't tell where to go sometimes because the visual clutter introduced by raytracing was so awful.
how excellent that nvidia has blessed us with the ability to make games look like unreal engine nintendo hire this man type shit.
not to mention that the new visuals actively detriment the original game's visual guiding and design!!! i've replayed this game a ton and i actually couldn't tell where to go sometimes because the visual clutter introduced by raytracing was so awful.
how excellent that nvidia has blessed us with the ability to make games look like unreal engine nintendo hire this man type shit.
Starfield
2023
Starfield
2023
Overwatch
2016
I think it will take awhile for me to fully form my opinions on Tears of the Kingdom, but what I can say right now is that it is the most fun I have had playing a game. There is just so much in it to engage with, and the flexibility and ridiculousness of its mechanics leads to so many amazing player-driven moments. While I do have a long list of criticisms about it, its best bits massively outweigh those issues.
Outer Wilds
2019
It's good. You know it's good. You know why it's good. It uses its medium to the full potential in terms of story, gameplay, etc. etc. It kind of makes most other games worse by proximity because they weren't as good at being games as Outer Wilds is. Also one of the few pieces of media to make me shed a few tears, even if after the fact.
Everything else to say has probably already been said so instead I'll bitch about something that doesn't matter at all: I see fans say shit like "u'll never experience it again u can never replay :(((" It's like, yeah, that applies to fuckin' everything! That's sort of a big contributing factor to why this is special! Experiences are always fleeting, positive ones moreso. Cherish your memories but don't wallow in them; move on in the hopes to experience even greater things, ya damn redditor.
I think it rubs me the wrong way cause gamers seem tired of how bloated, stretched out, and unoriginal modern games can be but then their first response to something new and exciting is "no replayability. too short. i want moree. sequel when?" Like, you're part of the problem! That type of feedback is why almost every good game this year has been a remake or a sequel, they're just giving us what we ask for which is more of the same. This is probably a human nature thing and I'm just as much of a perpetrator of this as anybody (Silksong when?).
Wait, what was I doing? Was this a review for something?
(Includes Echoes of the Eye DLC)
(Mastered because I got all the achievements)
Everything else to say has probably already been said so instead I'll bitch about something that doesn't matter at all: I see fans say shit like "u'll never experience it again u can never replay :(((" It's like, yeah, that applies to fuckin' everything! That's sort of a big contributing factor to why this is special! Experiences are always fleeting, positive ones moreso. Cherish your memories but don't wallow in them; move on in the hopes to experience even greater things, ya damn redditor.
I think it rubs me the wrong way cause gamers seem tired of how bloated, stretched out, and unoriginal modern games can be but then their first response to something new and exciting is "no replayability. too short. i want moree. sequel when?" Like, you're part of the problem! That type of feedback is why almost every good game this year has been a remake or a sequel, they're just giving us what we ask for which is more of the same. This is probably a human nature thing and I'm just as much of a perpetrator of this as anybody (Silksong when?).
Wait, what was I doing? Was this a review for something?
(Includes Echoes of the Eye DLC)
(Mastered because I got all the achievements)
The Legend of Zelda
1986
Outer Wilds
2019
This game is a sad excuse for an Indie game -- a soulless cash grab. I spent good money expecting to beat a long, heartwarming story. Instead, I was met with shitty graphics, shitty fan art, shitty porn, dog shit. The fact my 11 year old son was playing this was enough for me to send him away to boarding school. Seriously, fuck this game.