Dickrides Dark Souls 1 to death while having merely a glimmer of its charm, casting away the series' earlier leanings toward Metroidvania style world design in favor of FFXIII-tier hallway simulation.

Despite the simplification of the game's world NPC questlines are at a series low point for being confusing to initiate and progress, which is unfortunate because they go a long way to making the world feel more than just set dressing. Parallel to this FromSoftware is in a mad-dash throughout the game to kill off every character or loose thread left behind by the previous games which comes across as a blatant attempt to prevent Bamco from being able to meddle with the IP in the future instead of providing satisfying closure.

Anything interesting about build variety that Dark Souls 2 introduced has been pared back at the expense of the PVE experience for a PVP meta that favors tiny swords with magic or faith flavored buffs. Playing outside of these boundaries is possible, but it's clear from the quick i-frame heavy Bloodborne-esque pace of the combat that they had only a few playstyles in mind, and they're too boring to warrant additional playthroughs.

1993

boots game
StandaloneWindows64.exe has stopped working

Zach, there goes the civilized world.

The hypothetical perfect Metroid game plays and feels exactly like this, but it is not this game. Very solid overall but brought down by a lack of enemy and boss diversity, though I felt the reuse of assets was executed well with the EMMIs, as the zones they inhabit differ enough to give those encounters personality. Music and environments are pretty forgettable and don't inspire me to bother 100%'ing it. Still one of the best games on the Switch.

The most impressive looking 3D effect on the 3DS PERIOD on top of being a faithful version one of the greatest games of all time. Featuring 2 fantastic original compositions by Chibi-Tech! No doubt my 3DS game with the highest playtime.

Hands down the best continuous stretch of video game FromSoft has ever produced.

what have they done to my husband

An incredible 2D platformer for up to 4 players that is actually fun to play with others. Take notes Nintendo.
2/3rds of Origin's levels have been "remastered" for Rayman Legends but play this anyways. This game is paced much better and isn't dragged down by gimmicks. Origin's final level "Land of the Livid Dead" is too good to pass up!

"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai Racing"
"Alright"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai"
"I DON'T NEED YOU!!!???"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai Racing"
"Alright"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai"
"LOUDER!!!!"
...
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai Racing"
"Alright"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai"
"I DON'T NEED YOU!!!???"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai Racing"
"Alright"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai"
"LOUDER!!!!"
...
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai Racing"
"Alright"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai"
"I DON'T NEED YOU!!!???"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai Racing"
"Alright"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai"
"LOUDER!!!!"
...
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai Racing"
"Alright"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai"
"I DON'T NEED YOU!!!???"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai Racing"
"Alright"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai"
"LOUDER!!!!"
...
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai Racing"
"Alright"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai"
"I DON'T NEED YOU!!!???"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai Racing"
"Alright"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai"
"LOUDER!!!!"
...
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai Racing"
"Alright"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai"
"I DON'T NEED YOU!!!???"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai Racing"
"Alright"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai"
"LOUDER!!!!"
...
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai Racing"
"Alright"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai"
"I DON'T NEED YOU!!!???"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai Racing"
"Alright"
"Wai Wai Wai Wai Wai-Wai"
"LOUDER!!!!"

Have you met our lord and savior the NeGcon?