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Video game knower /// If you find my rating scale kind of whack, see if my Power Ranking makes more sense to you /// I have a series of Best In Class lists as well as some Less Serious ones too /// The YALPLOG is my homebase /// Like my Tunic Review its all I want in this world.
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Participated in the 2022 Game of the Year Event

Favorite Games

Outer Wilds
Outer Wilds
Mega Man 8: Anniversary Edition
Mega Man 8: Anniversary Edition
Age of Time
Age of Time
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Armored Core 2
Armored Core 2

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Played in 2024

469

Games Backloggd

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Hi-Fi Rush
Hi-Fi Rush

Apr 26

Dragon's Dogma II
Dragon's Dogma II

Apr 17

Content Warning
Content Warning

Apr 05

Unicorn Overlord
Unicorn Overlord

Mar 23

Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath - Vengance of the Slayer
Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath - Vengance of the Slayer

Mar 07

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Hi-Fi Rush

Hi-Fi Rush

Completed
The Devil May Cry format, set up as a rhythm game - and while its not uncommon for the game to fail you for QTEs, the real magic lies in how Hi Fi ties every aspect of the game to the beat. Encouraging (instead of strictly requiring) rhythm promotes a groove within players, a sense that with every action they take they are jamming along with the game - achieving a potent and unbelievably addictive sense of flow when synchronized.

Frankly, I think Hi Fi’s aesthetic would otherwise be a liability for me. Garish color palettes, generic and undiverse enemy design, even the music selection is not my favorite. The supreme, engrossing nature of the combat puts me on a wavelength that elevates every other aspect of the game, I can forgive significant holes in the character writing because I am actually, literally vibing. Any mission thats mostly a gauntlet of enemies is a great time - the opposite of how I usually feel about the genre.
0
Open review
Priston Tale

Priston Tale

Abandoned
Apparently one of the most notable projects to come out of Brazil (impossible to confirm tbh) but also inexplicably feeling like it was designed by Peter Molyneux. Whip out your binoculars to read the microscopic, unresizable UI as you attempt to get past the login screen - but dont worry, once you get the game running theres still plenty of buttons you can click to get your game to crash. Enjoy a wondrous political drama where you quest to kill 10 goblins.
2
Open review
Content Warning

Content Warning

Played
My first instinct was to regard this as a “flawed, but promising” take on the game-night horror boom - but as the experience sat with me, Ive started to realize: I dont think this game has a soul. I dont believe that the game itself' believes in its concept. Much like its subject matter, this feels like a stunt. A toothy-grinning facade hoping to capture nothing but attention, like a decoy predator. A skinwalker, a doppelganger. A veneer. It almost tricked me, almost got in.

Which isnt to say the game is nefarious. What Im saying is, I dont think its… well-meant. Theres an obscured hollowness to it. A fakeness. Plastic, dressed to look warm but when you touch it all you feel is cold - and there is a low-level deceptiveness to that. Your nerves sense it, they fill you with distrust. I withhold my trust from it.
3
Open review