caleb
1998
I don't believe anyone who claims they finished this game in under 50 hours without consulting a guide. Most of the puzzles rely either on extreme trial and error or intuiting leaps of ludicrous moon logic. The boss fights range from kind of silly and gimmicky yet entertaining to infuriating garbage.
Otherwise it's still a pretty swell little stealth game with some great 80s B-movie vibes and a highly memorable intro sequence.
Otherwise it's still a pretty swell little stealth game with some great 80s B-movie vibes and a highly memorable intro sequence.
2011
One of those games that’s too good, just so good it kinda ruins other games in the genre for you.
The Zelda That Makes You Feel Something™
The only way this game could possibly be better is if it were in color.
2021
I finished and enjoyed Deltarune Chapter 2. As usual it goes without saying that if I finished any narrative game longer than a couple hours that means I was having a good time and heartily endorse it.
That said, even more than with Chapter 1 I question the extent to which Deltarune just exists to give Undertale fans “more” of the vibe without ever doing anything as interesting or flat-out awesome as Undertale in its best moments. All of it feels like echoes. I laugh a little, feel the feels a little, but can’t shake the feeling we’ve been here before with these character beats and these endless aughtie internet gags. None of it’s bad, none of it’s even tired, but none of it’s particularly fresh either.
That said Queen is instantly one of my favorite foils in the series and an excellent take on the wacky Kefka-esque JRPG villain sans the edge. Had me chuckling more often than any other part of the game.
That said, even more than with Chapter 1 I question the extent to which Deltarune just exists to give Undertale fans “more” of the vibe without ever doing anything as interesting or flat-out awesome as Undertale in its best moments. All of it feels like echoes. I laugh a little, feel the feels a little, but can’t shake the feeling we’ve been here before with these character beats and these endless aughtie internet gags. None of it’s bad, none of it’s even tired, but none of it’s particularly fresh either.
That said Queen is instantly one of my favorite foils in the series and an excellent take on the wacky Kefka-esque JRPG villain sans the edge. Had me chuckling more often than any other part of the game.
2019
Extremely cool aesthetic and mechanical framework for a game in desperate need of a stronger rogue loop or a better story.
2019
Cool vibes, theoretically cool co-op, yet I found the combat completely unengaging.
2019
A genuinely delightful 1-hour joke of a game.
Deeply regret letting friends convince me to sink my life into the mediocre stealth action game wrapped in 30 hours of rock-stupid misery porn that is The Last of Us 2. Wish I’d just played another Life Is Strange for 100% less psychotic lesbian smooch sci-fi story game in 1/3 of the time.
2019
Turns out trains are good and orderly and awesome and cars are some chaotically stupid shit, who knew??
1994
Can’t imagine who in their right minds would try to play these games today, but I love watching those crazy folks on YouTube.
Nearly unplayable now in light of modern control standards, but you have to appreciate how hard it was going for it.
1999
I never got to play this game, but I did get to watch my rich “friend” play through it while refusing to let anyone else touch the controls. Seemed pretty cool at the time. (The game, I mean, not the “friend.”)
This game invented good first-person fantasy combat and y’all completely slept on it.
Some fantastic ideas here unfortunately at odds with one another in actual practice.