vv238
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Member Since: 10 Sep 2018
Location: USA
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Alan Wake (2010) - Rated 26 May 2025
"Alan Wake might as well be the video game that exists between episodes of Bright Falls. The light mechanic is occasionally good but most of the time the game is a mediocre third-person shooter trying to stretch 8-hours of content into 12. I did enjoy the Twin Peaks-vibe, the twisty plot, and Barry's character arc but all-in-all Alan Wake seems to be a better concept than game."
Control (2019) - Rated 23 Feb 2025
"Control is a pretty cool game. I loved the slow building of powers, the cast of side characters, and the Metroidvania set in Office Space directed by Terry Gilliam feel. What I didn't love was the main character or story. It both felt rushed at the bookends and drawn out in the middle and no amount of surreal visuals can change just how thin the core ideas are."
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016) - Rated 09 Feb 2025
"I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed Uncharted 4. The game doesn't have too many new tricks but everything has such a level of refinement it's hard to notice. The story is a couple hours too long but I'll be damned if by the end I wasn't getting more than a bit emotional. I never thought I would care about the conclusion to the Nathan Drake character but they pulled it off while leaving the door open for sequels I would be genuinely interested in playing."
Halo Infinite (2021) - Rated 09 Feb 2025
"While the mechanics have arguably never been better and the multiplayer finally feels it's worth of the title "Halo" everything else disappoints. The single-player is a boring mess set in a quarter-baked open world filled to the brim with awful bosses, a mess of a story, head-scratching level design, overwrought villains, and boring protagonists. Let 343 make multiplayer games but please take Halo away from them because it's clear they have no idea what to do with the property."
Subnautica (2018) - Rated 28 Oct 2024
"Subnautica is one of the better survival games out there. The ocean feels alive and the exploration presents an awesome loop that perfectly balances fear of the unknown, a wish to explore further, and the need to accumulate gameplay resources. However, I do feel the game falls flat in the late-game, the plot is unnecessary at best and intrusive at the worst, and, this is a me-only problem, the audio is stereo. Give me surround-sound audio or give me a reaper leviathan right outside my seamoth!"
Nier Reincarnation (2021) - Rated 01 May 2024
"Three years, dozens of hours, and three story arcs later I can finally rate NieR:Reincarnation. There's no two ways about it: it's gacha through and through. The gameplay is numbers upon numbers and the amount of player input is minimal. At least the writing for the game is pretty good. Some arcs are better than others but the characters are strong and the game never truly lost me despite trying. The music is great and the presentation is fine. It's decent Taro-fare but not much more."
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (2021) - Rated 10 Dec 2023
"Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is more tech demo than video game. The visuals are impressive at any setting, the scene transitions are truly wowing, and the different performance modes all nailed their individual goals; the next console generation is already off to the best start since the PS2/Xbox/GC era. However, someone had to make a game out of this and it's only okay. The visuals are often distracting, the story is another childish adventure, and the gameplay is more of the same."
Outer Wilds (2019) - Rated 06 Dec 2023
"Outer Wilds is the video game that I wish more video games were: filled with awe-inspiring wonder, tell unique yet universal stories, and have a commitment to the art, yes art, form. There are undeniable frustrations to be found but the moments of brilliance are simply transcendent and the whole is greater than the sum of the parts (which are pretty damn good themselves)."
Dead Space 3 (2013) - Rated 31 Oct 2023
"Dead Space 3 gameplay pivots to raw action and is more functional than I would have believed. That's about all the positives I have to say. The story is still a hamfisted mess of half-baked real-life metaphors, the "characters" are flattened to the point of clichéd archetype, the enemy design doesn't work for this type of game, the micro-transactions are ever-present, and co-op is shoved down your throat more than that necromorph that shoves it's tentacle down your throat."
Dead Space (2023) - Rated 31 Oct 2023
"Dead Space is a solid remake that offers better graphical fidelity, improved bosses, and reworked puzzles. However, I vastly prefer the stripped-down plot, silent Isaac, and the quiet Ishimura which were so important to the original's atmosphere. This game reminded me more of 2 which is a shame because I preferred the original, even at the time. As is, this is a great way to play this game, even if some of the soul was last in translation."
