by LepcisMagna 
I have no idea what I think of this game. For that matter, I’m not sure when I will know what I think of this game. I’m only writing this because it seems like it might be tens of hours before I can really make a determination and I don’t want to be thinking of writing this impression that entire time. But I’ll do my best here for now.
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Sekiro is a very different game from the rest of the Souls-likes, though I suppose you could say that about every From Software game. There is only one primary weapon. There is no jolly cooperation. You have a grappling hook and climbing mechanics. You can…stealth? This is a weird game.
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Above, Inspector Jenks being his usual, almost excessively, debonair self. Contradiction is an FMV game along the lines of Phoenix Wright, except that you’re a police inspector and not trying to fight against the most inhumane court system imaginable.
Continue reading “Contradiction – Spot the Liar!”by LepcisMagna 
I’m still not sure I like Horizon: Zero Dawn, though I’ve played for almost 8 hours now, I’m barely out of the starting area, and I have materials enough to supply arrows for a small army.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance is pitched as a low fantasy RPG where you play as just “a guy” in medieval times. I’m not usually one to play such games, but Bannerlord (which I still think back to, despite the faults I pointed out) made me reconsider – after all, clawing your way up from serfdom sounded vaguely interesting. Sadly, what I got was yet another “cinematic” experience with frustrating gameplay – and I didn’t even get to the combat. I suppose my run of luck with good games had to end sometime.
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“And on far-off Earth, Dr. Carlisle Perera had as yet told no one how he had wakened from a restless sleep with the message from his subconscious still echoing in his brain: The Ramans do everything in threes.”
–Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
That’s classic science fiction there. And I dare say this is some classic science fiction right here.
Continue reading “Outer Wilds”by LepcisMagna 
Am I just here to play clones of Legend of Grimrock, FTL, and Dark Souls? Maybe. I don’t know any more.
Continue reading “Operencia: The Stolen Sun”by LepcisMagna 
Creating a believable and realistic speculative fiction world is a tough challenge. One false step and the whole facade falls apart.
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Have I simply grown bored of puzzle games? Or is it that I value puzzle games less because I played so many for free (in Flash)?
Continue reading “Baba Is You”by LepcisMagna 
I’m afraid I can’t exactly say what bored me about this game. Perhaps it was the level design that felt uninspired and generic. Perhaps it was the plot clichés and constant reminders that the “Main Character is so powerful.” Perhaps it’s because I just finished playing Dusk (and started a new run of Dark Souls). Whatever it was, it’s sad to think that after waiting 13-ish years to finish the fight that I may not be interested in doing so now that I have the chance.
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