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Monster Hunter Wilds Review

Monster Hunter Wilds Review: Streamlined to Death

For an old-time fan like me, Monster Hunter Wilds is incredibly frustrating because it’s simultaneously one of the best and worst games of the series. On one hand, the monster designs are excellent, the combat is more fluid than ever, the environments are beautiful, and the map feels like a living, breathing ecosystem.

On the other hand, half of those things are held back by extreme contradictions to the game’s design that clearly exist due to an absurd level of streamlining. I hate writing this review because I am absolutely going to be screaming into the void. I’m just an old man yelling at clouds, but I gotta yell just to let the screams out.

Avowed Review

Avowed Review

Avowed is an interesting beast because it’s a game I kind of enjoyed, but I was constantly nagged by how much better it felt like it should have been. That’s a step up from The Outer Worlds, which I thought was a badly designed experience from the ground up, but it’s still disappointing in its own way.

There is a kinship between the two titles, though. Just like in The Outer Worlds, entire mechanics exist in a play pretend kind of way. You can point and say that there is a purple squirrel doing the Macarena in the corner of the room, but it’s not actually there. That works for a child’s imagination, but less so for video games that you actually interact with.

Dragons Dogma 2 Review

Dragons Dogma 2 Review – A Great Game Ruined by Awful Scaling

This is not how I would normally stage a review. However, Dragon’s Dogma 2 is utterly broken thanks to its scaling system, or rather, lack thereof. I find it impossible to talk about any other part of the game in isolation because the scaling issue impacts literally all of it.

Granblue Fantasy Relink Review

Granblue Fantasy Relink Review

What makes Granblue unique is the fact that while you have a “main” character, you can choose to play as any member of your crew for almost any quest or mission. On the other hand, the mission structure and much of the progression feel very much like a Monster Hunter game. Complete with a central hub, a board of quests to take on, and plenty of weapons to upgrade.