"Despite actually having some fun combat towards the end of the game, it was too little too late."
"Critics praise the changes made to Shin Megami Tensei V, especially the bigger areas which allowed for more entertaining exploration."
"Galactic Cafe's The Stanley Parable... is not only technically one of the first games to engage in the slightly navel-gazing trend of critiquing games using games but it's also one of the most incisive games dealing with the subject."
"Just because the game works doesn't mean it's good."
"What a finely crafted video game experience this is."
"Elden Ring is a phenomenal, possibly the strongest Souls game there is, despite having its myriad of problems."
"Elden Ring, as a game, is so impressive, so beautiful, so shocking how good it is, that every crack, every tiny problem with it, is highlighted that much brighter."
"Zombies in Spaceland is just a masterpiece, man. It really was the best iteration of Infinite Warfare Zombies."
"Regular chess is boring. You just move some pieces around until someone runs out of time or gets checkmated."
"Diablo 2 was really an absolute Masterpiece."
"If MGS 5 had employed a narrative structure more akin to MGS 2's..."
"If Killzone had committed to its bleak aesthetic, it probably would have been more noteworthy going into the early to mid 2010s."
"It's pyre. There's no other way to describe it."
"Dark Souls 3 is a perfect game due to the way a book ends the entire series."
"This is the best looking and best Xbox game of the year, a masterpiece."
"Combat in Zero 3 is easily the best in the entire Mega Man Series."
"Gamers and critics alike agree that while the premise of a war-torn America warranted praise, the story and accompanying guerrilla mechanics failed to stick the landing."
"Number 10: Batman: Arkham City. Having already proved that they can handle the exploits of the world's greatest detective in Arkham Asylum, developer Rocksteady Studios undertook efforts to expand and enhance their world with the sequel."
"For all the things that can be criticized about Reforger, there's so much more to love."
"Unova's linearity: artificial journey or dynamic locations?"
"Nothing explains this beyond it happening, so you just run around."
"We're missing the inspired enemies the first two games had."
"It's a very flawed game, but it's worthy of attention."
"This critique has been a little bit bizarre because after all I am trying to discuss and cover a two-and-a-half-hour expansion but cover it in detail while there's no real gameplay changes so I end up just discussing the narrative."
"Slender: The Arrival is probably the best of the bunch."
"This game's not perfect, this game has a hell of a lot of issues."
"My problem with Resident Evil 4 is that up until this point, Resident Evil had been survival horror, and suddenly it's an action-adventure shooter game."
"Hunt Down the Freeman was an unmitigated disaster yet at the same time it was an unparalleled feat."
"Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons offers one of the best examples of ludonarrative harmony I've experienced."
"Had BotW done something similar and only doled out damage when swings were blocked, the system wouldn’t have been such a drag on gameplay."
"I just really love Football Manager...it's never perfect but I feel like it's always a step in the right direction."
"Despite all of this, 60 hours deep, I was still having a great time."
"The gunplay is absolutely superb, it is awesome, really really good." - Total Biscuit
"It feels more like a Golden Age RPG than pretty much anything out there I’ve played for years."
"It's kind of just another game that's almost exactly the same."
"Final Fantasy 2 is a great game in its own right and raised the bar for 16-bit JRPGs."
"It is an absolute Masterpiece of the genre and I think everybody should kind of use it as a shining example of of good survival horror."
"It's the emperor's new clothes from 2009, such a marvelous game, but only an idiot would realize that beauty of the gaping holes in it."
"If you cut out all the filler and repetitiveness and just looked at the best parts of GreedFall and stitched them together, you'd have a brilliant first act for a three or four-act game."
"Poor game management from Spurs, that is poor game management."
"But honestly, I had a lot more fun with Banjo-Tooie this time around."
"You don't see goals like this. Yeah, the reason Villain Liverpool was nine goals is because, I've got to be honest, Liverpool played rubbish."
"That is how bad the specialist system is. The thing about all of these things: the UI, the HUD, the AI bots, the specialist, the sound design, all of these are really complex systems."
"Regardless of its quirks of what works and what doesn't, it's finally clear to me now why the appeal of Symphony has lasted for almost two decades."
"What happened to Resident Evil zero is a shame it offers some of the most unique takes I've ever seen and the classic rest evil formula."
"I think my only real complaint is that Boros, they just kind of shoehorned it into, 'You love equipment, don't you?'"
"The combat left some stuff to be desired, but the level design fully makes up for it."
"Do I think it's the same as cyberpunk 77 or no man's Sky? I don't."
"These loading moments and areas are the one core negative aspect of this version of the game."
"Literally unplayable. The guy is absolutely sensational."
"Jennifer Nard is essentially a decent framework for an MMO used to tell a giant joke about the state of MMOs and take the piss out of the tropes we've all grown accustomed to."
"Just because 5e was hugely successful does not mean it was successful because it was a reliable durable system."
"Sure, some of these maps are just terribly designed, there's no other way of looking at it."
"That feeling of powerlessness is just too prevalent in Overwatch."
"To me, Morgeth is an interesting concept but probably the weakest encounter in Last Wish."
"I'm here to throw my hat in the ring on what's going on surrounding Hogwarts Legacy and just have more of a conversation on where we are at as an industry."
"The trailer did an awful job like the trailer actually sucked compared to uh compared to just like straight up a video about the game like hey take a look at the game here's the [ __ ] game and that's it"
"Truly one of the most memorable and bizarre games I've ever played for better or worse."
"If the game has bad combat, it's a bad game."
"Uncomfortably dark: Xenogears delves deep into themes such as trauma, transhumanism, and various sexual atrocities."
"It took some wind out of the sails but is otherwise a memorable battle for its exceptional design."
"Setting aside my nitpicking, I think this is a very effective horror game and deserves to be remembered more than it has been."
"nobody's really been as bold as often as taro it's where the work finds its worth granted i get it with near but this isn't that video"
"it may be the best of the lot in terms of story clarity and payoff in terms of somewhat likable characters and a vision less convoluted by far"
"It's never going to be the grounded and gritty take on the era that I want it to be."
"Overwatch 2 is officially dead. I mean, sure, Overwatch 1 is still alive and well, but Overwatch 2, I mean, the real Overwatch 2 that was always meant to be this ambitious hybridization of Overwatch's one PvP with this all-new PvE mode..."
"That and ladies and gentlemen, was Final Fantasy 13, huh? That was rough."
"I did find myself enjoying death stranding's gameplay loop when it wasn't throwing awkward bosses at me."
"The general playability of anthem was horrific, if I can say that."
"Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe is basically a razor blade hidden in a candy wrapper." - Gerard the Completionist
"Babylon's Fall has fallen. It's a dud. It's also a great representation why every AAA game studio does not need to develop an MMO."
"Is it a great game? Not necessarily. But it is an important one."
"Everything that went into creating the beloved Flat Out series sullied in a single release."
"Other than how much I disliked kingdom management, it was a good game."
"It's ambitious but man is this thing just incredibly wonky."
"It may not win any awards for gameplay, but you gotta admit that the visuals are incredible."
"Cruelty Squad isn't cruel, it's just honest."
"Rather, it appears to be an unpolished game with an open world that is CPU limited by single-threaded performance."
"I like Deadly Premonition a lot and stand by that a game should be entertaining even if potentially unintentionally."
"It's very clear that Other M is characterizing Samus as significantly less strong and competent than she had been in previous games."
"I feel bad playing this deck. I feel bad promoting this deck. I really... I'm really putting this out there hoping that we can all just commiserate on how utterly fantastically stupid it is."
"Anyway we're going off track... Monopoly smutty is a brilliant game I love it."
"One of the most immersive intense experiences in any Call of Duty campaign."
"Overall, Final Fantasy VIII is a fresh experience with a ton of exceptionally innovative ideas."
"Roy's been bad in Melee, bad in Smash 4, that was all he had."
"Themes of imperialism, colonialization, Marxism, and workers' Revolution are very much baked into what this game is about."
"It brings a little bit of quirkiness back in The Sims, which I really missed because The Sims 4 lost that spark for me a little bit."
"Anthem truly was the worst of the year, maybe even the whole decade."
"There's a reason that these obstacles don't exist in Megaman X 1 2 3 because there's just not that great like Jay said extreme 2 doesn't have a place in 2017."
"Super smash bros melee was annoying to say but brilliant to play."
"Red Dead Revolver: A game which very much does not know what tone it really wants to have."
"I think Starfield is a solid game that was shooting for the stars but it never really leaves orbit."
"Vanilla is like the most basic ice cream, and that's why it's the foundation upon which all other ice cream flavors are built."
"Mama Murphy is the most annoying NPC in the Fallout franchise."
"Honestly though even though these games are mostly known for their multiplayer I feel like this series really peaked with brawl's Adventure Mode the Subspace Emissary."
"Super Mario Kart hasn't aged that well, but you have to give it the recognition of redefining what a racing game can be."
"Instead of being gothic and campy, 'DmC' is grungy and juvenile. Combat is dumbed down. There's no lock on."
"Just overall Ghost Recon breakpoint has gone in a different direction that I'd hoped for this series."
"The last of us too is trying to do too much at once."
"What is Starfield? Starfield is essentially a dog's dinner of many science fiction games tropes and mechanics all stuffed into a sack that says decades old game engine shaken about until it feels sick."
"Final Fantasy 6 knocked it out of the park on every level."
"Crossed Swords: 'I couldn't make a case that it's a particularly good game but I was just really enjoyed playing it.'"
"They're not good enough games that I'd want to replay them. Especially the base version, you know? Without a challenge." - "They're not good enough games."
"I described it in my review as a master class in design by reduction, and it's phenomenal because of that."
"Echoes doesn't feel that way... they fix so many problems I had with the original and differentiated itself through music."
"I've always said that when it comes to games gameplay is why I play them... graphics are the last thing Pokemon should be criticized for."
"In a day and age of Spartans being emotionally tortured or unremarkable, it's nice to see Halo propping up Spartans as these ultimate badasses again."
"This is another game that, to me, feels kind of like a throwback to something from the mid-2000s, something like a Darksiders-style game."
"That was a messy, messy, messy performance at home on prime time."
"Underneath all the nonsense, this is still a fallout game."
"The only issues I have with Ghost of Tsushima's open world design is that it needs a little bit of refinement and it needs more just more of what it's already doing so so well."
"The story of Spyro 3 manages to succeed everywhere the first and especially the second game failed."
"It's my honest feedback and there's nothing wrong with that. I love the game, I feel that it could be a lot more."
"Dungeons are not fun I get it we are only 25 levels act one but thinking that dungeons are gonna be the end game with more affixes are not really convincing."
"Capcom raised the bar for what a good remake is and simultaneously preserves Resident Evil 4's Legacy as a genre-defining experience and one of the greatest games of all time." - Gamespot
"The Resident Evil 4 remake is a series' most relentlessly exciting Adventure rebuilt, refined, and realized to the full extent of its enormous potential." - IGN
"It doesn't do anything, at least in my opinion... it's a dud of a card."
"Kingdom Hearts 3: Convolution and nostalgia."
"Nintendo never would have put in a Mario game. It feels like a rom hack, but it's official."
"Listen, if you enjoyed this game and it means a lot to you, cool. Me critiquing this game isn't a critique on you as a person."
"Rage 2 should have focused on doing more with less. Fun gameplay alone doesn't save a boring game from itself."
"Siren 2 is a flawed gem with so many unique elements."
"The visuals are really beautiful, but the gameplay is nothing groundbreaking."
"This is the most instructive moment of today's stream: if your entire game can be characterized by one move, it's probably not very good."
"The Game Boy Advance version is kind of a train wreck."
"Basically, I feel like it's a good expansion, a lot of really good things added into the expansion but there are a few systems in the game namely the Titan forging legendary system that have kind of poisoned the expansion for a lot of people."
"We ask for diversity in video games... 'This is the Police' is diversity in video games."
"I think this is a very big deal one of the big things that priest has often had issue with is being reactive and having situational stuff."
"Seeing a new game in the PlanCo of the original Tycoon series be such an absolute catastrophic f*** up... it's genuinely depressing."
"Wrath of the Righteous isn't fully voiced over for everyone all the time, but there's a lot of top-notch acting in this."
"Persona 4 social links overall are a fantastic progression of the idea from Persona 3 and where that game stumbled Persona 4 enhances the idea tremendously."
"This is the future, this is what Battlefield thought it should be doing in the year 2011."
"Having a ranked system would give them something to work towards, something to grind towards."
"I feel like I touched on a lot of the main issues with Warzone."
"Atomic Heart is a mess, but it's a charming mess."
"Frankly, MechWarrior 5 mercenaries is a bit shit in almost every way imaginable except for the one way that really matters when it comes to giant stomping robot games."
"Dead Space sets new heights in terms of atmospheric presentation in video games."
"It's not particularly bad, it's not particularly good, but the idea that it is somehow an improvement upon the original Resident Evil 4 is laughably absurd in my opinion."
"Tarkov is one of the most unique games on the market."
"Flashes of brilliance from Anthem: exploring the jaw-dropping world."
"A mere three words best describe what Contra: Rogue Corps is like. Your. Weapons. Overheat."
"The Last of Us... really compelling storyline with phenomenal graphics and just like really I don't know what I would say about the gameplay."
"Assassin's Creed Valhalla is just a copy-paste of Odyssey."
"Most of the uglier bits that plagued Fallout 4 and 76 have been eliminated, and we're left with some truly exceptional environments to explore."
"Resi 3 wasn't exactly known for its mind-bending problems."
"It's a game that feels rushed and incomplete."
"2006 was truly a great year for open-world RPGs, and Gothic 3 offers a good experience despite its problems."
"Look, the gameplay might be a little bit bugged. A lot a bit bugged, but the stuff's cool, right?"
"The emotional disconnect between the NPCs and the game story can be seen throughout your experience in Andromeda."
"The gameplay may feel extremely simple now, but I think it holds up surprisingly well compared to other stealth games."
"I didn't ever want to do another video on f-15e new empire. But I feel like I have to come back and talk about it for a really serious issue."
"It goes beyond airing on the side of the player to openly flirting with the player; it's genuine brilliance."
"One of the things I loved about Bioshock was the political ambiguity. I was never sure if they were mocking Ayn Rand or praising her or both."
"Earth Defense Force: The king of bad games that are actually good."
"It's forgivable, doesn't completely destroy the overall fun of the game."
"Cold Iron didn't just slap an alien coat of paint on a dollar store horde shooter."
"Shadow Keep has its moments, the atmospheres good, the laws good, the raids good, the strikes are decent, I didn't mention the lost sectors but they're good too."
"There must be some must-play games out there, and we'd love to hear your thoughts on that."
"Firearms are depicted better in Medieval 2 of 2006 and Shogun 2 of 2011 than they are in Warhammer in 2018."
"I think this game could have been really good... but I think the attempt to fill the game with too much content and mechanics seriously hinders the experience."
"I'm bored out of my mind, Apex is making me lose my mind."
"The most dangerous enemy in DMC 5 is the camera."
"The combat can get a little bit bland and repetitive, but overall I think the game is pretty damn good."
"It just feels like a watered down dead space that kind of fails to tie its new mechanics together in a meaningful way..."
"The pacing of this fight is some of the best in the series."
"Batman: Arkham Origins is definitely overshadowed by the Rocksteady games but not outclassed in my opinion."
"...the gameplay, although good, feels largely like a cut and paste job..."
"That was one of the most frustrating parts of the entire game."
"Fix Shadowheart looking like she's either in pain or about to sneeze."
"If any of you guys get a chance to play Prey, for triple-A stuff I think it plays really interesting."
"Not all the characters are direct references... say what you feel about lies of P it's distinctly unique."
"Why would you pay seventy dollars for something that has broken and shallow components of its core gameplay loop when a completely free alternative called Path of Exile exists right now?"
"Perhaps the biggest was that publisher EA had been squandering the license for years with 2017's Battlefront 2 being an all-around train wreck."
"I was completely wrong about Batman Arkham Asylum."
"Shadows actually saw a lot of dislike from fans."
"The global cooldown change... it definitely sucks."
"FNAF 3 is Messy as hell as a game but taking the story on its own merits it's a rather satisfying conclusion."
"Gothic 3 fails not only in terms of upholding the established backstory but also in terms of basic storytelling."
"A crass commercialism throughout Kingdom Hearts 3."
"When you see the Ubisoft logo, you can usually rest easy knowing that the game itself is going to be a bland, static, lifeless open world experience."
"A lot of times the base game of Pokemon is just way too easy."
"I don't believe in this distinction between 'pay to win in PvP' and 'pay to win in PvE' – if you can spend real money to increase power, it's pay to win."
"You can't blame the game for you sinking and quitting. That's on you as a person."
"Battlestar Galactica is a great game that feels so true to its theme. And that's why Tom is wrong."
"Hitman turned into a game about being a spy which may be better understood as a model for how games can be about how people act and fit in with one another."
"Fallout without NPCs is like Halo without Cortana, fries without ketchup, or Trump without Twitter. Bravo, Bravo."
"The way the game presents its mechanics also isn't great."
"Starfield unfortunately is a game that throws out Concepts without doing much to explore beyond the surface level."
"Not having UAVs in Vanguard Royale is uh, kind of disgusting, should revert that change if you want people playing this game."
"Black Ops 4 would be a much better game without the specialists in it."
"Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat 9: extremely cheap, absolutely ruined the ending for me."
"It offers no innovation and barely has any serviceable gameplay."
"It's amazing how many things this game does that I don't particularly love, that it's amazing that I am still really interested and impressed by it."
"The fully realized world of one shot is so hard not to get lost in."
"The story is actually very important, probably one of the best points in an Ace Combat game if you ask fans all around."
"The art design in Bloodborne is [expletive] incredible."
"I think the rock has played incredible defense but I think the Warriors and those turnovers you win the turnover battle you win this series I it was just saw premeditated where they could double Durant I didn't like watching that basketball..."
"Honestly, I feel safe in saying this is the most overpowered hero we've ever seen."
"the true nature of its repetitive level design and meaningless combat it's worse than just being a bad game it's a disappointment for Mass Effect fans that waited five years for something to succeed the third title."
"Even the most dedicated Sonic fan can't say that all the game is good and they have to see that Sonic team made a lot of missteps here."