I’d put Phantasy Star IV right up there with those, and I can’t wait to see what Wolfman thinks about it. The structure is a bit grindy, but the music, the story, lots of great stuff there.

This this this. The game needed a proper cover mechanic. It’s not game-breaking, but it’s certainly immersion-breaking, to see Aloy flip endlessly around a room because the game doesn’t have a good cover system. I thought something was missed and so I watched boss battle videos and nope. Just lots of strafing and…

“What are we gonna do, leave a witness?” Community’s video game episode also trod over similar ground. When you start to think of NPCs as belonging to a family, with lives of their own, your role as a sower of chaos becomes more clear and awful.

I want that hour of my life back you evil cad.

Ah, Mt. Gagazet. Did you have to tuck tail after a boss fight and grind some, or no?

If you slow down on a horse or get off of a horse or quietly meow to yourself you’re under siege and your life hangs in the balance.

oh god i typed piece and quiet. i will diminish and go the west and remain mrflimflam.

“Breath of the Wild and the Value of Some Piece and Quiet”

I need everyone’s family co-op Kirby Star Allies stories.

I think realizing the limitations of our time is a great step many never get to and I know I still struggle with. I bought a PS4 in early January. Started P5 on 1/16. Finished it on 3/20. In that time I added HZD, Tomb Raider and its sequel, DA:I, No Man’s Sky, and now ME:A. Enough gaming to handle the next year, easy.

Mario Odyssey was two weeks and move on for me. I don’t get the love AT ALL. I think it depends on how much you like Mario 64 and that style? I’d like more SM3DW, personally, so this “do two dozen short activities in this level” is just meh to me.

The draws of the Switch are pretty specific, revolving around a love for Nintendo’s various franchises and an interest in playing games in handheld mode when someone else has the TV. If neither of those are paramount concerns, I can see wondering if you’re better of selling for now and maybe coming back later (or not…

A lot of people really, really like the game, so I’m hesitant to throw shade, but I wonder if at this point it’d be better to wait for the sequel. Hopefully some lessons learned from the first game.

“GTA has always had its tongue firmly in its cheek, though, and Red Dead is definitely more sincere.”

My lasting memories of RDR are as follows:

Kirby soon. Very soon. Next weekend. It’s in an Easter basket right now.

So is Knight and Day, a surprisingly light and funny action romp.

Yuuuuup. This is primarily on the owners, but players own it, too. They have not looked after Minor Leaguers, they have not looked out for the young guys getting their service time, they have not reckoned with the reality that most players have already peaked before they can even hit the open market. Instead of the…

I have endless appreciation for how Brothers married story to controls so perfectly, start to finish. And that it only takes a few hours to play it helps you digest the entire experience in 1-2 sittings.

It is very very exciting to see Captain Toad hitting other systems. It did not deserve to be marooned on the WiiU, and YES, I’d love to see a sequel someday as well. Now I’m jonesing to play it again.