It was Undertale for me. The game that signaled that, beyond doubt, I was getting too old. I can't deal with (a lot of the) cutsey, quirky, monster-y, sappy stories and characters. That doesn't mean games shouldn't have an emotional impact, that they shouldn't be surreal experiences. I just find a lot of those games…

A sheltered kid, aren’t you? Afraid of the world, but believe you deserve to own it.

Don’t feel too bad, once upon a time you’d have to climb out of the greys about twice a year when they did updates. We don’t even have profile pics anymore so I feel that the purge might be happening again.

See you on the other side.

you don’t HAVE to do everything on your only playthrough

Pirates are doing *MOST* of the heavy lifting when it comes to game preservation. See also: movies and music

Imagine it was about a woman.

Yes, Harrison Ford is attractive. Is this still a gross article? Also a yes.

All good, no notes on the majority of this take, but hang on:

RB4 kept the rhythm game era going for much longer than I expected back in 2013, so I can’t complain. Still, it’s sad to see the era end for real now. I doubt there will be a Rock Band 5, now that Harmonix is beholden to Epic’s plan for transforming Fortnite into a metaverse. But It’s not like there was a market still…

This review barely has any focus on the differences between game versions, which is kind of a waste since we can just read the general reviews from four years ago.

“At least before 9 we had a sliver of hope that they knew what they were doing with an overarching story.”

I mean, could they just remake the original game’s Factions MP with Last of Us Two’s modern gameplay and call it a day? A full live service game with years of planned content did seem too much, why not just give us a modern way to play the MP so many people found surprisingly good from back in the day?

I’m glad they didn't overthink this. This is PRECISELY the thing a Jurassic Park game should be, first movie locales and time setting included.

The 2022 GotY was Elden Ring, not Ragnarok. 

“ its convoluted RPG progression”

In what way..? He didn’t say anything about framerate.

I’m sorry a PC owner stole your boy and/or girl. That must have been really painful. Luckily you have your console to cuddle at night.

No

Remnant 2 is rad and people should absolutely try it even if they didn’t play the first. I say this as someone who just paid $34.99 for it 2 weeks ago and I’m not even mad about. It rules. 

Wait, you still spent your money at this business? You just wrote 11 paragraphs about why you should never patronize Gamestop again! Way to go back to your abuser dude... I can’t fathom spending this amount of time on something. Is the amount of money you saved worth the amount of time it cost you?