I’m going to break from the pack and say that I absolutely hated it. The writing is bland, and the game’s only goal is subversion; it has nothing interesting to say beyond that. Moreover, if you and your wife aren’t familiar with the material it’s satirizing (i.e. dating sims) then a lot of its going to go over your…

I think once you’ve played the first Dishonored and its DLC, you’ve had the definitive Dishonored experience. The sequel is just more of the same in less interesting levels, with worse writing and a couple of gimmick levels tossed in.

This is why I liked Golf Story and why I’m excited for Mario Tennis Aces. Why not have me play golf on a course where I have to bounce balls off turtles’ backs? Why not have me lob tennis balls at piranha flowers’ mouths while dodging fireballs?

Welp, this was not news that I expected to wake up to. RIP.

Moby’s uncle totally works for Nintendo.

More Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for Merve this weekend. [MILD SPOILERS FOLLOW]

I’ll admit that I wasn’t fully sold on NieR:Automata until I got to the theme park. That’s when things got really interesting for me.

The controls and mechanics changed almost entirely to make DA:I more like an action-RPG than its predecessors. There’s still a tactical camera mode for combat, though, if you want to go old-school.

This looks like Hopscotch mixed with the second Ghost in the Shell film, which I’m cool with in concept, but based on the trailer, it really could go either way. I want good cyberpunk, but for some reason cyberpunk films, TV, and games often fall short.

If Mario Tennis Aces turns out to be a Mario+Rabbids-meets-Golf-Story-style send-up of both Mario and tennis, I’ll be very excited.

Of the mentioned games, the ones I’m most interested in are Vampyr, The Artful Escape, The Wolf Among Us: Season 2, Act V of Kentucky Route Zero, and Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes.

I tell myself that every year, but I am weak, and I keep buying new games. (Especially JRPGs. Those fuckers each eat about 75 hours of my time, if not more.)

Same here. I’m pretty much over the Telltale formula, but I love the world of Fables so much that I’m eager to dive back in.

Yeah, they’ve been getting a pass because the episodes have (generally*) been of high quality. But honestly, their schedule has been so far from acceptable that I’m surprised more people aren’t upset.

If you couldn’t find enough non-white extras, then FUCKING LOOK HARDER. Christ.

Brandi Mmmmax

You chose wisely. Some enemies explode into showers of blood and guts when you kill them. It’s cartoonishly gory and hilarious.

I mean, you can try, but I think you’ll be missing out on a lot of fun. The original Deus Ex is great for blowing shit up.

I’m on somewhat of a gaming hiatus right now, relaxing before this winter’s spate of new releases. (The next Digimon game is only a few weeks away!) But I have been playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and it’s been slow going. I’m really taking my time with the game, going through sidequests and sometimes just wandering…