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Metroid Dread is a great game. If you are a fan of prior Metroid games or Metroidvanias generally, you will like this game. I recommend it! With that said here are my general thoughts on the game. Dread feels like someone wanted to a make a tighter, more responsive Super Metroid. For the most parts, this game succeeds in spades. Its feels like a super Nintendo game with all the benefits of modern games. The issue…
What can I say about Half-Life 2 that hasn’t been said already? Its a masterpiece and was the first PC game I ever played. I saw so much hype about this game in 2004 that for my 12th birthday convinced my parents to get me a gaming PC so I could play it. I loved it instantly. The characters, the world, the weapons. It all came together in a way that I had never experienced before. I play this game to completion at…
Control starts with a great central mystery: Why are you at this giant, ever-changing brutalist building? Who/what summoned you there? Why is this gun breathing? Almost all of these questions are barely answered and that is why this game rules. There is so much mystery that is not resolved. While that might be frustrating to some, I found it just added to the overall vibe. There is weird shit that exists in this…
