Dark Souls Remastered – Review
January 1, 2019
The quiet yet heavy intention behind every element of Dark Souls will command—and eventually earn—your respect.
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The quiet yet heavy intention behind every element of Dark Souls will command—and eventually earn—your respect.
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The safest way to bring a grand console franchise to portable platforms is to water down its gameplay, visuals, and scope. A typical route for console action-adventure series is to make them portable side scrollers with a few mechanics pulled from the full-fledged experience. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate and…
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You know that moment when a game transcends beyond its own exaggeration? Like when Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance starts with Raiden tossing a Metal Gear RAY into the sky that he slices into dozens of pieces, or when Dead Space 3 ends with killing a literal Necromorph moon. Videogames can…
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People can’t make up their minds about sequels. We ask for change, but when we end up with Linkin Park’s later albums, Resident Evil 6, or Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the end products are too foreign to their own detriment. Creators will alienate their fanbases if they don’t build…
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I’m embarrassed to mention this, but I went through this … short phase in my early teens where I was morbidly fascinated by violence. I remember watching movie scene compilations of gross-out gore with people dying in the most ludicrous or creative ways. Final Destination, Ghost Ship, Kill Bill, Saw…
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…However, it’s important to remember that games with uncommonly strong, masterful design in some areas can overshadow significant flaws, and that’s okay. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an exceptional example. It’s a game riddled with terrible pacing, a disappointing story, lacking bosses, and rehashed content in the latter half…
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My youngest sister has a form of chronic encephalopathy. You could also call it periventricular leukomalacia. It has to do with white matter, which is the tissue between gray matter that bridges the brain’s various regions. When you absorb information, gray matter is essential to storing and making sense of…
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The Last Guardian opens with a creature named Trico roaring in your face. It’s wounded, chained, and starved—not the best time to befriend it, but you’re left with little choice since you’re both trapped in a pit. You’re then prompted to remove its metal leash and the spears stuck in its…
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Delays are regretful yet reasonable expectations to have of ambitious video games. I recall anxiously anticipating Super Smash Bros. Brawl and roiling in agony each time it was pushed back. However, I had too much time on my hands since I was lamenting over two delays that only lasted three…
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I’m on chapter 20 of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, having just escaped explosive deathtraps with a good companion by my side. We’re ready to take on the bad guys that have taken another friend hostage, and I happen to see him attempting to escape from my vantage point….
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