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Turbo Overkill - 9.5/10 ---------- Do you think Doom Eternal is too slow? I sure did, and also didn't much like the "trapped in a room and kill everything to proceed" vibe of it. But Turbo Overkill is super fast, not violent at all and only suffers from minor issues. The game has some kind of story, IDK you're a dude who was killed and you come back to kill bad guys. There is a chainsaw on your leg that you can slide and hug enemies with. It's good, non violent fun. Kinda long though, but still fun. If you upgrade your leg you can just hug enemies till they fall asleep pretty quickly. Same with bosses. No idea if it's on console but definitely a great FPS.

@Kommie how does Turbo Overkill compare to Deadlink - I got both in that recent Humble Bundle and Deadlink caught my attention first, though I've not installed any of those games yet. I got started on Sprawl and don't like playing more than 1 game of a given genre at a time.

Crisis VRigade 2 on PSVR2.
Fun...for the brief time it lasts.

Slickriven wrote:

Nothing like Deadlink really. Deadlink is a Roguelike fps, Turbo is a traditional FPS style game.

I enjoyed Turbo Overkill a lot, but I agree, it was way too long. The last 3rd of the game I was basically waiting for it to be over.

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe -

9/10

As my 2D side scrolling Mario-a-thon rounds another corner and almost comes to a close I find myself revising the U title that really is just perfecting the DS games and tweaking them so they play as gorgeous as the graphics look. And boy how pretty these graphics are especially while playing on the OLED Switch model. Some courses were more frustrating than some like those dang lava levels and ones with the rising and falling platforms but nevertheless it’s still a Mario game at the end of the day and it’s just gonna be a fun time regardless of any little nitpicks.

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist - 9.5/10

One of the best indie games I've ever played.

We Were Here Together on
My friend and I have been slowly playing through this series over the past few years. This might be my least favorite of the series so far. A handful of the puzzles we completely figured out by accident.

Heavyd814life wrote:

I’ve had my eye on that one. Will have to pick it up!

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart via portal

Wow, arguably the best R&C game to date. Easy 9/10. Everything about the game is solid. Lots of exciting moments and the final boss show down in his various forms was just super fun to play. I also appreciate it didn’t over stay it’s welcome; clocking in at about 12 hours give or take. I would highly recommend this game if you haven’t played it.

Behind The Frame: The Finest Scenery VR on PSVR2

I bought the flat version of this game a year or two ago for a friend on Steam. She seemed to like it and when I saw they had ported it to VR I figured I'd give it a chance because...why not? Having not played the flat version myself I couldn't tell you what major differences there are, but this game, at least in VR, just doesn't do anything for me. It's an artsy fartsy narrative game with a simple story that still managed to lose me somewhere along the way, even though the game is barely 90 minutes long. When Capcom brings one of their flat games to VR, they make you feel like that's the best way to play it, but this game is just proof not every flat game deserves to be in VR.

Spider-Man 2

9.5/10

Just when you think Insomniac cannot get anymore amazing and spectacular, they somehow manage to outperform themselves. Besides minor gripes in regards to repetitive crimes and an odd choice of verbiage for naming Miles enhanced abilities after one of the main villains in the game, this was a stellar sequel. The story alone is a 9.5/10 for me. It’s the Spider-Man 3 film we deserve. Not the crap we got. Who would have thought utilizing and combining 2 characters in such a way that hasn’t really been done in the comics before would work tenfold. And even beyond that the way it ended sets up a very exciting
3rd entry in the series. One of the main villains hinted for the 3rd game was exposed in one of the side missions of all places and it was executed in such a subtle fashion once you figured out who the villain was going to be it was an utter delight to the senses. Combat and upgrade wise it pretty much built and grew off of the first game offering some enhancements to abilities and unique powers for both Miles and Peter alike. Peter has his spider arms at his disposal whereas Miles had his electro shock spider abilities, each with evolved upgrades the more you progress in the story. Quality of life improvements such as adding the most welcome and epic web wings to glide around the city at will which can only be enhanced by finding wind tunnels scattered around the city. And swapping between Miles and Peter was as slick and smooth and seamless as you would think. Also balancing both characters evenly with the story was nicely paced I felt. Even Mary Jane had oddly cool parts, partially because they gave her a way to fight back this time which was pretty rad. And the side missions were created uniquely that were tailored for both Miles and Peter separately so you needed to switch back and forth between each hero to do those side missions. And thankfully no more annoying catch the pigeon side missions in this game. And the amount of enemy bases to take down were kept to a minimum as well which were nice and allowed more of a focus on the story and more interesting side quests. Overall, this was simply sensational all around minus a few minor pet peeves. I am thoroughly looking forward to the 3rd and potentially final installment in this Spider-Man trilogy and shall indeed happily and merrily web swing my way there once it releases in the coming years.