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The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance Tactics - It's Shit (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Feb 5, 2020

The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance Tactics - It's Shit (Jimpressions)

I'm a big Dark Crystal fan - loved the movie, adored the Netflix show. The latter has been adapted to videogame form as The Dark Crystal:...

Journey To The Savage Planet - I Want A Meat Buddy (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Feb 1, 2020

Journey To The Savage Planet - I Want A Meat Buddy (Jimpressions)

Journey to the Savage Planet is a fun little game that looks a bit like No Man's Sky and plays a bit like Metroid Prime. It's also full...

Terminator: Resistance - Resisting Publicity (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Jan 22, 2020

Terminator: Resistance - Resisting Publicity (Jimpressions)

Yes, a Terminator game happened a little while ago. Even more shockingly, it's quite good! I've been enjoying it, anyway. An FPS with a...

Alien: Isolation - The Best Switch Port? (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Dec 11, 2019

Alien: Isolation - The Best Switch Port? (Jimpressions)

Alien: Isolation may be the very best Switch port I've played in terms of accuracy and performance. It looks amazing, it runs smoothly,...

Death Stranding - Made For Walking (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Nov 8, 2019

Death Stranding - Made For Walking (Jimpressions)

(Based on a copy provided by Sony) It's wonderful that Hideo Kojima gets to do whatever he wants to do. It's equally wonderful that I can...

Disco Elysium - Sex, Drugs, And Dice Rolls (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Nov 5, 2019

Disco Elysium - Sex, Drugs, And Dice Rolls (Jimpressions)

Disco Elysium is one of the best roleplaying games you could hope to experience, provided you're looking for something savagely dark,...

MediEvil - It's The Nineties! (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Oct 29, 2019

MediEvil - It's The Nineties! (Jimpressions)

MediEvil's PS4 release is a remarkably faithful recreation of the 1998 classic, and that's a problem. While the remaster is a...

Call Of Duty Modern Warfare - Shock & Bore (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Oct 27, 2019

Call Of Duty Modern Warfare - Shock & Bore (Jimpressions)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare may revel in its edgy depictions of armed conflict, but it's so one-note and routine about it that none of...

The Outer Worlds - Take Me Home, Outer Worlds! (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Oct 26, 2019

The Outer Worlds - Take Me Home, Outer Worlds! (Jimpressions)

Take me home, Outer Worlds! Obsidian's long-awaited The Outer Worlds is, quite frankly, everything I needed it to be. Rich, dense,...

Children Of Morta - A Family Jewel (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Oct 17, 2019

Children Of Morta - A Family Jewel (Jimpressions)

A truly excellent game, Children of Morta is like a checklist of my favorite things. Hack n' slash gameplay, dungeon crawling, roguelike...

The Witcher 3 On Switch - A Surprisingly Switchy Witcher (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Oct 16, 2019

The Witcher 3 On Switch - A Surprisingly Switchy Witcher (Jimpressions)

The Witcher 3: Complete Edition has made its way to Switch, and it works! Like, it works really quite well. Obvious graphical compromises...

James Stephanie Sterling

Oct 6, 2019

Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered

Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered is an interesting throwback. Not only does it hark back to an era where linear, straightforward...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint - Tony Recon's Ghost Clancy Breaklands (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Oct 5, 2019

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint - Tony Recon's Ghost Clancy Breaklands (Jimpressions)

This game doesn't deserve serious critique. These open world live service looter shooter "AAA" pieces of garbage have become increasingly...

Code Vein - Thirsty Anime Soulslike Action (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Sep 28, 2019

Code Vein - Thirsty Anime Soulslike Action (Jimpressions)

Code Vein has been rather aptly described as "Anime Dark Souls", but there are some notable differences between this undead adventure and...

Contra: Rogue Corps - Fucking Embarrassing (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Sep 25, 2019

Contra: Rogue Corps - Fucking Embarrassing (Jimpressions)

It's almost impressive just how wrong this game is. As a Contra game, Rogue Corps almost goes out of its way to be completely inept. As a...

The Surge 2 - A Surge Of Brilliance (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Sep 24, 2019

The Surge 2 - A Surge Of Brilliance (Jimpressions)

The Surge 2 represents Deck 13's strongest crack at a Soulslike yet, and it's really damn good. They nailed it this time. Fast,...

The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening - Old School To A Fault (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Sep 21, 2019

The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening - Old School To A Fault (Jimpressions)

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a stunningly faithful recreation of a classic Game Boy adventure. It's gorgeous, too. I mean,...

Borderlands 3 - The Totally Unbiased Critique (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Sep 15, 2019

Borderlands 3 - The Totally Unbiased Critique (Jimpressions)

Borderlands 3 has faced tumultuous PR on the road to its launch, but now the game is out, we can completely divorce it from any context...

Greedfall - A Bit Of Poison On My Blade, And Lets GO! (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Sep 13, 2019

Greedfall - A Bit Of Poison On My Blade, And Lets GO! (Jimpressions)

Focus Home Interactive is publishing all kinds of mid-tier stuff, and it's pretty awesome. Greedfall is a Spiders-developed game, and if...

Blasphemous - Deliciously Macabre Misery (Jimpressions)

James Stephanie Sterling

Sep 10, 2019

Blasphemous - Deliciously Macabre Misery (Jimpressions)

Blasphemous had my attention way back when it was a hopeful Kickstarter project nobody had heard of. Now it's finally here, and it was...