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I can’t compare the game to previous entries, but I can say this, if you want “THE” farming experience, Simulator 15 offers the best you’ll get on current gen consoles, and it’s no surprise they are onto this many iterations of the series at this point. Farming Simulator is king at what it does, so go farm to your heart’s content. There is even multiplayer farming with your friends! Win, win!

Splatoon is a novel title that is a blast to play. My biggest concern is longevity. With certain modes and features locked behind players reaching a certain level, I wonder how long its legs truly are. I want it to catch on, but with the paltry Wii U user base, and a quirky new IP at the helm, my fears are that no one will care about Splatoon in a month’s time.

I’m not kidding around when I say that the last few minutes of this episode brought me to tears. Only one other video game has done that to me. With the power to rewind time and choose what happens it always comes with a price; it could be good or bad, but in the end it will always affect us. Life is Strange has shown that in a spectacular way, and I highly suggest it to anyone reading this review.

Both FFX and X-2 have aged quite well in terms of storytelling and its cast of characters (well, not as much in FFX-2 or as I like to call it, “Tidus’s Angels: Lets Play Dress Up, Girls!”) and even though the voice acting is quite rough in some parts, I was genuinely impressed with the overall quality all the same. Amongst all the controversy on the possible oversaturation of HD remasters in the gaming industry, I feel this is one that deserved the treatment and more importantly, was executed competently.

The simple “clear this area of all enemies” and presenting them in a simple way had me keep going. All I had to do was figure out a way to actually reach them, and that was part of the fun. For ten bucks, this a decent platformer that I think people will enjoy if they like the trial and error kinds of game that require a little bit of thought.

When a game looks this dated, players would expected it to run flawlessly, but it doesn’t. I had a fun time playing the game on previous consoles, so my enjoyment is exponentially increased with it looking, sounding, and running better than those versions. Though as it stands, and compared to most RPGS today, you’d only want to take a trip with Arcania if you love your European RPGs and enjoy seeing games of years past.

There were so many times I really got into the scene and the puzzles, but every time there was something that took me right out of that great experience. The game is beautiful in many aspects, but with multiple glitches, slightly broken mechanics, short play time ,and performance issues, it is hard for me to say pick it up at full price. In fact, I would say give this game a shot once it goes on sale. Until then, hold off on this rather unique title.

Project Cars is a massive package that can be tailored to anyone who enjoys racing games. Some may find issue with the lack of unlockables, but there is so much to see and do that I never grew bored of enjoying what was already there. I am excited to see the support they show the game over the next few months, and this easily will hold players over until the next big racer hits the market.

Brawl wants to be a dark take on party games, and while the aesthetic somewhat holds up its end of the bargain the actual game part leaves a lot to be desired. The tutorial sabotages the game right from the start, and the challenge spike 10 minutes in may be the most evil part of the whole package. If you purchased the developer’s 2014 game Basement Crawl you can download Brawl for free, but other than that it should be avoided.

While there are a few chuckle worthy jokes littered here and there and the combat is competently implemented, I can’t help but feel that it’s a very barebones experience that offers nothing new to the hack and slash genre. With the recent release of Hyperdimension Noire setting the bar for quality and creativity for all Neptunia games to follow, I feel this one just falls well below the mark. Better luck on the PS4, Nep Nep.