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  Bone Robot as Diablo 2 cover Sometimes you know in your heart of hearts that a game will be utter shit but you have to give it a try anyway just to see if you still got the knack for shit detection. Like when you know for a fact you just took a no-wipe dump but you have to wipe once to verify. After all the bullshit they pulled with Diablo 3 I had almost no hope for Blizzard. BUT Diablo 2 is one of my favorite games ever, so there was a little dingleberry of hope that I let seep into my mind like a damn fool. When Diablo 4 was first released some friends convinced me to give it a try, and I quit on them after 90 minutes and refunded that garbage quick, fast, and in a damn hurry.  Diablo 2 Resurrected is good for two simple reasons: it's just Diablo 2 from 2000, and it's playable on Xbox. That's the only real reason I like a remaster. They changed nearly nothing and now I can play it on console. But it's still not really needed because the original still works and is p...

  This game felt like an expansion pack, and not in a great way.  The new features they added were an improvement on paper, but are actually tacked on and unnecessary.  In the effort to create a new feel with a sequel, they left a lot of the old Ori on the table.  I also had a ton of frame rate issues.  Sometimes it would only drop for a few seconds.  Once, it glitched out so bad, I had to quit out and restart the game.  At least that time it was by choice.  Three times while I was in Baur’s Reach the game froze entirely, and eventually crashed to the main menu.  Luckily their save system didn’t cost me much, but it is not what I expected from the developers.   I liked the story, although I will say it is basically the story of Blind Forest.  You have your light that needs saving, your giant, flying, big bad boss, and your cute, lovable characters.  Naru and Gumo got gutted into non-characters, and the ones they replaced them w...

I'm making this an entry into the Revisited Series, with a caveat:  I never played Resident Evil upon it's initial release. It's my first experience with the original game, albeit the GameCube remake version -  being played via Xbox Series S.   My first Resident Evil game was Resident Evil 5, and my most recent one being Resident Evil: Biohazard.  (*Addendum - After playing this Resident Evil 1 remake in 2021, I have since played the Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes as well)   Resident Evil 5 was an action packed romp with little substance overall  that ended in a volcano. Biohazard is more in touch with the original,  but couldn't resist adding long, tedious action sequences.  The Resident  Evil remaster maintains its allure almost 20 years later. My  initial impression with this game was pure joy, and it stuck with me throughout. It's got a sort-of campy, B-Movie feel to it, but it pulls it off extraordinarily. It takes its...

After playing the Dragon Quest 3 HD2D remake, I enjoyed it so much that I decided to jump right into Dragon Quest 11.  Instead of doing a review for a single game, I am going to review them together and compare (and potentially even contrast) them. Warning, there will be major spoilers for both games. Something mundane and stodgy about Dragon Quest is that a lot of features, items, fan service, characters, references, and locations are recycled across games. There are needless and constant callbacks, at least in my experience for these two games.  Dragon Quest 11 is a prequel to Dragon Quest 3, which is a prequel to Dragon Quest 1 and 2, so these associations made sense and were direct references when they were first created.  I find it drab and insipid, and since I played Dragon Quest 3 HD2D before Dragon Quest 11, I was entirely sick of it by the end of the game. That ends up being the general motif of Dragon Quest 11, the fun doesn't last until the end. If I never...

There are some games that warrant a lengthy, developed review.  That's what you'll typically find on BoneRobotGames.  These ones require little discussion, whether it be good or bad.  Bone Robot Quickies will take a brief look at a handful of games at a time.

 Momodora:  Reverie Under the Moonlight is a delightful entry into the side-scrolling, action-adventure genre.  I play as many as I can, and they are usually bad.  Having played through so many mediocre titles, I wasn't expecting much from Momodora, but I was happy to have been proven wrong.  A "Metroidvania-lite," Momodora makes the case why maybe more Metroidvanias should be this way. There isn't too much to this game, and that is its biggest strength.  Everything about it is simple, but executed brilliantly.  It has a retro feel with its graphics and art style. The story is told in very short quips from a small amount of NPCs.  It deviates from basically every other Metroidvania I've played, and I welcome it with open arms. Pixel-style  graphics are usually a style choice I don't enjoy, but after the initial disdain, I found myself enjoying it quite a bit.  The lack of imperious elements on the screen gave it a quaint spectacle. ...