Content from Last 48hrs

Donkey Kong Bananza This is a game of highs and lows. There are times it really shines, but for every part I enjoyed there was another part that was annoying or aggravating to play. The presentation is charming, but it's full of busywork that's not really fun or even engaging, it's just there. I enjoyed it enough to finish it, but that's about all I can say for it. Grade: 2/5

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe I was under the impression that the New series wasn't that well-liked, so I wasn't sure what to expect but Nintendo fans are crazy, man. This was great! It was like playing a more modern version of Super Mario World. I cleared every level, got every secret exit, collected every star coin and cleared star road to get 5 stars on my save file. Then I did it all over again in New Super Luigi U. I enjoyed Luigi U even more because of its focus on shorter, faster levels. Although it was kind of a bummer that they re-used the same world map as the main game. Anyway, I thought this was going to be a double entry with Star Fox but holy shit, fuck that game! I genuinely can't remember the last time I hit such an insane difficulty spike in a video game. I was enjoying the campaign just fine. Some levels were a little challenging but I was getting used to it. And then I got to the boss of Area 6 and I wanted to fucking scream. Like, death after death after death with no fucking idea what the hell I was doing wrong. And when I finally managed to beat that level, the final one was even worse! You're fighting another squad and you can barely keep them on screen long enough to try to hit them, they keep moving in ways the camera can't even track and as soon as they disappear off-screen they're already behind you somehow, trying to crawl up your ass. I made it to the final boss once, with only one life left and that motherfucker just immediately swallowed me and blew up my ship. I think I hate this fucking game, oh my god!

Project Wingman Played this game in VR with a flight stick and goddamn is it cool as hell. All y'all in the discord already know this because I've been spamming gameplay clips, but it's basically off-brand Ace Combat. It doesn't have quite the presentational flair that AC does, but it's fun and epic and silly and that's what matters. If this had released this year it would easily be my GOTY-so-far. My only complaint is that there's not more of it. Grade: 5/5 Project Wingman: Frontline 59 Guess what, there's more of it! This DLC is only 6 missions compared to the base game's 21, so it's not much more, but it's still just as great. Arguably better because it doesn't have the same kind of boss fights that the base game did, which were the least best part of that. Unfortunately, it's so short that I can't rate it quite as highly. Still a must-play though if you have and enjoy the main game. Grade: 4/5