TheMightyEthan

Control Resonant This game was great, though I do think a little of the shine is wearing off the FBC. A big part of their appeal is all mysterious weirdness, and the more you're exposed to it the less effective that is. I think the FBC would be better used like in Alan Wake, as an organization that shows up on the periphery of other stories, rather than being the focus themselves. That said, game is still great. Grade: A Ace Combat 8 I don't have much to say about this game besides that it fuckin rocks. There was one boss fight that sucked, but other than that no notes. Grade: A+

Superhot was so great in VR, it's so disappointing that Superhot 2 has no VR mode.

I want one of those so bad, I just can't justify it at that price.

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Oh yeah I got a couple Ninty games too.

That looks neat. Is it anything like Yes, Your Grace?

That would be weird, I'd suggest looking into your TV/Xbox's settings to see if you can get VRR running, it's a game-changer.

Does your TV support VRR? Digital Foundry said there were some slowdowns on performance mode but only into the mid-50's fps, so with VRR it should still have played smoothly. The cutscene stutters are a different issue, they aren't fixed by VRR. PS5 runs about the same as Series X in gameplay, but doesn't have the cutscene stutters for whatever reason.

That sounds amazing.

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

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

The Signal State This is a Zach-like where the premise is that you're in a post-apocalyptic world (basically all the computers broke which made all the machines stop working which meant society collapsed), and you're on a farm trying to jury rig reactivating the machinery so that you can grow crops and stuff. You do this by wiring up analog electronics to replace the digital computer parts the machines were using. It's a neat setup, but the import thing is the puzzles are very well designed. This is easily the best Zach-like I've ever played that wasn't actually made by Zachtronics. I highly recommend it if you like their other stuff. It's maybe a little short, and the puzzles don't really get quite hard enough, but otherwise it's great. Grade: 4/5

Two Zacklikes, an expansion for Project Wingman, and a JRPG I've been eyeing for a while.

Man same, I'd be all over that.