Recent reviews by BoomstickAlex

While not usually a fan of these "derpy" physics games, Human: Fall Flat transends the genre into an amazing co-op experience that suprises and delights. Equal parts funny and challenging, this makes a great couch co-op game but be warned... if your trying to play this with 2 controllers and 1 person plays invert, it will force invert on both. Had to do a awkward 1 keyboard, 1 controller set up in order to play properly from the couch.

If you put Ori and the Blind Forest and Salt and Sanctuary into a blender… Hollow Knight would emerge in a chunky grey goo of awesome.

Hollow Knight is one of the best metroidvania style games in the past decade. A much longer game than you probably expect with tons of secrets, bosses, and worthwhile collectables. The art style is awe inspiring and the tight controls and combat, keep you coming back for more.

Highest of recommendations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifrgTuhSBg8

The End is Nigh: A Brutal Metaphor of Life and Death… and Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP9aXmf8Yuw

Lo Wang must shoot, loot, and dissect everything in site as he battles his way through Shadow Warrior 2's adventure of innuendos and katanas. Watch the whole review here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okk_C_uBQkU&index=3&list=PLkWo_cgaAOB80SHcDpCWBPgeAjfdroE8r

In this video I review the indie gem, MONOLITH by Team D-13. The rogue-lite scene has a new contender in town that takes the genre to new heights with spot on bullet hell game play and a killer soundtrack... and remember... shop smart, shop S mart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD_oSvU3aWc

Earl’s Access Burgers:

I’m hungry… I drive by a new burger joint that just opened up and decided to give it a try. “Hi Earl!” I proclaim, “I enjoyed a burger at your dad’s old place, Jeff’s Done Burgers, and I was looking into purchasing a delicious burger from you today! Just give me that delicious hamburger whenever you can Earl, no rush” Earl takes my order and I pay him the $14.99 up front for my soon to be burger. Earl promptly supplies me with a plate with two buns and lettuce and pleads that he just needs a little more time… I wait patiently.

Time passes… boredom onsets… and Earl finally emerges from the back with a strange cocky grin on his face. He has two new plates with him this time that have onion and cheese on one and tomato and pickle on the other. I say “Oh great Earl, we are about ready for my burger huh?,” Earl replies “ Well actually, I took a break from cooking the burger and prepared these delicious additions to go along with your burger.”I admit, it feels slightly odd that Earl stopped working on the burger to work on these sides to go on the burger, I accept anyways. I reach out to grab these items from the plate as Earl’s hand swiftly smacks my hand away in a pompous anger as he explains… ” Sorry sir, both of these additions to your burger will be another $6.99 each.” I argue with Earl that I have already paid for the idea of a completed burger in advance, how can you say these are supplementary items when I have not yet received what I paid for to begin with?
Earl retreats to the back with both plates in hand as I sit confused and with a feeling of being taken advantage of. I stare out the window, it begins to rain… minutes turn into hours….the storm clears… how long have I been waiting for this burger??

Earl explodes from the back, shouting and proclaiming that he has made the ultimate burger and proceeds to put up posters all over the store to show off his burger making skills. He then stops at my table, takes my plate with the bun and lettuce and throws it in the trash. With a giant grin he then says “I have made the ultimate burger it is delicious! I am so generous that I will provide you this burger, free of charge!” Earl then sets down a plate with only the burger patty on it. I look up at him in bewilderment… “What is this Earl?” Earl then explains his new business model for his store “FREE BURGER PATTIES FOR ALL! You can then buy separately every side item that you want to go with your burger and not pay for the sides you don’t want!”

Earl swats away my hand again as I reach out for the side items to complete my burger… “Sorry sir but with this new business model, you will need to individually pay for every side.” I argue with Earl that I have already paid for a completed burger and not only did he not deliver what he promised, but what I already paid for and am rightfully due.
We argue and yell… I ask Earl “You know what, forget it! I would just like my money back Earl!” Earl replies “Sorry sir, you have waited too long in this store to qualify for a refund.” I now have exceeded my patience and at this moment I don’t even give a s^%t about this burger anymore and I storm off to my car and leave for home… hungry, disappointed and angry.

On the way to work on the following day, I drive by Earl’s Access Burgers and to my surprise, it has gone up in flames over night. Greatly no one was injured in the blaze of beef and wood. The discount shoe store and Hispanic bakery now look lonely with no establishment between them. After the initial shock of the building I just spent so much time in being completely gone, a strange smirk appears across my lips and a flutter of joy washes over me. I realize that the restaurant industry as a whole will not miss Earl’s Access Burgers and with its demise, be all the better for it.

Leave this industry Earl… you are a greedy pestilence and you set the entire industry back with your actions.

Huge souls fan, let's get this outta the way...
The game is a 10/10 but...

The franchise is starting to show just the smallest amount possible of franchise fatigue. I much prefer Bloodborne over DS III and really, really wish that they would of released DS III BEFORE they went to Bloodborne. It felt like a small step backward for the franchise.

Again.. you only compare a Hattori Hanzo sword to every other sword ever made, not another Hattori Hanzo sword, so.. this game is still better then 99.9 percent of all other games ever made and is still a 10/10. The game should not be marked down for any reason mentioned above but the points are still valid for a veteran souls fan.

It's 2016 and DOOM is amazing again!
This game is a light at the end of the tunnel for gaming right now. If Wolfenstein and Doom can be awesome again and we have a Quake and Unreal Tournament in development, video games are going to be just fine (even with the state of DLC, early access, unfinsihed games, broken games, mobile games) yes,I say it again... Doom is the light at the end of the tunnel for video games right now. It came out with no hype, no fanfare, no early reviews, and came out amazing. MORE OF THAT IN THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY PLEASE!

OVERVIEW: This review comes from a huge fan of Worms Armageddon and for over a decade I keep buying these damn games thinking they are going to nail it. This game was a step in the right direction but a few key changes just leave me bored very quickly and wonder what the Devs were thinking on the new systems that were added.

GRIPE : The options to create interesting game modes is the most lacking from any Worms entry. It is very basic with just a few toggles of what weapons to have on and such. I really enjoyed the SHOPPER game type in Armageddon and it is not possible to accurately create.

GRIPE : They have added buildings interiors and it breaks the game for me. You cannot see any worms in these building interiors unless you have a worm in them yourself. So you never really know what’s going on during a online match. You might think it’s down to 1v1 and your playing your heart out to beat this guy, you beat him down with you only a inch away from death…. And then you realize he had another worm that never moved the whole game that was just hiding in a building interior….and you lose. Dumb, just a very very very dumb addition to the series.

PRO : The art style, gameplay, and performance of this Worms game is the best it has been in about a decade.

GRIPE : The crafting system added is another failed implementation. You can deconstruct and build things once every turn… no not just YOUR turn, EVERY TURN OF THE GAME. This leads to a online match of 6 people who are more focused on doing their crafting panel in hopes to build a Armageddon, then actually focusing on the epic grenade toss you just did. I finished entire matches online where I was zero invested because I was just trying to figure out what crap I could craft and deconstruct instead of focusing on the game.

GRIPE : Vehicles… I don’t even feel like going into it but no, no they are not fun and yes, they will get you killed faster than if you just avoid them all together.

PRO : Roping finally feels right again and you can pull off some sweet moves with it. Also the sheep on a rope is an awesome new weapon.

FINAL: Just save your money, this is not the Worms from your nostalgic memory. You will realize around hour 3 that you have no desire to play anymore and then will be bummed that you just crossed the steam refund threshold and are now stuck with this game.
6/10

OVERVIEW - If you ever considered Monster Hunter to be the slightest bit repetative, this game is 5x as repetative as Monster Hunter. When I hit the 15 hour mark I have seen only 3 standard enemies, and 5 bosses.
How does one fill 15 hours of gameplay with 8 enemy types? Yes, you just kill the same enemies over and over and over.

COMBAT - After coming off of 60 hours of Monster Hunter Generations, the combat in this actually did feel refeshing and fast...BUT, I hit a point where I just all of a sudden got very, very bored of it. (I used every weapon multiple times to find the most interesting to me) The combat is flashy and fast but does not have the lasting power of Monster Hunters more deliberate, weighty, and ultimatly more rewarding combat.

CO-OP - DO NOT GET THIS IF YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS THAT WILL PLAY THE STORY 1:1 ALONG WITH YOU. If you play with randoms you will never happen to all be at the same story point and will have to wait around as the other person watches cut scenes that happen often. You also can not do certain missions with other players in the lobby. To cap it all off, you can not search for members as you play, you have to sit in a lobby, wait for someone to join and then play a little mind game of if you should just go with 1 other person, risk waiting for more at the expense of the other player leaving, or just getting with someone that is so high level that they just break the game for you and kill everything easy.

GRAPHICS - This was a PSP game that was remastered so do not expect much.. actually expect less then that. It is incredibly ugly (although runs well from a port perspective) and the environments might be the most baren I have seen in alomst 25 years of gaming.

FINAL - Only buy this game if...
A. The price drops to around $10
B. You have a bored partner that wants to play a mindless co-op game together
C. Just can't afford a 3ds/2ds where you can't play the far supurior Monster Hunter Gen / 4

Disclaimer: This is a monster hunter "clone" and although I am not a huge fan of the genre, this needs to be criticed according to the other games in this style. This might be the best MH "clone" on Steam but this is not even close to the best representation of this style of game.

Score: 5/10