Critiques, Hidden Gems, and Bad Puns--Oh My!

Welcome, I go by the alias The Waltzy Cynic or simply Flighty. This is a group simply to make my review showcase more appealing at a glance with a curator system in case people want to follow my recommendations but not add me on a friend's list to stay in touch.

I mainly create reviews as a hobby and as warm-up work for writing. My favorite genres include CRPGs, "role-playing" RPGs, tactical focused games ranging from XCOM, Rainbow Six 3 to Final Fantasy Tactics games, puzzle-games, FPSs, platformers and perhaps dozens of more with an outlier or two games from genres I despise. My tastes remain open to try new things with a level-head in genres I'm unfamiliar with as well as games that go different paths.

As a result of the many types of games I adore, I don't view myself as a hardcore gamer in any one type of game, rather an ethusisast who likes a good challenge or experience.

The aim of my reviews is always finding something worthwhile to talk about in a review of a game either beloved by many or shuffled around the Steam store unseen. If my showcase should serve anything practical, you should be able to find at least one game you probably never heard of that you wished someone would have told you about it when it first came out.

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RE3

26 November, 2021 - Flighty | 0 Comments

Doesn't even come close to RE2 Remake in regards to level design and replay value. Actual amount of detail in each area is excellent which really helps to immerse you in every new environment you enter, but this is contrasted by the levels themselves being short and more linear in general. This hits you immediately in the first zone as you find yourself in the city streets. Every enterable building that you are excited to explore consists of only one room and once you find the lockpick you are excited to get in in to these new buildings only to find its more of the same, one room with a couple resources. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Resource management is almost non-existent even on hardcore which is what my first run was on. I never found myself planning what i could afford to take and when i felt it necessary to back track and collect old resources i had left behind, definitely not the the extent i did in RE2, another side-effect of the levels being more linear. Due to this linear approach my final playtime was 5.5 hours on hardcore all areas explored fully and while i enjoyed the game, overall it left me disappointed wanting so much more. At full RRP it can't be suggested. The game is a $30 title at best.