#videogames
#videogames
By: RJ (@rga_02)
I have a high tolerance for mediocre games. For longtime readers of clickbliss, that is pretty evident. But from time to time there are some games that I don’t even have words for. Games that even I can’t find anything to enjoy - even through an ironic point of view.
By: RJ (@rga_02)
It is always wonderful to see a rhythm game dive into music genres that aren’t well represented. They are quite rare, but they are out there. A recent example would be Pianista: The Legendary Virtuoso where it represents classical music in a sea populated by the likes of vocaloid, J-POP, touhou remixes and eurobeat. Then there is MUSYNX. While it does fall into some of the aforementioned genres such as vocaloid, it heavily features Chinese - Mandarin vocals that aren’t traditionally featured in rhythm games.
By: RJ (@rga_02)
If you are tired of playing the 7th iteration of U.S.A by DA PUMP and feel like you should be a bit more “cultured,” or “enlightened,” well there is a game for you. Superb’s Pianista: The Legendary Virtuoso will get you on track into classical enlightenment via your Nintendo Switch.
By: RJ (@rga_02)
It would be hard to mess up a game such as Bayonetta unless your name is the PlayStation 3. Plagued with frame-rate drops and longer loading times than a scratched PlayStation 2 disc, it was truly a botched release.
Ten years late, the Bayonetta name once again graces the PlayStation gaming landscape, but does it live up to the caliber set by its other platform release?
By: RJ (@rga_02)
2019 was a good year for rhythm games. Sound Voltex saw its fifth iteration released, Groove Coaster made its way to the Nintendo Switch and lastly, DJMAX made a return to the PC.
I could make a pun about how Neowiz deserves some respect for porting over DJMAX Respect over to the PC, but that would just be lame. The word respect can’t be thrown around in a meaningless fashion. To achieve that title, you need to earn it as they would say.
But enough from taking quotes from a fortune cookie, how does DJMAX Respect V fare?
By: RJ (@rga_02)
There is a mundane routine with every video game review. You read through all the PR fluff that is sent to your inbox, try to ignore all the hype and discourse found on social media, and try your best to plow through the game as objectively as you can.
I did none of that.
By: RJ (@rga_02)
If you gave me the option to either win at a crane game or abandon everything in life and move to some island in the Pacific, I’d chose the latter. I’m not only awful at crane games, but I hate them with a burning desire.
So you could only imagine how I felt like when I encountered one in Yakuza Kiwami.
By: RJ (@rga_02)
There is that old movie cliche where your typical Americana small town is littered with dirty secrets, that are masked by beautiful scenery. Rainswept brings that tried and true trope into the gaming medium. But does it go beyond the Scooby Doo level of engagement?