By Nelson Schneider - 06/02/24 at 02:07 PM CT
Welcome back to another installment of the MeltedJoystick Review Round-Up. Here’s what our staff has reviewed since last time:
Nelson’s Reviews:
My Spring quarter started off fairly strong with 4 reviews of big games. But then I got engrossed in the gamified activities of “Get Rid of All My Late Parents’ Junk” and “Redecorating,” and really dropped off toward the end of the quarter. I even bought a bunch of new releases, expecting to get engaged and invigorated by the new hotness, but my first taste of “Eiyuden Chronicle” was so bland and uninteresting that I would literally rather clean and play Dailies in “Warframe” than actively play new releases. Maybe if I can get the cleaning and redecorating done this Summer, I can pick up more gaming to reward myself.
“Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag” – 2.5/5
“Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince” – 4/5
“No Man’s Sky” – 4/5
“Pikmin 4” – 4/5
Chris’ Reviews:
Wow, for the first time ever, Chris actually submitted more reviews than I did! Now if only we could find time to run through the last couple areas in “It Takes Two.”
“Honkai: Star Rail” – 3.5/5
“The Vagrant” – 4/5
“Sunset Overdrive” – 4/5
“A Hat in Time” – 3.5/5
“Persona 5 Royal” – 4.5/5
Nick’s Reviews Nothing:
Nick got started on his Backlog Ablutions, and discovered that I wasn’t just blowing smoke when I gave “Ori and the Blind Forest” a middling review and declared it to be “not fun.” He hasn’t started on the other two games he’s supposed to play this year, yet… but he did put in the effort to get 100% achievements on “Destiny 2” before surfing away on the tide of rats fleeing that sinking ship.
Featured User Review:
Due to an unknown technical glitch Matt’s review of “Dragon Quest 11” didn’t populate into the recent reviews list last quarter, so I’m giving his write-up the featured slot this quarter. Because I can.
