Heather Alexandra's discussions

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Here is a piece on how Far Cry 5's clean presentation undercuts the narrative goals, and how the series needs to let things break again.

Here is an analysis of Black Ops 3's “Demon Within” level and how, dispite the use of metatextual elements, the game never quit reconciles its place within a zombie’d franchise.

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I have some pretty big ontological questions about framerates and patches. Read more

I’m generally of the opinion that remasters should do their best to not change mechanics. Read more

Didn’t really need to, at least last night. It caught up today during our livestream earlier to the point that I summoned Iron Tarkus so I didn’t need to chip damage the Golem to death. TARRRRKUSSSS! Read more

Maybe? It’s not brought me too much out of the experience although I’m definitely sympathetic to your concern. It’s possible that it could affect things for me later on, but for now I feel like the tone and mood are largely intact. Read more

I don’t think that the mood or world has particularly changed much, although I definitely have thoughts about Blighttown.
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I mean, my position is always going to be that a remaster should retain as many of the flaws as the original. Yeah, you can just circle a Black Knight or whatever to get backstabs but that’s also part of the original, y’know? Read more

Ninja Theory’s got level design down really well. I have some issues with Hellbade and how it handles mental illness but I will say that I found its use of space very imaginative. Once I got the grappling hooks here, I knew I was in for a treat. Read more

“You don’t look a day over twelve thousand” makes me laugh every time. The delivery is perfect. Read more

I don’t really think so. I think keeping them around is enough to imply some type of worth or legitimacy that I really think is there. Read more

No, because I’d rather Metacritic (and by extension all review scores) not exist at all. Read more

For sure. Decisions happen within a spectrum of conditions that make certain data useful for certain people. I get that.

But broadly, I think gamers put an undue worth in statistics to the point that it actively affects our ability to really talk about games. Read more

I’m being a bit tongue in cheek there. I play with friends often but I solo sail too and I think you can moooostly do fine that way. Read more

I’m definitely into some of those tweaks and might write about one really good one tomorrow. (Goodbye holograms in collections!)

For what it’s worth, while I think fans are justifiably worried about the Han Solo season I do think the game’s been making a lot of positive progress. I just wonder if it will be able to… Read more

It’s worth noting that Riley was a prison chaplin with the Jesuits. Read more

Ominous! Read more

Nah, it’s still a good game. Definitely rushed but as things progress, I can see it really turning a corner. Read more

I think it’ll be rad a bit later on as well, when we finally have some kind of three person ship. Running something like that with only two people seems rad. Read more