Bone Robot Games

I'm making this an entry into the Revisited Series, with a caveat:  I never played Resident Evil upon it's initial release. It's my first experience with the original game, albeit the GameCube remake version -  being played via Xbox Series S.   My first Resident Evil game was Resident Evil 5, and my most recent one being Resident Evil: Biohazard.  (*Addendum - After playing this Resident Evil 1 remake in 2021, I have since played the Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes as well)   Resident Evil 5 was an action packed romp with little substance overall  that ended in a volcano. Biohazard is more in touch with the original,  but couldn't resist adding long, tedious action sequences.  The Resident  Evil remaster maintains its allure almost 20 years later. My  initial impression with this game was pure joy, and it stuck with me throughout. It's got a sort-of campy, B-Movie feel to it, but it pulls it off extraordinarily. It takes its...

After playing the Dragon Quest 3 HD2D remake, I enjoyed it so much that I decided to jump right into Dragon Quest 11.  Instead of doing a review for a single game, I am going to review them together and compare (and potentially even contrast) them. Warning, there will be major spoilers for both games. Something mundane and stodgy about Dragon Quest is that a lot of features, items, fan service, characters, references, and locations are recycled across games. There are needless and constant callbacks, at least in my experience for these two games.  Dragon Quest 11 is a prequel to Dragon Quest 3, which is a prequel to Dragon Quest 1 and 2, so these associations made sense and were direct references when they were first created.  I find it drab and insipid, and since I played Dragon Quest 3 HD2D before Dragon Quest 11, I was entirely sick of it by the end of the game. That ends up being the general motif of Dragon Quest 11, the fun doesn't last until the end. If I never...