A strong story and characters can often enhance an overall video game experience. Even if the gameplay might not be stellar or memorable, occasionally the narrative aspects can make up for those particular shortcomings. That’s more or less how I felt during my time playing The Game Baker’s romance RPG Haven. The characters are brimming
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EON Gaming’s Super 64 device is one of the cooler products we have reviewed in the last year or so that involves retro gaming. With only a few easy steps, it allows you to get a new lease on life with the Nintendo 64 that you might still have sitting around your home collecting dust.
Immortals Fenyx Rising, formerly known as Gods and Monsters, is the third title that Ubisoft has released within the launch window of the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X. Following both Watch Dogs Legion and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Immortals Fenyx Rising tells the tale of Fenyx, a plucky underdog tasked with saving the world. Set on
Empire of Sin is the latest game from the team at Romero Games. And yes, half of the Romeros heading the studio is comprised of John Romero. You might know him as one of the guys behind games like Doom and Quake. However, Empire of Sin is nothing like his older work. Instead, it melds
I want to make this clear right off the bat: I really liked The Last of Us Part II. I recognize how divided a lot of fans are about it. Still, I think regardless of whether you liked the game or not, you’ll be able to agree with me when I say that I think
When it was announced back in September, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity was the Breath of the Wild prequel that nobody knew they wanted but suddenly everybody needed. The game (kind of) takes place 100 years before the events of The Great Calamity and sees Link, Zelda, Impa, and their companions fighting for the future
The Kingdom Hearts franchise is famous for its fantastic music and narrative — if you’re willing to devote yourself to it. While Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory has very little new in terms of story for returning fans, it is a perfect nostalgia trip–sending you back to most of the whimsical worlds that veterans of the series experienced
As the lifespan of the Xbox One and PS4 continued to age, it seemed to me like the NBA 2K series continued to decline year after year. Each time, the next iteration would make some minimal adjustments to the gameplay, introduce a new story to my career mode, and shoehorn in ads and microtransactions to
Multiple Japanese and Asia players are angry at Ubisoft for the blood and gore censorship of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Review). This kind of censorship in games with realistic graphics is a common occurrence in Japan. One popular example is Biohazard, the Resident Evil series. Indeed, for the
The video game industry has already gone through eight console generations since it began. Through all these generations, there have been games that haven’t lost their magic, no matter how many years or decades have passed since their launch. It’s a common tradition in the video game industry to remake the world’s most brilliant titles
Since I got my PlayStation 3 in 2010, the LittleBigPlanet series has always meant something to me. It was one of the first PS3 games I played and I loved how creative the series was. What I think has made LittleBigPlanet and its spinoffs stand out to me personally is that it has always reminded
Flight combat simulators have gotten some rather unique takes over the years, including anthropomorphized animals piloting fighters in space and riders piloting dragons in a traditional fantasy world. The Falconeer puts another interesting twist on the genre, with pilots riding on giant falcons outfitted with powerful weaponry as they fight pirates and complete a wide
When I started playing through Marvel’s Spider-Man in 2018, I pretty much spent the first hour or two of the game almost entirely swinging through New York City. As a New Yorker now for five years, Insomniac’s recreation of New York City was by far one of the best interpretations of the city that I’ve
Whether you enjoy the show or not, The Game Awards has essentially become the games industry’s equivalent of the Oscars, Grammys, or Emmys. Even though every other publication around the globe (including us here at DualShockers) ends up handing out annualized “Best Of” awards of their own, Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards is the showcase
It goes without saying that Nintendo has always done its own thing. Perhaps nothing is more evident of this in recent memory than the legendary video game makers opting to release a novelty collectible with the new Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. handheld in the same week as the launch of Sony and Microsoft’s
Editor’s Note: This review is not yet finalized and will be changing in the near future. What you can find below is our thoughts on mostly the campaign of Call of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War. Our extended thoughts on multiplayer and Zombies will be coming soon. If it’s November of any given year, that
I used to really detest Miles Morales. It wasn’t because of anything that I disliked about his character; I was just bitter that writer Brian Michael Bendis chose to end my favorite comic book run of all-time (Ultimate Spider-Man) before I felt like it needed to wrap up, only to then reboot it with Miles
One thing about getting COVID-19 that people don’t often talk about (for understandable reasons, there’s a lot more newsworthy stuff about it happening at any given moment) is how it affects your mind. For about ten days, I’ve been listless; lacking in any kind of energy and totally without the ability to focus or care
If you have come to know anything about my gaming tastes whatsoever over the past decade or so, you probably know that I’m a huge fan of the No More Heroes franchise. The series, which stars the charismatic Travis Touchdown, first debuted on the Wii in North America back in 2008 and was one of the
Don’t let the title confuse you; Bright Memory isn’t the game we saw at Microsoft’s first showcase for Xbox Series X games. Sure, it’s the same franchise and developer, yes, the gameplay looks comparable, and the names are absolutely confusing, but there wasn’t a single moment of gameplay in Bright Memory‘s stunted hour-ish runtime that came remotely
It was almost inevitable that Pikmin 3 was going to one day make its way to the Switch. Nintendo has made it blatantly apparent that it doesn’t mind porting over an overwhelming amount of Wii U titles to the console so that they can pad out the Switch’s library. Not only is Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Here’s the deal, dear reader; I can save you some time with this Spelunky 2 review. Sure, below you’ll find what is undoubtedly insightful and hilarious commentary on why this game is so great. However, I understand we live in a busy world. Maybe you just don’t have time for my shenanigans. So, there’s really
Video games are often far too defined by their ability to tell stories like a movie or TV show would. Games like Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us Part II are wonderful games in their own right, but they perpetuate the idea that cinematic storytelling is the end-all and be-all of interactive storytelling.
As much as I love so many things about Star Wars–its universe, characters, and story–one of the most memorable elements of the series to me has always been its space battles and ships. Take it from someone that spent countless time building a Y-Wing (my personal favorite ship) out of LEGO and playing with X-Wing and
Watch Dogs Legion is a game that offers near-infinite possibilities. Players can utilize advanced technology that lets you hack into nearly any terminal, phone, surveillance and security system, computer, AI system, vehicle, or other tech devices that you may find. You also have an entire city full of people who can be recruited and made
Where to start with FIFA 21? Last year I gave the game a 7.5 and then a few months later wanted to drop that grade by three or four points. This was largely because of various title updates EA made to the game really screwed up the gameplay and changes to Ultimate Team in the
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit remains one of the high watermarks for the long-running series. It was Criterion Games’ first game since releasing the wildly successful Burnout Paradise and the studio’s first go at the Need for Speed property. Hot Pursuit built on that successful foundation while also taking the series back its roots. Well,
No matter who you wanted to be yesterday’s newest character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the one we got probably wasn’t what you were expecting. He’s been called a “meme pick” through the years, a character that everyone always joked about adding to Smash alongside Master Chief, Sora, Goku and the L-shaped block from Tetris. But now Minecraft‘s Steve, along with a
Genshin Impact by miHoYo is finally available worldwide on PC, PS4, iOS, and Android. A Switch version is also in development. Set in the fantasy world of Teyvat, Genshin Impact mixes an action battle system using elemental affinities, with open world RPG and gacha mechanics. Many eagerly awaited the release date of Genshin, seeing only
It’s a rare day at DualShockers when a large portion of our staff is able to get together and play a game together, but with the rise in popularity of Among Us over the past month, we knew we needed to set some time aside and give the asymmetrical multiplayer title a shot for ourselves. In
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