I never got to experience Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game when it released back in 2010, but I was fully aware of its devout following. Many of you will remember the game was delisted back in 2014. Combine that with the lack of a physical version at the time and I was worried that
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Square Enix continues the retro-collection train with the Collection of SaGA Final Fantasy Legend on the Nintendo Switch. The SaGa collection brings together a series of decades-old games to give new players a look at the roots of the historic mobile franchise. After spending time completing this collection, I’m pleased to say that the experiences
Please don’t skip Unreal Life. At the time of my writing my review, Unreal Life has been on Steam since late November 2020. It has 98 user reviews, with a 97% positive rating; you can do the math on that. Developed by just one person, this is the kind of supremely niche indie game that
After I previewed Drawn to Life: Two Realms, I was excited to continue the calming, charming, and slightly nostalgic worlds that the game had to offer. In fact, I noted that if the game was able to keep up the methodical introduction of player freedom and puzzle elements I experienced in the first hour, it
If there’s one thing I love it’s giant robots punching each other. So when Override: Mech City Brawl was released in 2018, I was very excited to check it out. It ultimately proved to be a very fun, if a little bare, multiplayer brawler where mechs have fistfights in various stages. Now, developer Modus Studios
Thankfully 2020 is finally starting to wind down, which I think is something all of us are looking forward to heading into 2021. However, there’s still one quarter left to look back at the best games that have come out in the past few months with Game of the Year around the corner. So, once
As a long-time Android user, nothing and I mean nothing (not even blue text bubbles) has made me envy iOS users more than Apple Arcade. Subscription services like Game Pass and PS+ garner press on a level that it really can’t rival, especially since the ‘hardcore’ gaming audience tends to cast a wide stroke and
It hasn’t been that long since the release of Cyberpunk 2077, and I’ve already put a day, a full 24 hours of my life into it. I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface. However, what I’ve uncovered from that scratch is something that doesn’t match the game’s shiny coat. Underneath all the glitz and glam,
Nothing is more enjoyable than playing a game that you didn’t expect to be good enough to enter your personal “Best Games of the Year” list. Of course, on the other hand, nothing is harder than persuading other people into playing it. Especially when it’s an indie game with little marketing that’s fighting for attention
Temtem‘s initial reveal about a year ago followed a perfect storm of Game Freak, the Pokemon Company, and Nintendo angering Pokemon fans for a number of reasons. From overanalyzing tree textures to complaining about the exclusion of the National Pokedex in the latest entries in the series, fans were fed up. Temtem, a game that
I have a confession to make: as big of a Tetris fan as I am, I never owned the first Puyo Puyo Tetris. That’s not to say that I’ve never played it though; I never picked it up is because of how big its demo was. In fact, its demo was infamous in the early
As soon as I heard that a game was being made about George Orwell’s allegorical 1945 novel Animal Farm I thought it was an extremely bizarre idea. A novel about an animal society striving for autonomy as it descends into a communist dictatorship isn’t exactly begging for gamification. But now that I’ve gotten to play it,
Early on, I got a chance to preview Dontnod’s latest adventure game Twin Mirror. It certainly set my expectations pretty high for the final release. While I understood some of my issues with the puzzle-solving aspects during the preview most likely wouldn’t be fixed by release, I hoped the story would continue to capture my
Any franchise reaching a 25-year milestone is a big deal in the games industry. As of this year, we can add Team 17’s Worms series of popular tactical action games and its various spinoffs to that list with the release of Worms Rumble. While it’s more of a fast-paced battle royale experience than a traditional
For the first time since its release on the Famicom 30 years ago, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light has been localised in the West. The strategy-RPG was the introduction into the world of Fire Emblem and the birthplace of Marth, who is most notable for his appearance in Super Smash Bros.
When I first saw that Call of the Sea was going to be heavily inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft but wasn’t set to be a horror game, I was skeptical. To me, it seems like the appeal of Lovecraft’s work are the cosmic horror elements. That said, while I do think that Call
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
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
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
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
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
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
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