Saints Row: The Third – The Full Package is one of the most interesting Nintendo Switch ports to come yet for a variety of reasons. It’s a port of nearly an eight-year-old game, for one, with the Nintendo Switch being on par if not slightly better than the hardware it released on in 2011. It includes
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As blockbuster video games dominate the news cycle, sometimes indie games only catch eyes through positive word-of-mouth on social media. When scrolling through Twitter, Reddit, or even Tumblr, if that’s something people still go on, one may catch some wholesome GIFs of a game where the player has a bird friend. This is Falcon Age,
Some of my favorite indie games of the past decade are the original Gunman Clive and its sequel. They are very simple games, but they feature very tight and interesting level design and are fun to speedrun. Despite the fact that I can beat those titles in under 30 minutes without much effort now, I
In Duck Game, there is a dedicated button that allows the player to make their character quack. If that isn’t indicative enough of what this game is going for, perhaps everything else will be. Based on my prior knowledge of the previously-released versions of this multiplayer party game, I assumed that I would be in
Table Top Racing: World Tour – Nitro Edition brings racing to the table quite literally as players race past towering potted plants and giant cereal boxes. It has an aura of Micro Machines about it and features plenty of special race types and cars to unlock. However, for a game that launched originally on mobile,
I played the original Borderlands when I was fifteen years old. At the time, it was one of my favorite games ever, thanks to an identity and personality I had never seen before in games. The art, the writing, the humor; it was all new to me. I knew that the game was unique and one that
Puzzle games go hand-in-hand with portable devices. There’s something snappy about booting up a puzzle while waiting in a doctor’s office, passing the time during commercials, or simply taking a break. I often find myself wanting to dabble for a minute or two just to look up and see half an hour has flown by.
NeatherRealm Studios has been on a hot streak since 2011 when the developer rebooted its notoriously violent fighter with Mortal Kombat. Since then, the Chicago-based studio has released three other fighters – one of which is Mortal Kombat X, and the other two from the DC Comics fighting game series Injustice – all of which
Katana ZERO was not the game I was expecting. Sure, it’s a 2D action platformer. I knew I was going to get some great combat elements just based off of what I had seen online and from the little I played during my time at PAX South earlier this year. However, what hooked me wasn’t just
In a cultural landscape where people with short attention spans have too much media to consume, word of mouth and first impressions are more important than ever for independent art. For video games, catching eyes with a visual style in a news cycle where games are shown off seconds at a time in trailer montages
Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission is a bit of an anomaly compared to other Dragon Ball games on the market right now like Xenoverse 2 and FighterZ. Whereas those games are hands-on fighters, World Mission is a turn-based card game that still maintains the speed longtime fans of Dragon Ball expect from the series. While the game does suffer in some aspects due to the transition
Yoshi has had a mixed history as being the main protagonist. Although there were some games in the past – Yoshi’s Cookie and Yoshi’s Safari – the Yoshi game that inspired the look and feel of every Yoshi game after it is 1995’s Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island. Its cutesy look – in this
Earth Defense Force has always won its fanbase over by being one of the most self-aware games out there. It’s simplistic and straight to the point, but that’s all part of its charm. The series has been a ton of fun in the past, but if you read my review of Earth Defense Force 5 you know that
I remember the first time I played a Phoenix Wright game. It was back during a time where my local mall had both a GameStop and an EB Games. My pal Alex had been recommending this game where you play as a lawyer for quite some time. My parents had just reneged on letting me
Graphics aside, Three Fields Entertainment’s Dangerous Driving feels like a racing game straight out of 2005. From the UI to the focus on speed, thrills, and arcade-like action as opposed to realism, the game certainly elicits a feeling more akin to Project Gotham Racing and Burnout, which this game’s developers created at Criterion, as opposed to modern
Being let down by a game that’s nearly great can be more disappointing than playing a game that’s outright terrible. When the potential for a game that could be something great is there, one can’t help but think about what could have been. Unfortunately, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is one of these titles
The concept of being stuck in another world, but with Idols. This is the idea that The Caligula Effect: Overdose throws at you from the start, and uses it to tell a somewhat confusing story. With strong gameplay elements and interesting character designs, it’s an unbalanced title due to the lackluster environments and forgetful story
I have always been a huge fan of the city-building genre, mostly as a way to control people other than just my poor fiancé. Naturally, I gravitated towards the Tropico series when I saw Tropico 5 on sale on the PlayStation store a few years ago. Something about the graphic representation of a warm, island
When Generation Zero by Avalanche Studios first caught my eye, I knew I had to see what this game was about. Being a child of the 80s, it would be rude not to dip my toes in the water of a title that is crafted in the decade where I have so many cherished memories.
I’m hesitant to say there is an “entry level” market for mechanical keyboard. The industry and product is serious business–few people jump into mechanical keyboards as dedicated PC gamers, and they know exactly what they are looking for. Sure, there are $40 well-reviewed keyboards over on Amazon, but you are sacrificing both build quality and
The final episode of The Walking Dead: The Final Season, “Take Us Back,” carries with it a lot of weight, even more so than the usual season finales that we’ve come to expect from other episodic games, Telltale or otherwise. This final episode not only has to wrap up a season of narrative storytelling, but also
From just the first episode of Life is Strange 2 when it released last fall, there was a lot to unpack from the long-awaited next installment of the episodic series from Dontnod Entertainment. By taking place in a new area and following a new set of characters, the first episode (naturally) had to give players a
There is something about playing a loot shooter that has practical design sensibilities that are just refreshing. Especially, in my case, coming off Anthem, those feelings are increased tenfold, The Division 2 is a “games as a service” done right. Despite some bugs and one very frustrating mission, Ubisoft’s follow-up is a worthy sequel with a ton
Long gone are the days when the budget gamer could settle for low-cost, disposable headsets as their only option for chatting in multiplayer titles. By quickly checking Amazon for cheap gaming headsets you can find a range of products easily below $50 with RGB, noise canceling, and cross-console compatibility. But so many of these are
Razer peripherals are moving towards a rebrand, trying to capture more cost-conscious gamers that don’t want to make a sacrifice when it comes to their performance. And boy is that market there — I’ve previously scoured Amazon looking for the most cost-effective gaming mouse, and $25 options just don’t cut it on build quality. In steps
It’s hard to believe we’re basically eight years out from the 3DS’ western launch. I still remember getting it around launch day in middle school at GameStop alongside Pilotwings Resort and LEGO Star Wars III (the system didn’t have the best lineup of launch titles). Since then, the 3DS has quickly elevated itself to be
One Piece: World Seeker has so many solid ideas on paper that, if executed properly, should’ve made it one of the best-licensed anime games on the market right now. However, as you might’ve guessed, the game presents these ideas well enough but never fully executes them properly to make for an enjoyable, and more importantly, fun
Mystery is the heart of The Occupation, from both its larger goal of presenting a moral quandary for the player to navigate and discover, to the smaller portions of how to get past a locked door and discover more clues for various leads. Taking place in the late 1980s in a not too dissimilar version
Left Alive is a culmination of unoriginal ideas that never click together to create a cohesive gaming experience in 2019. Ultimately, it isn’t fun, and it’s certainly not good. On the surface, Left Alive appears to have some potential but upon hopping into the game’s first chapter, all hope seemingly washes away in an instant when you have
Coming eleven years since the last mainline installment in the series released, it’s not hard to overstate that a new, “proper” Devil May Cry game has been a long time coming. And before we get too thick into the rest of this review, let me just clear the air by saying that as much as it’s
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