No Place for Bravery is a story-driven action RPG heavily inspired by Souls-like titles. From developers Glitch Factory and published by Ysbryd Games, the game will test how far a parent is willing to go to save their children. Despite its technical issues and bland pixel art style, No Place for...
While some debate whether or not Naughty Dog’s beautiful tragedy needed to be remade, The Last of Us Part One is here. Naughty Dog managed to enrich the dark, cinematic narrative with visual and audio upgrades. Additionally, they smoothed out the third-person, action-adventure gameplay. However,...
Soul Hackers 2 is a turn-based JRPG developed by Atlus. I must come clean, I have never played a Persona game, Shin Megami Tensei, or even the predecessor to this game, Soul Hackers. This being my first game by Atlus, I have to say it was a very excellent first impression. From its cinematic...
Through an indefinite delay, and multiple criticisms of previous installments Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires was eventually released. The game received a mixed reception from critics. Despite being enjoyable, Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires was a lukewarm experience.
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Video games have often been painted by mainstream media as being a breeding field of drugs, weapons, and violence. The pearl-clutching of the late 1990s over the influence of video games on children and teenagers is something we still see to this very day. Games like DOOM, GTA, Call of Duty, and...
Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent is a turn-based JRPG developed by Square Enix. When an already existing game gets a mobile spin-off, there is a collective sigh of disappointment. Rightfully so, recent examples like Diablo Immortal show that there can be a well-made game ruined by...
Live A Live is a turn-based JRPG developed by Square Enix. This game is a remake of the original bearing the same title from 1994. Not only was it remade in the stunning "2D-HD" art style, similar to Octopath Traveler, and Triangle Strategy. It also freed the game from being exclusive to...
Game types and genres allow us to classify and pigeonhole the barrage of games released on a weekly basis. Game types like Shump, Metroidvania, Sim, and Strategy are defined by over 30 years worth of games. Through heuristics, the gaming community has come to use these abbreviated descriptions to...
Stray is a third-person, exploration-based adventure game developed by BlueTwelve Studio for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC. It tells the story of a cat separated from its pack after falling into a walled city inhabited by robots. As the cat, you traverse the city to uncover its mysteries...
Bright Memory: Infinite is a sci-fi action first-person shooter developed by FYQD Studio. This game is the direct follow-up to Bright Memory from 2019. An incomprehensible game I found to be very fun. With excellent first-person shooter gameplay mixed in with hack and slash melee combat that felt...
