For Honor is a rare breed of game. For one, it manages to be incredibly intense without a single gunshot being fired. That’s not to say it saves anyone any slack by avoiding violence; quite the opposite: it makes its home in the chaos of battlefield, no holds barred. For as much as anyone could…
Hollow Knight embodies the sort of excitement and mystery I’ve always wanted out of metroidvania-style games
Just on its aesthetic alone, Desync had me hooked. It drops you into its neon-cyberspace with nary a clue as to where you are or what your purpose here is. Static and interlace effects dance across the screen as you make your way through the hub, grungy synth scoring the scene. It’s a very striking…
The Resident Evil franchise has seen its share of ups and downs over the years, ever since its inception in 1997. What started out as one heck of a scary game — at least for the mind of a then twelve-year-old me — eventually turned into shooters, and the overall quality saw a big dip…
It’s really hard to approach Nioh without talking about From Software’s Souls franchise’s influence on modern videogame design. Nowadays, practically every game to come out with action RPG elements is invariably compared to Souls. While From Software’s groundbreaking work is undeniable, it’s worth pulling the break and look at games for their own merits. Nioh…
