Ask anyone who’s played a ton of videogames what one of the worst kinds of levels are and most will probably respond with underwater segments. For whatever reason, few games manage to make the act of swimming enjoyable. Whether its awkward controls, poor level design, or some combination thereof, they seldom turn out well. Abzu…
Telltale’s newest adventure season takes on a pretty big comic book franchise, even bigger than The Walking Dead. This time, they’re donning the cape and cowl of one of DC Comic’s biggest heroes. While the idea of having a Batman game within the confines of Telltale’s established adventure game mold might seem weird at first, considering how action-oriented…
Virtual reality is finally starting to become a reality. It’s been a dream since gaming began to step into these worlds for ourselves and get our hands dirty slaying some Octoroks, or shooting some aliens. A distant one until Oculus came onto the scene, followed by many competitors like the Vive. However, the price point…
With E3 being the big show that it is, it still manages to hold many surprises, if you look out for them. In my case, most of these usually come from a visit to the Los Angeles Convention Center’s Concourse Hall, where smaller developers show their wares and aren’t as in-your-face as the booths in the other two…
With the Dark Souls series having come to an end, plenty of developers are looking to fill that void. We’ve already seen a couple of Souls-likes this year, with DarkMaus and Salt and Sanctuary delivering top-down and side-scroller takes on From Software’s flagship franchise, but they’re hardly the last we’ll see in 2016. I saw…
Tekken has been around for a while now. If you consider it was one of the PlayStation’s first games ever, one could parry the success of both products throughout the years. Everyone that owned a PlayStation probably played Tekken at some point or another, mainly because it was by far the best fighting games out in…
Last time I saw Manifold Garden it went under the name Relativity. The game hasn’t changed much since then. The demo this year showed same level from last year, only more fleshed out. I didn’t mind, though. I’ll take any chance I get to poke around in its stunning world. Manifold Garden is a puzzle…
The original Outlast was one of the most disturbing games I have ever played. It wasn’t just because of its subject matter and how it was mostly set in the dark, but due to just how well all of its horror elements played together and scared the hell out of me all throughout my time playing it. Or…
E3 isn’t usually a good place to show off slow, quiet games since the loud noise and bright lights of the show floor are hard to tune out. That doesn’t stop anyone from trying, of course, nor the demos from succeeding. Deliver Us The Moon from Keoken Interactive was one of those demos. It’s a…
It should be no secret to anyone that adventure games have played a significant part in my gaming career. Although I’ve had my up and downs with the genre, I could always count on European developers for their unique takes, such as Microids’ Syberia series. Even though it’s been well over ten years since I’ve played Syberia…
