Review: Deep Beyond is a beautiful bitesize experience, but the story is all on the surface
While Deep Beyond is gorgeous to look at, the story it tells is slight and superficial.
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Hollow Knight understands the value of discovery
Hollow Knight embodies the sort of excitement and mystery I’ve always wanted out of metroidvania-style games
The Last Door Review
It is a fact not often acknowledged, but H.P. Lovecraft was a truly terrible writer. Not only did he exhibit a poor stylistic form of writing, with sentences as long as half a page, barely any dialogue and using ten words where one would suffice, but his writing can be viewed today as incredibly racist….
Review: Playing it real dumb with Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is a brainless character action game that somewhat retells the events of the original Final Fantasy in a fashion that’s very Team Ninja, read: really silly.
Enter the Gungeon Review – Biting the bullet
There’s a degree of familiarity anyone who’s remotely interested in top-down shooters will feel when playing Enter the Gungeon. After all, at first glance, it’s strikingly similar to many, many games that came before it. Just as its brethren, it’s hard and merciless, teaching you its ways by throwing you back to the beginning every…
E3 2015 – Dark Souls 3 is a culmination of all things Souls
Between having Dark Souls 2, Bloodborne, and Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin all come out in the past year, it feels awfully soon for another Souls game. And yet, here we are. Dark Souls 3 exists, for better or worse, and it’ll be out early next year. Going into our appointment, I was…
Get ready to toss out your clean white sheets, Bloodstained will turn them a blood soaked crimson
While it may not compose its own symphony, Bloodstained sings a beautiful, haunting melody that’s both captivating and enchanting in its own right.
To die again anew in Outward
For players that have the patience, Outward rewards you with a truly old-school RPG experience the likes of which we haven’t seen for years.
Galak-Z Review: Strapped in for the long haul
There’s a sense of profound satisfaction when you make it through one of Galak-Z‘s mission. It’s not only because they are difficult and thrilling to play, but also because everything is on the line all the time. One death means complete and utter failure in Galak-Z, and unlike any game I might have happened to…
The Walking Dead Final Season’s fourth episode closes things out on an uplifting note
The Walking Dead: The Final Season marks the end of a journey in many aspects. For its characters, it manages to feel uplifting, although clichéd, and for the studio that brought it up, it bookends its rocky existence with a high mark.