For the thirty or so years since its inception, Dragon Ball fans have had to endure countless less than optimal games based on the beloved Akira Toriyama franchise. From the Famicom era ’til today, there hasn’t been a game that could universally be lauded for being great; sure, some have managed to do justice to…
At the brink of E3 2017 closing down for good, we had the chance to sit down for a chat with the producers of the new Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age at Square Enix’s booth. Based on Final Fantasy XII: International Zodiac Job System, an improved Japan-only rerelease of Final Fantasy XII from 2007,…
Diablo 3’s receiving new content next week, on the 27th. Priced at $15, ‘Rise of the Necromancer’ is set to bring one of Diablo 2’s fan favorite classes into the current game on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. It includes an assortment of bonuses like a new non-combat pet, more bank tabs for PC owners of…
E3 2017 proper started pretty darn well for me. Soon after the doors opened at the Los Angeles Convention Center and the crowd outside started to flood south hall, I touched down at Warner Bros’ booth to check out the sequel to one of my favorite releases of the past few years, Middle-Earth: Shadow of…
Honestly, I didn’t have any expectations when I took an appointment to see The Surge at E3 last year. Given that Deck 13’s last game, Lords of the Fallen, didn’t really sit well with me, there was little reason that yet another Souls-like game, this time set in a sci-fi world, would garner any attention….
Bokida’s vast, beautiful world is an absolute joy to explore.
At war, a sniper’s job is never truly over, and in case of Sniper Elite’s Karl Fairburne, taking out Nazis is the least of his troubles. After clearing the African front by teeth and bullet in Sniper Elite 3, the fourth entry in Rebellion’s venerable groin shooting franchise sees him heading down to the beautiful…
Games have tried to play with fourth wall breaking ever since their inception, and for better or for worse, designers have continuously attempted to inject interactivity between characters and players with varies degrees of success over the years. While it would be a disservice to creators Ron Gilbert and Gary Winick to say that their…
Scanner Sombre is a unique experiment, but it could have done with more meat on its bones in order to turn it into a more rounded experience.
The underlying concept of Flat Kingdom’s gameplay is really neat: you control a character that can’t directly attack enemies, but by changing shapes, it can counter their attacks and defeat them. Unfortunately, due to bad hit detection, confusing art design and unbalanced difficulty, Flat Kingdom never quite takes off. Set in a two dimensional world that’s…
