Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire is a self-proclaimed love letter to Japanese RPGs of yesteryear, but issues with gameplay and lack of polish hold back an otherwise promising game.
It’s a funny thing to comment on repeated game design notions when it comes to reviewing games. Even more so when the same notion can be used to either compliment or criticize any particular game. I always feel like I’m repeating myself when I talk about how trial and error is used as a gameplay…
2019 continued the trend of recent years of being another awful year for the world generally, while being a good year all round for video games. This is likely to be the last year of the current console generation before the PS5 and Xbox Series X come out some time in 2020. In PC games,…
Depending on how you play Ibb & Obb, it will either be a delightful game of jolly cooperation or an exercise in multitasking hell. Despite its inviting looks, Ibb & Obb is a deceitfully challenging game. It’s cooperative-based platforming requires coordination on a grand scale, as well as extreme dexterity should you play solo. Guiding…
Don’t be fooled by the apparently obvious, Cathedral is more than a copycat to that other medieval themed game you might’ve played before.
Lab Zero’s latest release is a really unique RPG that’s well worth diving into.
NASCAR Heat 5 has a brilliant career mode, but it raises again the question about continuing annual sport game releases.
Jump Force’s potential is squandered by its boring, practically nonexistent mission design and terrible use of the fan-favorite franchises it includes.
Styx: Master of Shadows, from Cyanide Studio, feels at odds with itself. It’s a stealth game that tries to court two different schools of stealth design: the modern open-ended approach and the classic rigidness of trial and error. For a while, it strikes a fine balance between the two, giving you plenty of room to…
Dragonborn is a microcosmic manifestation of Skyrim, strengths and weaknesses alike. An unrepentant love letter to the Bloodmoon expansion pack of Morrowind, Dragonborn brings you back to Solstheim, the Nord colony besieged by a malevolent, unknown force. It also features an atrociously controlled, roller coaster-like addition in the form of dragon riding, where ‘overwhelmingly disappointing’…
