Valkyria Chronicles 4 does the impossible and makes war beautiful
The draw to outsmart and outplay is one of the best things going for Valkyria Chronicles 4.
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a bittersweet piece of dumb fun
If you can ignore the really poor storytelling and the fact this new version of Lara Croft flings the previous games’ character development out the freaking window, Shadow of the Tomb Raider can be widely enjoyed as the closest to a proper old-school Tomb Raider the reboot series has ever been.
Episode One is a tense start to the long road that’s ahead for Life is Strange 2
Episode One: ‘Roads’ manages to close out a pretty traumatic story arc for the two brothers, and it leaves enough hooks to keep me pinning for what’s to come in the remainder of the season.
Putting on a Clinic with Two Point Hospital
Two Point Hospital more than lives up to the weight of expectation that comes from being a Theme Hospital spiritual successor.
The Messenger plays with game design conventions in exciting ways
It is easy to understand why the team behind The Messenger was so reluctant to show the 8-bit/16-bit environment mechanics in the trailers. It’s a very well executed twist: you travel through time and this is represented by an aesthetic evolution between two gaming generations. That’s not exactly a new idea — 2007’s Super Paper…
Dive deeper into The Witcher’s rich lore in Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
Last Tuesday CD Projekt RED held a preview event in São Paulo in order to show off its newest game set in The Witcher franchise, Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, a standalone adventure game that makes use of the Gwent engine for combat and puzzles in some very novel and admittedly fun ways. I already had…
Sword Legacy Omen is an enjoyable budget tactics game set in pre-Arthurian times
Sword Legacy Omen is the newest attempt at borrowing the tactical gameplay that made the XCOM, Jagged Alliance, Shadowrun, The Banner Saga series so much fun and applying it to another theme. This time, we’re joining up with King Arthur’s dad Uther during his younger days, as he fought to reunite with his merry band…
The Gardens Between is a breezy time travelling journey that’s well worth taking
Games that reward your time are few and far between nowadays. With a mountain of grind-heavy collect-a-ton experiences out there, so when a short but extremely sweet game like The Gardens Between comes along, it’s bound to raise some eyebrows. It’s a puzzler that plays with time travelling and doesn’t go too out of its…
Bringing Up the Bodies with Graveyard Keeper
If you can accept the grind for what it is, there’s a lot to enjoy in Graveyard Keeper.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition is a great pick up for console RPG aficionados
Translating tailor-made computer games to consoles is a difficult task, as the many attempts to bring those tried and true titles to another platform over the years that have turned out to be less than stellar can attest to. So it comes as a big surprise that Larian Studios’ Divinity: Original Sin 2 made such…