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.
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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…
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…
Review: Even J. Jonah Jameson has to agree: Marvel’s Spider-Man is a damn good game
Comic book fans have had to suffer through abysmal videogame portrayals of their favorite characters for years before some of the best titles like Batman: Arkham Asylum and now Marvel’s Spider-Man came along. It’s certainly a great time to be a fan of superheroes, and as the latest Spider-Man game proves, even people who aren’t…
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…
Years later, Yakuza 2 is still one hell of a game as Yakuza Kiwami 2 proves
It’s really hard to separate the Yakuza series from my personal history with videogames. What began with a curious look at a weird Japanese game a college friend of mine brought to campus one day eventually spanned over a decade of playing its numerous sequels and prequel, and now it’s come so far as having…
Phantom Doctrine might be hard to declassify, but it’s worth investigating
One of the best parts of living — and in my case, growing up — during the end portion of the Cold War was getting to experience all of the related entertainment media that came out at that time. The spy fever took a long while to cool off, and even in the years following…
Set your sails to a great action JRPG experience in Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
Finding a good JRPG to play nowadays isn’t as easy as one would imagine. Although there’s no drought of games to dive into, it’s still relatively hard to find a franchise to stick to. Especially one that consistently puts out quality entries, games that are not only fun, but also give enough reason to keep…