Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise pays loving homage to the iconic anime, but quickly grows boring
Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is proof that following a formula just isn’t enough to make a game fun.
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Murder on the High Seas with Return of the Obra Dinn
It might feel hyperbolic to describe Return of the Obra Dinn as a masterpiece, but it’s the best descriptor I can honestly think of.
By dipping back into the well, Soulcalibur VI keeps the franchise alive in exciting ways
SoulCalbur VI is an excellent pickup, especially so for anyone like me, who’s fallen off from the series at a point.
Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics doesn’t come close to being as good as its inspiration
It’s a shame that Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics lacks the oomph and content, because its theme would otherwise make for an extremely exciting game. It’s silly enough to make it for a fun premise, and starting out, Achtung feels like it might be going places, but sadly it never quite takes off.
Deliver Us The Moon shows promise, up until it suddenly stops
It’s hard to tell what Deliver Us The Moon is ultimately saying just yet, but the core mystery does provide some good thrills — until it abruptly ends.
Amorous Adventures of Hans Capon is sinfully short, but still amusing
I was already impressed by Kingdom Come during my time with it earlier this year for review, and jumping back to it months later didn’t dull that feeling at all.
Witness sanity dwindle away in Call of Cthulhu’s horrific brand of horror
It would be easy to write Call of Cthulhu off as a cliched and extremely derivative game, but it manages to tick off all of the boxes when it comes to delivering a competent horror experience.
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…
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…