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Utawarerumono Mask of Truth Review
Utawarerumono is one of those series that became a huge hit in Japan but never graced us with its presence in the west. For most, their exposure was through a fan translation of the visual novel or from checking out the anime adaptations. It’s a series I hold in high regard having played the original, […]
Life is Strange: Before the Storm – Episode 1 review
It’s been two and a half years since the launch of Life is Strange, an episodic graphic adventure game following Max Caulfield’s attempt to rescue her town after discovering she possessed time-rewinding abilities. With a powerful narrative, brilliant character-building and voice acting, an incredible use of licensed songs and a memorable setting, Life is Strange […]
ARK: Survival Evolved Review
Ark: Survival Evolved is a difficult game to describe. At its core, this is a first-person survival game. You wake up nearly naked on an island and have to immediately fend for yourself. Here is the kicker, though. When you die, you are pretty much really dead. You have to create a new character and […]
Rock of Ages II: Review
Imagine Monty Python, Super Monkey Ball, and the tower defense genre all having lunch at the bottom of a hill, discussing history and classical art. It’s a heated argument, debating the nuances of Van Gogh, the meaning of “The Scream,” and who would win in a fight between Henry VIII and William Wallace. Joan of Arc, Starry […]
The Escapists 2 Review (XBOX ONE)
If you enjoy prison break films like The Great Escape and The Shawshank Redemption, you might feel right at home with The Escapists 2. This is the sequel to a surprise hit that was originally released back in 2014. The game was basically a prison escape simulator as you worked your way through an escape […]
YAKUZA: Kiwami Review
When Yakuza was released on the PlayStation 2 back in 2005, it had humble beginnings as a crime drama with a vaguely open world city and clunky combat mechanics. Ryu ga Gotoku: Kiwamimarks the 10-year anniversary of the franchise, and with it, the team at SEGA has sought to give the original story that started it all a […]
Sudden Strike 4 REVIEW
Sudden Strike 4 is a real-time strategy game set in World War II featuring three separate campaigns – one for the Allies, the Germans, and the Soviet Union – based on real battles. There’s over twenty missions in total, and these are presented to the player without any political pandering or moral high-grounds. World War II is one […]
Sonic Mania review: 16-bit return breathes new life into the series
Sonic Mania has finally made what various arms of Sega, including the official Sonic Team staff, haven’t pulled off for decades: a great old-school Sonic game. That’s a monumental thing in and of itself, considering how long Sonic has struggled as a series—and how many times his major contemporary rival Mario has lapped him, in both modern and retroflavors. With that hindsight […]
AVEN COLONY REVIEW
Team 17’s new indie download is a SimCity style city builder that actually works really well on consoles. https://youtu.be/YMkpr42mnVM Being in charge of everything is a pretty natural fantasy to want to play out via a video game. The strange thing about it though, is that those few games that do allow you that power rarely cast […]
Vostok Inc. review
Clicker games – those games about clicking away for hours on end while the stats go up and up and up – are probably the weirdest, the most uncanny of all video game species. On a fundamental level, they’re absolutely mindless, your interaction with them reduced to the most basic of activities, while the rewards […]
