Review by Nick H. The Monster Hunter series has some pretty rabid fans out there, my son and I among them. The core formula does not change much from one release to another, but then it doesn’t necessarily matter with this franchise. But I have to say that Monster Hunter…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The various LEGO games have been consistently good, if not great, but the last few releases have left me wondering if the formula is perhaps getting too long in the tooth to surprise and delight any longer. I am happy to say that after lots of…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. Video games and television shows are two storytelling mediums that have a history of not working so well together. The audience of the two are incredibly different, with television having a set narrative for a more passive observer, while video games, whilst most follow a storyline,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Here’s a concept for you, and it’s beautiful in its simplicity: a girl in a schoolgirl’s uniform, carrying an impressive sword, taking on hordes of enemies on her way to an eventual showdown with another schoolgirl. A superb martial artist, this girl’s abilities to leap around,…
Read MoreDespite the proliferation of LEGO games out there, TT Games has managed to keep the series fresh enough to keep people’s interest year after year. It helps that the different inspirations they take are often wildly different from one another, from Jurassic Park to superheroes, Star Wars and more. LEGO…
Read MoreMost of this review of Transformers: Devastation is going to be a rant. It’s a rant I have wanted to write for a very long time, because I have needed a game like this to be the catalyst for pointing out every single thing that has gone wrong with the…
Read MoreAfro Samurai 2 has been set up as a three part hack-and-slash episodic series, which has just had its first installment land. It’s not off to a great start though, and that’s being polite. The sequel (hense the “2” in the title) picks up shortly after a climatic fight between…
Read MoreWhen I think of the roguelike genre, I think of dungeon crawling experiences. So it’s nice when a game breaks away from that expectation to offer something different. At its heart, Sublevel Zero is still very much a roguelike, but dressed up as a science fiction shooter by way of…
Read MoreThe Warriors games have their critics for the rapid rate in which they release. In that way, it is similar to the treatment a lot of sports titles get with the annual releases. “More of the same” is something I hear far too often when people talk about the Warriors…
Read More“Auteur” is a word that I would argue is thrown around too much when it comes to video games. The theory behind it comes from film criticism, with the notion that a film is the director’s vision and solely their vision. When it comes to video games, though, it’s typically…
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