Review by Brad L. One of the hardest things to do when reviewing games is to review a sequel to a game that you had previously never heard of. Despite this, when given the chance to review The Inner World: The Last Wind Monk, I jumped at the chance, for…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. ELEX is a hot mess of a game. Anyone who has played a Piranha Bytes game by now (most recently, Risen 3) surely knows what to expect; clumsy combat, an attempt at open-ended gameplay that isn’t quite able to get its quests and conversation trees in…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Imagine a survival game, but instead of a frozen tundra or an isolated forest, the unforgiving wasteland is a city drowning in the cruelty of late capitalism. That, in a nutshell, is Always Sometimes Monsters: a game about surviving poverty and desperation in a world where…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I love strategy games that can either teach me something about history directly, or at least encourage me to learn something new about history. In that context, I love Numantia. Related reading: The very best strategy game on PlayStation 4 is Romance of the Three Kingdoms.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I like Assassin’s Creed for much the same reason that I like Dynasty Warriors: I play these games for their historical setting and narrative, and the actual gameplay is almost a secondary concern. As long as the game is playable – and the Assassin’s Creed games…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Ark: Survival Evolved has just recently launched from the lengthy Early Access period that it has been through. Now we supposedly have the full game. Debate over whether Early Access is a good thing for game development or not aside, after years of development, multiple expansions,…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a western-developed JRPG from a team that includes Vigil Games veterans (the developer that made the Darksiders titles), and it hits all of the marks and more for dungeon crawling fans of all types. Starting off by sailing through the skies on…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Nights of Azure 2 has made some meaningful changes to its combat system when compared to the first. Having finished the game I’m still not entirely sold on those, given that I really liked the mechanics the first time around, but they’re still clean and playable,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Yomawari: Night Alone was one of those games that has really stuck with me since I first played it a year ago. The game itself doesn’t look like it should be something special; it has a beautiful (albeit simple) art style inspired by classical Japanese painting…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There are two ways that a creative person – or group of creative people – can take an existing, beloved franchise, and put a new spin on it; the first is to approach the material with real respect, take the time to really understand what the…
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