Review by Matt S. Let’s talk about bloat, because Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is perhaps the most clear example of the issue that I have with bloat in video games. As an attempt to give Smash Bros. fans absolutely everything that has been in previous editions of the series, right…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Earth Defence Force 5 (EDF 5) is spectacular. As a lifelong fan of the humour, entertainment value, and aesthetic of B-grade science fiction and horror from the glory days of the cinema, I have always loved how the EDF series has tapped into that, providing ridiculous…
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Review by Matt S. I’m constantly criticising the way that stuff like Battlefield and Call of Duty handle World War 2. It’s not that I think World War 2 should not be the subject of video games, film, or anything else. It’s that I think there should be a moral…
Read MoreReview by Lee F. Hyperide VR is, for starters, a complete misnomer of a title. The “VR” really stands for “Vector Raid,” but was originally intended to double-mean “virtual reality.” The game was a VR title released on Steam over a year ago, controlled with a VR headset, now ported…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Marenian Tavern Story is basically classical Atelier but with a different name. The team at Rideon took a crack at it with Adventure Bar Story a few years ago, which showed a lot of promise but ultimately fell short of its goal. Marenian shows a lot…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There are a couple of Mordheim games on the market. There’s the really high quality Mordheim: City of the Damned on console and PC. As an exceedingly high quality skirmish tactics game made by developers that clearly cared a great deal about the source material, it…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Out Run is an arcade classic that many of us have fond memories of drowning coin after coin into, playing as kids, so it’s not surprising that an indie developer would be inspired by the game when creating their own arcade speedfest. Sadly, the nature of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Every so often you’ll come across a game that one person or another will call “unplayable” because they didn’t much enjoy their time with it. It might be that it has a graphical glitch or two that hampers breaks the immersion a little. Or perhaps it…
Read MoreReview by Tyler T. There are few game premises that are as exciting as getting to be a cat. Chris Chung showed just how fun it was to be a mischievous one with his first-person title Catlateral Damage, and now Cattails provides another take. This simulation role-playing game by Falcon…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. In the long run, Nintendo’s decision to bottleneck the Switch’s Virtual Console to three or four NES games per month did have its benefits. While the Wii and 3DS leveraged third-party Virtual Console titles to bridge gaps between first party releases, the Nintendo Switch has the…
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