Critical game reviews focused on gameplay and performance for the latest games.
Sniper Elite V2 first released way back in May 2012 for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Two more mainline additions and seven years later, Sniper Elite V2 has been remastered for PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Is the trip back to 1945 Berlin and the final days of World War II worth it? The short answer is, it depends. If you never played … Continue reading Sniper Elite V2 Remastered Review
It’s hard to believe it’s only been a month since BioWare and EA released the heavily hyped Anthem on PC, Xbox One and PS4. It’s a game that had a lot of fanfare behind it and was poised to be the next big thing from BioWare. It’s an open-world looter shooter stepping in to compete against the likes of Destiny, The Division 2, and Warframe. … Continue reading Anthem Review
Book of Demons is the first installment of developer Thing Trunk’s series Return 2 Games, which is creating a “Paperverse” of games inspired by the “early golden days” of PC gaming. Return 2 Games is planned to be made up of seven Books where the game world is a pop-up book, paper style. Book of Demons kickstarts the series with a tribute to and parody … Continue reading Book of Demons Review
Chronus Arc is an old-school style JRPG from Hit-Point and KEMCO that first released on mobile devices all the way back in 2013. In 2015, it came to Nintendo’s 3DS, and now here towards the end of 2018 KEMCO has brought it to Xbox One, PS4 and PS Vita, with the game also coming to PC and Nintendo Switch this year as well. So it’ll … Continue reading Chronus Arc Review
Wayback in February 1928, the pulp magazine Weird Tales featured a short story from H.P. Lovecraft titled “The Call of Cthulhu.” In the 90 years since then, Cthulhu has been expanded on and the Cthulhu Mythos have transitioned to essentially every form of entertainment. In 1981, Chaosium released the first edition of the Call of Cthulhu pen-and-paper RPG. Seven editions later and with multiple scenarios and … Continue reading Call of Cthulhu Review
It has been over one and a half months since Destiny 2’s first big expansion, Forsaken, released. I don’t even want to guess about how much time I’ve put into the game during this time, but suffice to say it has been A LOT. I’ve gotten two of my characters to 600 (and my third is very close), I’ve completed the raid a couple of … Continue reading Destiny 2 Forsaken Review
It’s time once again for baseball season, and that means PlayStation owners can pick up MLB The Show and everyone else is stuck with RBI Baseball for their MLB gaming fix. Of course RBI Baseball is on PS4 as well, and that’s the version this review is based on. I’ve reviewed every single one of these games. Last year was the shortest game review I … Continue reading RBI Baseball ’18 Review
Assassin’s Creed first released in 2007, and two years later saw its first sequel. After that, fans of the franchise got a new entry every year from 2009 to 2015 with the release of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. With a technically flawed release in 2014 with Unity, many fans began to feel burned out on the series. Thus, 2016 came and went without any major Assassin’s … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed Origins Review
Destiny 2 has been out for over a month, and I feel like it’s the time for me to finally get this full review out even if it is “late” (although the PC version doesn’t release for another week). I came into Destiny 2 as a hardcore, dedicated Destiny player with over 2,500 hours logged in the first game. It’s because of my love of … Continue reading Destiny 2 Review
I play A LOT of Destiny and I watch A LOT of Destiny being played. One thing you’ll quickly notice with most of the good streamers is that they use Scuf controllers, and thus have a slight advantage because paddles allow you to do things like jump while aiming. For those of us who can’t claw, paddles just make things easier. Unfortunately, the elite and … Continue reading Collective Minds StrikePack FPS Dominator Review
Finnish based developers 10tons Ltd. are back again with their latest game on console, Spellspire. Like practically every 10tons game, Spellspire offers up fun when you just have a little bit of time to game and can’t really get into a 45 minute mission in a “bigger game.” That’s one thing I love about games made by 10tons, you can spend a lot of time … Continue reading Spellspire Review
Seasons After Fall is a 2D platforming puzzle game for PS4, Xbox One, and PC from French developer Swing Swing Submarine and published by Focus Home Interactive. In it, you play a spirit that possesses a wild fox and set off on an adventure through a forest. You have the power to manipulate the four seasons, changing them on the fly to complete puzzles. If nothing … Continue reading Seasons After Fall Review
CI Games released their first Sniper Ghost Warrior game back in 2010 and followed it up with a sequel in 2013. I didn’t play the first one, but I did the second one. It wasn’t particularly good. Now some four years later, and after a few delays, CI Games has released the third entry into the Sniper Ghost Warrior franchise and the good news is … Continue reading Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Review
Valhalla Hills is strategy/city-building game developed by Funatics that first released on Steam Early Access back in August 2015. On April 25, 2017 the game came to PS4 and Xbox One in the form of Valhalla Hills: Definitive Edition, which includes the based game and the two DLC packs (Sand of the Damned and Fire Mountains) plus an exclusive map type called The Dwarf Cave. In … Continue reading Valhalla Hills: Definitive Edition Review
I’ve reviewed each of the R.B.I. games since MLB brought the series back in 2014. At this point, I’m not sure a review is necessary anymore. I feel like I should just copy and paste what I wrote last year, because it’s the same game with an updated roster. There’s no new modes and no new ways to play. I also can’t tell where any … Continue reading R.B.I. Baseball ’17 Review
Vikings: Wolves of Midgard is an action-RPG developed by Games Farm, a studio from Slovak Republic best known for the Air Conflict series as well as the ARPG Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms. Vikings has drawn a lot of early comparisons to Diablo, and for good reason. Of course Diablo isn’t the only game in this particular genre, but it is the biggest name on the block. … Continue reading Vikings – Wolves of Midgard Review
Stardew Valley hits all the right notes and checks all the right boxes as a feature rich farming based RPG. If it can be done better, I’d certainly like to see it, but no one person could make a better game for this genre than Eric Barone has done. I’d say it’s the peak, the Harvest Moon game many of us always wanted. Continue reading Stardew Valley Review
Yakuza 0 is a niche game designed for a Japanese audience first, it’s extremely story heavy, and it does have some outdated design mechanics/elements and even graphics (it kinda feels like a remastered PS2 game). If you can get into it though, you’re likely to find a very engrossing experience with a lot to offer. If you’re like me though, you’re probably going to have a hard time getting into it as a newcomer to the series. Continue reading Yakuza 0 Review
Neverwinter is a free-to-play MMORPG that released on PS4 over a month ago, but has been available on PC for three years and Xbox One for a over a year. This review is based on the PS4 version, and it’s completely free in that you don’t even need PlayStation Plus to play the game. Since its release, I’ve put A LOT of time into the … Continue reading Neverwinter Review
It’s kinda hard to review R.B.I. Baseball ’16, the third entry in the series resurrected by MLB Advanced Media back in 2014. And the reason it’s hard is because I’ve already reviewed it, last year. In fact, I’ve reviewed both 2014 and 2015. The 2014 version was a solid foundation of old school video game baseball. The 2015 version made some significant upgrades to add to … Continue reading R.B.I. Baseball ’16 Review
