Critical game reviews focused on gameplay and performance for the latest games.
Bound By Flame, the cross-generational RPG from French developing studio Spiders, gets the spotlight for being the first fantasy/action-RPG on PS4. Yes, it’s on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, but those systems have plenty of action RPG’s (including Spiders own previous outings like Of Orcs and Men, and Mars: War Logs). For PS4 owners with that action itch, this is the only game in town … Continue reading Bound By Flame Review
Monopoly has been a board game staple since the 1930s, and now thanks to USAopoly wrestling fans can enjoy the classic property trading game with a WWE theme. I’m sure at this point that WWE is none to pleased that the new game has CM Punk prominently featured on the box cover as well as being a big part of the actual board’s design, but … Continue reading Monopoly WWE Edition Review
This probably isn’t the best way to start out a review, but oh well’ “The Witch and The Hundred” is easily the most frustrating game that I’ve played in quite some time. I don’t mean it’s frustrating in terms of difficulty or controls, I mean it’s frustrating because it could have been so much better and every time I played it I got the feeling … Continue reading The Witch and the Hundred Knight Review
The second of the two major Next-Gen exclusives arriving this month has arrived in the form of Infamous: Second Son. This time it is Sony’s turn to showcase what they have in store for its dedicated fan base. In Second Son you take control of Delsin Rowe who finds himself the recipient of a set of Conduit powers after a transport carrying three alleged “Bio-Terrorists” … Continue reading Infamous: Second Son Review
If you’re a fan of RPG’s then March has been a fantastic month for you, especially if you’re a PS3 owner. We started the month with the release of the excellent South Park: The Stick of Truth, and on March 11th both Dark Souls II and Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky released. For me, the latest Atelier game came at just … Continue reading Atelier Escha & Logy – Alchemists of the Dusk Sky Review
South Park: The Stick of Truth had a tumultuous development cycle that saw its original publisher (THQ) go out of business and multiple delays to the point that many people assumed the game would eventually be canceled. Thankfully, the game wasn’t canceled and finally released earlier this month. Its release shows that Ubisoft was wise to acquire the title in the THQ auction, that a … Continue reading South Park – The Stick of Truth Review
This is a series that has been on hiatus for too long. Like many other long fans who have held their breath since the mixed bag but IMHO overly hated Dark Shadows, the news of a new Thief game was at first met with jubilation and then as media and details came forth a sense of caution and concerns on certain details. Some of these … Continue reading Thief Review
The time has finally arrived, the first big Next Gen exclusive has launched. While Titanfall certainly had a whirlwind of hype pushing it forward the real question would be whether or not it was worth your time. Some seemed unsure of the lack of a single player campaign in which the game launched with. It should come as no surprise though that the guys who … Continue reading Titanfall Review
Horror influenced video games walk a very fine line within the video game industry. There are in an essence one of two ways that things can play out. You can attempt to be scary which in itself is tricky do for the sole fact of creating an outright scary atmosphere within the realm of a video game is no easy task. The other is having … Continue reading Outlast Review
I am a huge fan of the Assassin’s Creed games so admittedly I approach these games with a healthy benefit of the doubt and positive bias in place. I hope I’m not an outright fanboy and I don’t think I am since I can harp on some quibbles and nitpicks I had from previous games, whether it be the KBM controls on the first one … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Review
While I owned both a PS3 and a XBOX 360 last generation I definitely considered myself more of a fan of the 360 overall. Going into this generation I honestly wasn’t so sure how I felt about what Microsoft was offering up as it’s new entry into the console world. Truth be told my initial reaction was if I was only getting one console at … Continue reading Xbox One Review
EA DICE returns after two years following the release of the very successful Battlefield 3 with this inevitable sequel. I am happy to report that this game is not a quickie BF3 retread with a slicker coat of varnish on it. They did listen to the fans feedback over the course of the last two years, as the return of Commander Mode easily indicates along … Continue reading Battlefield 4 Review
It’s somewhat of a miracle the Ryse in its current state exists at all when you truly think about it. What was originally intended to be a Kinect title on the 360, had to be gutted and completely reconfigured to be a live action launch title for the XBOX One. Truth be told I was pretty skeptical of the title at all prior to seeing … Continue reading Ryse Son of Rome Review
Here we are already a week after Sony has released it’s fourth entry into the home console world. Coming into the launch the console seemed to be poised to make a big splash, and had quite a bit of momentum behind it. It was clear that Sony had taken note of the misfires that may have led it’s PS3 to a slower start than desired … Continue reading PlayStation 4 Review
I honestly didn’t know what to expect going into Resogun. I knew going in that it would be a free to play launch title available to Playstation Plus members, so I really didn’t do much in terms of pre-launch research. My way of thinking is almost any free game is worth at least playing so I really didn’t need much in the way of an … Continue reading Resogun Review
I was admittedly a bit late to the Knack party prior to launch. I had heard the name and knew it was an exclusive launch title coming out for the Playstation 4 and that was more or less the extent of my knowledge. It wasn’t until our own Gary Smith put some information in our forums that I started to become somewhat interested in the … Continue reading Knack Review
Hello boys and girls and welcome back to another edition of everyone’s favorite video game review, The Backlog…what? This isn’t your favorite review? Oh…well that’s embarrassing. Today we’ll be taking a look at LEGO: Marvel Super Heroes, Telltale Games latest LEGO incarnation. I’ve been meaning to get around to writing this for a week or two now, and even now I can’t seem to write … Continue reading LEGO: Marvel Super Heroes Review
If you look over my review of the original game these spins offs came from you can see that I thought very highly of it and even declared it my dark horse game of the year. Since that time the game has found itself the beneficiary of robust support for patches, additional features, and now two quality standalone DLCs. The support has been downright astonishing … Continue reading Sniper Elite – Nazi Zombie Army 1 and 2 Review
One of the biggest complaints of last year was the overall lack of realism and difficulty by the A.I. There was an obsession by the A.I. to want to take you outside and put you through the announce table no mater what, sometimes the obsession with being outside would be so bad that you could actually win by count out. The A.I. also had a … Continue reading WWE 2K14 Review
The original Plants vs. Zombies was a surprise hit when it first hit PC and Mac way back in 2009. If you were to just glance at the game, you would have seen something that looked very simple and probably wouldn’t be that much fun. Turns out, it was super fun and became super popular for developer/publisher PopCap Games. It was so successful and popular … Continue reading Plants vs. Zombies 2 – It’s About Time! Review
