Hunter Wolfe
Yesterday, I played Orcs Must Die! Unchained (OMDU) nearly 12 hours straight. At first, I thought this was because I had intentionally dungeoned myself to crank out a review, but the more I played, grinding to nab just a few more skulls to upgrade this trap and that trap, I
by Hunter WolfePlaying The Inner World is a frustrating experience. This isn’t just because it suffers from an amateur lack of polish, but because even when the level design is unforgivably nonsensical, its whimsical world continuously teases you with the promise of a better game. Ultimately, Studio Fizbin’s first foray
by Hunter WolfeTank Troopers isn’t presumptuous. It features sizeable arenas, but it never attempts to create its own world, and it’s populated by endearing characters, but it doesn’t give them any sort of backstory. It’s a focused, to-the-point tank combat game, and it succeeds because it never tries
by Hunter WolfeHand of Fate 2 is a direct sequel to Defiant Development’s 2015 roguelike and we got our *ehem* hands on the follow-up at PSX. While we encountered some very forgivable bugs in our demo, Hand of Fate 2 felt fresh and fun. In Hand of Fate 2 (HoF2), you
by Hunter WolfeThe mountains are icy white — the clouds wool grey — and at times, sunlight breaks through the dark veil like a spotlight on the forbidding cliffs that whirl below me. Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” is playing in my ears as I cut in zigzags through narrow passages in the
by Hunter WolfeIt’s been awhile since Orcs Must Die! Unchained went into Open Beta on PC, but last week at PlayStation Experience, we finally got to see how the game is shaping up on PS4. For the uninitiated, Orcs Must Die! Unchained (OMDU) is an action/tower defense hybrid that tasks
by Hunter WolfeJust as playing Assassin’s Creed makes me want to go climb buildings, Absolver makes me want to sign up for martial arts classes. I spent some time with developer Sloclap’s online melee brawler at PlayStation Experience last week, and what I found was a PvP/PvE game with
by Hunter WolfeSuper Mega Baseball was a home run for indie developer Metalhead Software when it launched back in 2014, and now the series is back for a second inning in Super Mega Baseball 2 (SMB2). We got our hands on the follow-up at PSX last week, and we left the demo
by Hunter Wolfe