Reviews
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904.2KSix games (woo ooo!): The Disney Afternoon Collection review
Most licensed games for the Nintendo Entertainment System were pretty lacking, but that was not the case for a series of releases...
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855.7KDragon Warrior: Dragon Quest Heroes II
With most Dynasty Warriors games and spinoffs, you have a good idea of what you’re going to get going in: big maps...
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405.5KAn ambitious series of shortcomings – Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom review
It’s not a good sign when the idea of picking up a controller to play a video game is accompanied by a...
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9513.2KWhen the world grows without you, Night in the Woods Review
Growing up is hard. There was once a popular thought among teenagers that your growing will end when you become an adult....
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853.9KSolid slide into second — MLB The Show 17 review
Opening day comes, opening day goes. The same can be said for every new installment in a sports game: it arrives, shows...
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958.3KLife will change: Persona 5 review
I’m amazed to say that after nearly 100 hours in Persona 5’s twisted depiction of Tokyo, I never once felt like it...
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8011.8KCo-op cops – LEGO City Undercover PS4 review
Four years ago, TT Fusion gave us another bite at the LEGO apple with a massive open world unlike any they’d ever...
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503.7KA little too silent – Fated: The Silent Oath review
I’ve always had a great interest in Vikings and their culture, so Fated: the Silent Oath sounded like an incredible game the...
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8510.5KVery clean, but never simple: Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX review
Kingdom Hearts was a communal experience for me and my friends. We played the game at the same time, and discussed various...
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654.0KDeath machine, infest my corpse to be: Toukiden 2 review
Is there any more profound state of being than “hit and miss?" To not be terrible, but not great either, a dualistic...
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909.3KFunyarinpa for the whole family: Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, AKA 999, is a game I generally refer to as either “the best game no...
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856.8KReport: satisfied – Nier: Automata review
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an android trying to retake planet Earth from its alien invaders...
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905.5KMeow-t of the frying pan, into the fire: Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight review
Have you ever played an old 8-bit style video game on a modern console in front of someone old enough to remember...
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755.3KData acquired – Darknet review
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel into cyberspace as an elite hacker and take over highly defended...
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907.7KRoll away the stone: Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey review
Gust, the developers of the Atelier series, seem to approach each game with the same philosophy that goes into their trademark alchemy...
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307.1KHalf a game at half the price: Dying: Reborn review
Dying: Reborn actually intrigued me from the first trailer; a first-person escape-the-room game using the PSVR sounded like a pretty fun time,...
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705.4KDynasty, gorier: Berserk and the Band of the Hawk review
Berserk and Dynasty warriors seem like a match made in gaming heaven. After all, both feature similar elements: a one-man-army with a...
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Dawn of the droids: Horizon Zero Dawn review
“What if we lost?” This is the central question of many works of science fiction, and Guerrilla Games' upcoming open-world action game,...
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756.7KIf I had a Digimon, I’d Digimon in the morning: Digimon World: Next Order review
Digimon has always felt like the weird cousin of the monster collecting games, not quite as stylish and dramatic as its more...
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704.4KPlastic bits having nighttime fits: Toy Odyssey: The Lost and Found review
Toys coming alive is somehow a consistently winning formula. Toy Odyssey: The Lost and Found takes that formula and plunges it into...
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9038.2KSearch for the Kodama: Nioh review
After over 12 years in development, Nioh plays like a compilation of every hack-and-slash RPG since the early 2000s, and while it’s...
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604.1KFractured future – Divide Review
Divide starts off throwing the player directly into the fray. The protagonist and an unnamed woman find themselves fleeing from rolling robots...
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804.9KVR Multiball action – Pinball FX2 VR PSVR review
Zen Studios has made it their business to create the perfect pinball experience. They have over 70 pinball tables, including licensed properties...
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858.0K500 Floors Above Me in the Tower of Barbs: Let it Die review
Death is scary, but it would be a bit less so if I knew I got to come back and beat up...
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805.5KFragments so small you’ll never find them all: Kingdom Hearts 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue review
Kingdom Hearts, in all its bizarre glory, has relished in the use of numbers and symbols to creep slowly towards the final...
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706.1KAn unnecessary paint job on a Classic – Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 review
Watching a professional match in Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (UMvC 3) is one of the most brilliant spectacles in video games....
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807.1KGet to work, human meatbag! – Job Simulator PSVR review
There’s no doubt that the PlayStation 4’s PSVR system has had a pretty solid launch. Many of the products that arrived on...
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9012.3KGreater than zero: Yakuza 0 review
Sandbox games, by nature, generally offer a lot of content. There are a series of challenges scattered around the map, giving the...
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806.0KThe girl who fell from the sky and changed the world – Gravity Rush 2 review
Japan Studio created magic when it brought the charming and lively character of Kat to life. Everyone’s favorite nevi-fighting Gravity Queen is...
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806.1KWatch me whip, now watch me Shantae-Nae: Shantae: Half-Genie Hero review
It’s Shantae! She’s here to save the town, but the town’s problems are a little too big for her cliche genie breeches....
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907.9KLavish leekspins, pretty popstars: Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone review
I miss the music game scene over here. Back in the Rock Band/Guitar Hero heyday, I used to love seeing dozens of...
