Game Reviews

The Legend of Zelda franchise has a pattern. Bombs, boomerangs, bow and arrow, heart containers, and the Master Sword – they are as sure as the sun. Nintendo wants to change all of that. It has been five years since the November 2011 release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword,

When it first launched on Kickstarter, Torment: Tides of Numenera seemed like a dream come true. A spiritual successor to the innovative 90’s PC RPG Planescape Torment, set in a new universe created by Dungeons and Dragons veteran Monte Cook, with a team made up of Obsidian and Interplay

Some games are classic and ageless, standing the test of time, and shining bright remake after remake. I desperately want to say that Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is one of those titles, but it somehow falls just short. It has a long, winding plot, some memorable

Tank 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

Tetris, Pac-Man, Space Invaders. These franchises have been in the gaming market for decades, and even though the industry changed, a lot of the arcade classics have stood the test of time. It seems the best remakes of these games are ones that add fresh gameplay while staying true to

Berserk and Dynasty warriors seem like a match made in gaming heaven. After all, both feature similar elements: a one-man-army with a ridiculous weapon facing down hordes of enemies in battles where casualties can easily go into the thousands. Sadly, the perfect couple has a few issues that start off

You know a game is engaging when you have to physically pry yourself from it just so you can write a review. For Honor has taken the all too familiar concept of “Who would win in a fight?” and turned it into an experience that is beautifully crafted, mechanically sound,

“What if we lost?” This is the central question of many works of science fiction, and Guerrilla Games’ upcoming open-world action game, Horizon Zero Dawn, follows that long tradition. In this case, the question refers to humanity losing all that we’ve built, and becoming consumed by the technology that