When booting up Ragnarock for the first time you get a warning that playing the game can be quite an intense workout and as such you should prepare yourself and take frequent breaks. Of course, I scoffed at this warning. “How could a game about drumming be that much of
The character action genre has mostly been restricted to the AAA space since the term first emerged. Games like Kingdom Hearts, Devil May Cry, and Hi-Fi Rush have deep, expansive movesets for players to express themselves with. There have been smaller titles that fit into the genre, like Ultrakill and
Look, I’m easy to please; throw a VR unit on my head, slap some virtual guns in my hands, and let me go town on a few enemies and I’m happy. The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR does exactly that, so I had a blast with the game. The
Octopath Traveler is all about the journey. You may start your adventure alone, but you’ll quickly be joined by stalwart allies – each with their own story and path to travel. Every character’s arc serves as a short story of a sort, but I don’t think that’s
It’s said often, but the sheer amount of indie games we see today is awesome. The landscape has changed with less third party publishers and the advent of more resources helps, but geeze are we blessed with loads of content. The greatest thing, however, is when developers take their
A common argument amongst gamers is that remakes are unnecessary cash grabs, a way to coerce players into purchasing a perfectly playable game multiple times for slightly better graphics or gameplay tweaks. While there may be some merit to this argument at times, normally I stay out of the conversation.
I’m a huge fan of the rhythm-based video game genre, having played Guitar Hero and Rock Band ever since their initial release – in fact, I still throw on these games when I have get-togethers. So, to say that I was excited to try out Unplugged is an understatement. Guitar
From the makers of Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden comes a new hybrid slasher/shooter, Wanted: Dead. This game is what you get when you smash Ninja Gaiden, Yakuza, and Cyberpunk together. You play as Lt. Hannah Stone, a member of an elite Hong Kong police squad, dubbed the
