Game Over OnlineReCore
Thursday, September 15, 2016
ReCore has been a highly-anticipated Xbox One console exclusive since it was first shown off. The mix of fast action and shooting looked addictive, and Joule’s robot dog…
Project Highrise
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Project Highrise is a new skyscraper construction / management game from Chicago-based developer SomaSim. In it, you start out with a simple two-story building, and you expand it…
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Friday, September 9, 2016
The two biggest strikes against Deus Ex: Mankind Divided are that it’s probably a bit too easy and that it spends most of its plot and world-building on…
Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars
Friday, September 9, 2016
The Good: Snazzy new graphics. Update of the original 4X I loved so much. The Bad: Does little more than combine a lot of different bits of MoO1,…
No Man’s Sky
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
It was the game we were all waiting for. When announced a few years back, the developers of No Man’s Sky claimed that their upcoming title was going…
Batman: The Telltale Series, Episode 1: “Realm of Shadows”
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Batman: The Telltale Series is, as its name implies, a new episodic “adventure” from Telltale Games. I put “adventure” in quotes because Telltale hasn’t really produced an adventure…
7 Days to Die
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
This is a difficult review to give. 7 Days to Die has been available and horribly buggy on the PC for a very long time, and now has…
I Am Setsuna
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Square rose to fame thanks to its JRPGs, while the last decade has seen that genre go by the wayside. Action RPGs and Western-developed RPGs dominate the industry,…
Inside
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Playdead changed indie gaming with Limbo. This black and white noir tale told a story with no words and was one of the best examples of minimalistic game…
The Technomancer
Sunday, July 3, 2016
The Good: Hmm. I’m really stumped here. Better menuing structure than Mars: War Logs? The Bad: Minimally interactive scenery. Uninspiring plotlines. Sloppy combat engine. Lackluster party members. Poor…