Game Over OnlineThe Evil Within 2
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
It seemed bleak. The official reception to The Evil Within had drawn such mixed feelings that it seemed Shinji Mikami’s attempt to create a new world of survival…
Super Mario Odyssey
Sunday, November 5, 2017
Mario’s 3D entries have been some of his greatest, and Mario Odyssey puts the beloved Italian plumber on his grandest adventure yet. Not to alarm anyone, but Bowser…
Dungeons 3
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Dungeons 3 is a new real-time strategy game from Realmforge Studios. It’s the third entry in the Dungeons franchise, following Dungeons (2011) and Dungeons 2 (2015). I reviewed…
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Monday, October 23, 2017
The Good: Solid combat. Very nice graphics. So much stuff to do. The Bad: Some of that stuff feels like filler. Several very long cutscenes full of overly-dramatic…
Forza Motorsport 7
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
The Forza Motorsport franchise has been one of the Xbox’s defining franchises for over a decade now. The debut entry on the original Xbox offered up something that…
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Friday, September 29, 2017
One of my primary points of criticism about the Dishonored games has always been its morality system. Killing people is bad; doing anything else is good. Many of…
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Capcom’s “vs” series has been going strong for over two decades now. The debut entry with X-Men vs. Street Fighter got the ball rolling, and received rave reviews…
Project Cars 2
Monday, September 18, 2017
The original Project Cars was an outstanding sim-centric racer, and something that also brought crowdfunding to the forefront of racing games. Long before Kickstarter projects gave life to…
Destiny 2
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
The original Destiny was met with some of the biggest hype in recent memory. As Bungie’s big post-Halo project, Activision sank tons of money into marketing it and…
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
The Good: Loads of new stuff: enemies, gear, skills, strategic and tactical layers. The Bad: Lacks significant, new plotline or cohesiveness. It’s all just more stuff jumbled together….