Reviews

It’s not every day that you come across a game that juxtaposes a whimsical story-book art style full of forest animals with a brutal weapon-based combat system. It’s also equally uncommon for such ideas to blend together in a seamless way…

With Yakuza having reinvented itself and heading in a new direction following Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the void left it left behind has been instantly filled by Judgment. While Yakuza crafts dense RPG adventures…

(Content warning for mentions of sexual assault)Is revenge ever justified? Can a person take justice into their own hands and live with the weight of their choice, or should it always be left to a flawed judicial system that can and will…

Stealth games are sorely missed. While developers like Ubisoft have taken their series to a heavy RPG route which ditches the classic stealth formula and other series haven’t had releases in a long while, Aragami snuck onto the scene to…

There’s been no shortage of criticism surrounding many annualized sports franchises in the past few years, from games like Madden becoming increasingly controversial to the WWE 2K series taking at least a year off, and the NBA 2K franchise…

Eastward feels like going back to the days of '80s anime on VHS, where you could experience a clandestine and unusual medium that you couldn’t find anywhere else. As John and Sam, players must head Eastward (whoa, that’s the title!) across…

Deathloop is Live Die Repeat with a swinging 60s aesthetic and music evocative of a James Bond caper (a bit of Connery, a bit of Craig). It’s setting up the perfect mass assassination with playgrounds that call the Hitman series to mind,…

Deathloop is a paradox, where time is in both infinite supply and quickly running out. Protagonist Colt Vahn is stuck in a timeloop, desperately trying his best to get off the gleefully nihilistic island of Blackreef. The rules of breaking…

I‘ve got to admit, I was quite taken with Lost in Random‘s art style, music, and setting from the jump. So much so that I was almost able to overlook the repetition and small handful of rough edges that crept into the experience a little…

What happens if we give in to fear? If we let it drive us, allow it to mold our world? Setting off from her home in the lowest realm of the six kingdoms, our heroine, Even, uncovers these mysteries in Lost in Random’s compelling…