Review: Return to Grace Has a Great Premise but No Payoff
I’m a sucker for games that have the player character exploring abandoned sci-fi facilities and derelict spacecraft. I love to piece together a mystery, and Return to Grace promised a […]
Review: Darkest Dungeon II Is More of What You Love, but Also Less
Darkest Dungeon was a darling when it was released seven years ago. Darkest Dungeon wasn’t unique, but it excelled in creating its sense of grim dread and kept me pushing […]
Review: Redout 2 Is Slow to Get Off the Line
I love racing games—especially the futuristic type of super speed racers that seemed to be inspired by F-Zero. There is definitely a demand for spaceship looking cars careening through space, […]
Review: Vampire: The Masquerade—Swansong Takes Some Risks, but Feels Clunky
When I first hear about Vampire: The Masquerade —Swansong, and saw its first trailer, I think I may have been anticipating something more like Bloodlines than Coteries of New York, […]
Preview: Live or Dice by the Roll of the Dice in Dice Legacy
There have been a lot of interesting and sometimes groundbreaking genre hybrids through the years. Video game innovation is one of my favorite things, and I love it when developers […]
Necromunda: Hired Gun –Praise the Emperor, for It Is Good
In the past 20 years, there have been only two Warhammer 40k-based FPS: Fire Warrior and Space Hulk: Deathwing. Want to know what these games have in common? They’re bad […]
Review: Vengeance Is Fast and Brutal in Bloodroots
At this point, the western themed revenge epic is a tale as old as modern cinema. There have certainly been a few video games that tackled the subject, but none […]
Review: Samurai Shodown Gets Next Gen Treatment on Xbox Series X|S
I’m no stranger to the Samurai Shodown series—it’s one of those fighting franchises that helped shape all of the fighting games that came after it. Its remake in 2019 showed […]
Review: Super Meat Boy Forever Isn’t Exactly the Sequel I Was Hoping For
The original Super Meat Boy holds a special place in my heart. It’s the game that made me think again about platformers: their controls, their difficulty. I used to see […]
Review: Just Send Orwell’s Animal Farm to the Knacker and Move On
I’ve played a few adventure games based on literary works in my time—heck, at least one of them was this year with Metamorphosis, a first person adventure game based on […]
Preview: Among Trees: Chill Nature Vibes To Get Mauled To
I’ve dabbled in the survival genre over the years, but I’m more fascinated with the crafting systems than actually surviving, which promptly leads to my death. Joining the Minecrafts and […]
Preview: See a Bright Future with Phantom Brigade
Tactical turn based strategy games are not typically my genre but Phantom Brigade is something worth checking out. New to Steam Early Access, it takes a classic mech style game […]