I wasn’t writing reviews for 3CR when No Man’s Sky released, and if I was, I probably would have defended it. I would have argued something about measured expectations, and how No […]
Review: No Man’s Sky NEXT Update Makes it a Whole New Game
Review: Sudden Strike 4: European Battlefields Brings PC-like Strategy to Consoles
Guest Author James Brod reviews the Xbox One version of Sudden Strike: European Battlefields Real-time strategy/Real-time tactics games have been a staple of PC gaming for years now and are one of the […]
Review: Narcosis Lacks Depth, Relies on Cheap Jump Scares
I’ve been finding myself under the sea a lot lately. It scares me, the thought of all of that water above me—a complete stranger in an inhospitable environment, surrounded by strange creatures […]
Review: Mothergunship is a First Person Rogue-Lite that Makes You the Bullet Hell
Developer Grip Digital’s follow-up to Tower of Guns came as a bit of a surprise. First person shooter rogue-lite bullet hell Mothergunship first showed off its fast-paced action and gun crafting in […]
Review: Being a Fantasy Shopkeeper in Moonlighter Feels Too Much Like Real Work
Moonlighter by developer Digital Sun is what you get if you take the typical roleplaying game formula and flips it on its head. Instead of questing, getting loot, and selling that extra […]
Review: Wreckfest is a Smashing Good Time
Developer Bugbear’s previously titled (untitled?) Next Car Game was pretty impressive from the get-go—all the way back in 2014 when the Sneak Peak was released, which featured the impressive physics that would […]
Review: Vampyr Never Reaches its Potential
Vampyr is a game where you play as a vampire—something that has been tried to varying success in the past. Developer Dontnod has had plenty of experience with telling a great story […]
Review: Shape of the World is a Beautiful, Meditative Experience
Shape of the World by developer Hollow Tree Games is like walking through a peaceful dreamscape. It’s not really a game in the more traditional sense: there are no quests to complete, […]
Review: Masters of Anima–Command Stone Armies to do Your Bidding
Developed by Passtech Games, Masters of Anima is a vibrantly beautiful, cartoonish isometric strategy game in the vein of Nintendo’s Pikmin series. But instead of Captain Olimar with his command of Pikmin, you play […]
Review: Conan Exiles–Barbaric Fantasy Survival
Open world survival was once the hot ticket, occupying the space in which battle royale currently resides. Ironically, both genres are in their heyday as Early Access promises are turning into shipped […]
Review: FAR: Lone Sails is a Beautiful, Atmospheric Masterpiece
FAR: Lone Sails is the tale of a journey across a dead or dying world, rendered in a beautiful watercolor-esque art style. The debut title of Swiss developer Okomotive, I could tell […]
Review: Omensight – Groundhog’s Doomsday
Omensight is a hack and slash meets classic whodunit story. It’s a successful mesh of the combat found in the original God of War (2005), and the adventure elements of the time-tripping murder […]
