The Quarry Review
Near the end of Supermassive Games’ new title The Quarry, I found myself feeling something I’d seldom felt from any of their more recent offerings: Gratification. A monster was stalking one of…
June 15, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Paratopic Review
Imagine if David Lynch or David Cronenberg began their artistic pursuits as game developers during the mid-90s instead of filmmakers in the 60s. That's the immediate connection I felt when…
May 31, 2022 | 10:30 EDT
Evil Dead: The Game Review
No one screamed louder than me when watching The Game Awards a few years ago when a trailer for Evil Dead: The Game from Saber Interactive was announced for next-gen consoles. I’ve been an Evil Dead…
May 26, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Sniper Elite 5 Review
Sniper Elite is a series that has been going on for an absolutely shocking amount of time. Five mainline games have been released in the series since 2005, which is a lot of games for a series…
May 25, 2022 | 07:00 EDT
Citizen Sleeper Review
Given the exciting, bombastic noise of many sci-fi games today, Citizen Sleeper contrasts this by exploring equally meaningful ideas through smaller stakes. After their well-received first title, In…
May 19, 2022 | 11:30 EDT
Dolmen Review
Have you ever watched a cookery show or a concert and thought "hey, I could do that"? If so, there are two potential reasons for that: one, you genuinely could do that; two, the presenter or musician…
May 19, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising Review
Rising from the ashes of Suikoden, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes managed to get backed by over 46,000 people on Kickstarter back in 2020. With this huge support came a clear indication that…
May 10, 2022 | 03:58 EDT
Trek To Yomi Review
As an audiovisual experience, Trek To Yomi is a delight to the senses. It blends together the cinematography of classic Kurosawa films and surreal dreamlike imagery into some truly impressive set…
May 5, 2022 | 09:00 EDT
Loot River Review
Whether it's a roguelike or a roguelite, their games are similar: Get as far as you can. The difference between the two is that the latter is more lenient in terms of giving you shortcuts and more…
May 4, 2022 | 09:00 EDT
Kaiju Wars Review
Kaiju have always been a bit of a niche thing outside of Japan. Back in the 90s, it was pretty tough to find releases of old Japanese monster movies outside of bootleg VHS tapes and the occasional…
April 28, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Review
LEGO games are best described as mumble-filled, abridged retellings of our favorite film properties. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is no different in that regard - it's the latest installment in…
April 4, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
35MM Review
“He said the right dreams for a man in peril were dreams of peril and all else was the call of languor and of death.” ‒ Cormac McCarthy, The Road If I told you 35MM took place in a post-apocalyptic…
April 2, 2022 | 11:30 EDT
A Memoir Blue Review
The sea is a great many things to a great many people. For some, it represents exploration - the ability to see new sights and live new experiences. For others, it is death, decay, and where all…
March 25, 2022 | 01:40 EDT
Martha Is Dead Review
For as vast a landscape as games can create, first-person shooters have always been the go-to genre for World War II backdrops. There's always been something about that analog era that's captivated…
March 25, 2022 | 11:30 EDT
Phantom Breaker: Omnia Review
From avenging the death of a parent to dreaming of becoming an arbiter of justice, the motivations of the characters in Phantom Breaker: Omnia are wide and varied. Some may be all-too-justifiable…
March 25, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Review
A long time ago, during the days when Borderlands 2 was considered the king of the looter shooter genre, Gearbox had the brilliant idea to develop a Dungeons and Dragons-themed DLC called Tiny Tina's…
March 23, 2022 | 03:50 EDT
WWE 2K22 Review
WWE is in a weird place in 2022. As decades-long booking problems have come home to roost, performers and fans alike flee in large numbers to greener pastures in other promotions. The yearly WWE…
March 17, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
Tunic Review
Back in the good ol’ days of the Nintendo DS, my first console, I loved flipping through the instruction booklets of games. Was I a strange kid? Probably, but there were all sorts of little doodles…
March 16, 2022 | 01:00 EDT
Time Loader Review
Every video game is someone's first. For people of an older generation, they started alongside the hobby with the first steps of Mario, Link, and Pikachu. While not every game can be an absolute…
March 10, 2022 | 12:00 EST
Aztech Forgotten Gods Review
For as long as human history has been cataloged, mythologies have been ingrained into our collective psyche. Naturally, games would also look to the past to inform a setting, mechanics, and so on.…
March 10, 2022 | 11:00 EST
Young Souls Review
Now that the Google Stadia is ostensibly on the decline, it seems likely that we will get the return of plenty of small indie exclusives that never got the fanfare they were hoping for. This gives…
March 10, 2022 | 09:00 EST
Life Is Strange Remastered Collection Review
Back when they were hitting fever pitch (early/mid-2010s), I was getting reeled into a number of episodic games. Dontnod's Life is Strange was among them. So, when it was announced that co-developers…
March 3, 2022 | 01:05 EST
What Lies In The Multiverse Review
I think most of us would revel in the idea of living in the multiverse and recent studies have shown that that may be the case. Of course, that doesn't mean we're anywhere close to visiting parallel…
March 3, 2022 | 10:00 EST
Ghostrunner: Project_Hel Review
2020 was a year stacked with tons of insanely popular games, and the holiday season saw an especially large avalanche of new titles. The next generation of consoles launched that November, and…
March 2, 2022 | 10:00 EST
Little Orpheus Review
If you told me a decade ago that developer The Chinese Room would put their creative efforts towards a 2.5D platformer capturing the tone of old-timey adventure serials I wouldn't believe you.…
March 1, 2022 | 05:46 EST
ELEX 2 Review
I was one of the people who greatly enjoyed the original ELEX, despite its flaws. There's always something about a new open world to explore, character story arcs, and challenging mechanics that…
February 28, 2022 | 11:00 EST
Shadow Warrior 3 Review
No matter the quality of individual games, Flying Wild Hog's Shadow Warrior trilogy has been a smashing success. The Polish developers took a DOOM-era FPS that aged like a dead fish and revived it…
February 28, 2022 | 09:00 EST
Elden Ring Review
It’s sort of an odd feeling to finally be talking about Elden Ring. It’s been quite a journey since the original Demon’s Souls bought this style of gameplay to the forefront, and in recent years we’…
February 23, 2022 | 10:00 EST
CrossfireX Review
It's rare that a major video game release gives off the same vibes as a direct to video Bruce Willis film, but that describes CrossfireX to a tee. An FPS that gained fame in China before arriving on…
February 21, 2022 | 10:00 EST
Grapple Dog Review
When it comes to traditional 2D platformers, I’m someone who’s all thumbs. You know the picture of a bunch of kids and their mom helping them clear a level of Super Mario? That was pretty much my…
February 14, 2022 | 09:30 EST
OlliOlli World Review
Whether you're grinding a rail in real life or pulling off a 900 with a gamepad, skateboarding is all about vibes. Many of the best skating games dive into the devil may care attitude that defined…
February 3, 2022 | 09:00 EST
Dying Light 2 Stay Human Review
Zombies are an interesting piece of horror history. With roots in voodoo and the slow, decaying zombies of early cinema what made them so horrific was their resilience and sheer number. As the…
February 2, 2022 | 10:00 EST
Summertime Madness Review
Regardless of the creative medium, escaping into fiction is a draw for everyone at one time or another. It could just be an unprovoked yearning for unfettered adventure or a defense mechanism against…
January 31, 2022 | 11:00 EST
Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 Review
When it comes to sidescrolling run-and-gun action platformers, few games are as synonymous with the genre as Mega Man. Inti Creates' roots in the franchise shine strong in its current efforts in the…
January 27, 2022 | 09:00 EST
Reverie Knights Tactics Review
Of all the adventures there are to experience, the Hero’s Journey remains one of the most popular. The idea of an unknowing person who is thrust into a quest that can decide the fate of the world is…
January 25, 2022 | 10:00 EST
Blackwind Review
Mechs are something of an acquired taste. Sure, you can have something with mechs that occasionally taps into mass-market appeal, like Power Rangers back in the 90s, but most of the time, if you’re…
January 20, 2022 | 11:00 EST
RPGolf Legends Review
There are so many sports and each of them have their own areas of influence. The sporting world dominates much of the media and even spills into gaming. There are many popular titles and series that…
January 20, 2022 | 10:00 EST
Windjammers 2 Review
Released right as fighting games emerged in arcades, Data East's Windjammers was a genre mashup that was ahead of its time. With a basic gameplay loop that recalls the simplicity of Pong, this…
January 20, 2022 | 04:00 EST
Nobody Saves the World Review
In Nobody Saves the World, you can play as many different things: a spooky necromancer, a powerful robot, or heck, even a monk that throws out fists of fury. like a lot of fun, doesn't it? Me though…
January 18, 2022 | 08:00 EST
Lacuna Review
Oddly enough, futuristic dystopias and 50s inspired noir detective stories usually pair together exceedingly well. Where better to find the grit and grime of back alley America than the bleak future…
January 8, 2022 | 12:00 EST
The Gunk Review
Cleaning in games has started to become an interesting trend. It makes sense given the growing adult population in the medium: the satisfaction of renewing a once-grimy place can sound just as…
January 7, 2022 | 11:00 EST
NERF Legends Review
As a brand, NERF is a notable throwback to my childhood. Harmless target shooting with an array of exotic weaponry (to my younger eyes) could take up hours of my time. Now imagine the aptly-titled…
December 27, 2021 | 11:00 EST
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space Remastered Review
Our favorite violent maniacs are back! Sam and Max return to the Switch in the remastered version of Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space, the second Telltale game about the duo. This time, the pair…
December 10, 2021 | 11:00 EST
Solar Ash Review
There are some developers who remain steadfastly in their comfort zones throughout their careers. Heart Machine cannot be said to be one of them. After 2016's Hyper Light Drifter used Zelda-style top…
December 9, 2021 | 11:00 EST
Rubber Bandits Review
Who would have thought that hitting a wayward banana with a plastic fish would be so satisfying? Rubber Bandits wastes no time in putting you in your place as soon as the game starts, where you'll…
December 8, 2021 | 11:00 EST
Rune Factory 4: Special Review
Farming sims used to be a bit of a rare breed. If you wanted to plant virtual corn you basically could only turn to Harvest Moon. Of course, if you had some sort of brain hemorrhage you could have…
December 6, 2021 | 10:00 EST
Halo Infinite Review
Halo has always been such an important FPS. From the first time fans had been able to get their hands on the original Xbox and Halo: Combat Evolved, now over 20 years ago, it has always had a special…
December 6, 2021 | 03:05 EST
Chorus Review
A while back I got a chance to preview Chorus, a game I have been extremely excited about since it was first announced. How could I not be, after all? Space combat with some eldritch horrors that…
December 3, 2021 | 10:00 EST