I recently got through my first playthrough of the Silent Hill 2 remake and greatly enjoyed it. I was concerned about Bloober Team helming this project given their body of work as well as Konami's…
October 30, 2024 | 11:00 EDT
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is out, and this fresh 2D outing for the franchise is a fun romp through a chibi world as well as Zelda's inaugural leading role. Unfortunately, while the game…
September 30, 2024 | 01:51 EDT
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 swung onto PS5 consoles on October 20, expanding the environment from Manhattan across the bridges to Queens and Brooklyn. This means that Insomniac Games had the opportunity to…
November 16, 2023 | 09:00 EST
When the Resident Evil 4 Remake was released back in March, it quickly became regarded as one of the best remakes ever made by fans and critics alike. So how can Capcom follow that up? The answer…
October 23, 2023 | 09:00 EDT
The lead-in to Starfield's release date was filled with anticipation and excitement from those looking forward to see if Bethesda could pull off what they had been promising for so long: an engaging…
September 30, 2023 | 09:00 EDT
Anyone who is familiar with Bethesda's open-world RPGs will tell you that although there is a nearly limitless amount of content available to you, only a fraction of that content can be considered…
September 26, 2023 | 09:00 EDT
If there's one element that defines this generation of gaming, it's performance. Players want to know that their games aren't just going to look good, they want them to perform well. Often that means…
August 8, 2023 | 10:09 EDT
Of all the changes and improvements in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom from its predecessor, the addition of the Froggy Armor is definitely one of the most helpful. Course correcting on the…
July 18, 2023 | 11:10 EDT
You’ve probably heard this before, but Final Fantasy XVI is a pretty dark game. Even with brightness settings maxed out, there’s a lot of gruesome violence, emotional gut punches, and moments that…
June 29, 2023 | 11:10 EDT
The general attitude towards quick-time events (QTEs) is that they are superfluous and immersion breaking. While plenty of games have utilized the QTE in the past two decades or so of gaming, I find…
June 27, 2023 | 11:30 EDT
How do you follow up a game that is considered by many to be the greatest game ever made? How is it even possible, and how does Tears of the Kingdom do it so well? The answer is remarkably simple:…
May 22, 2023 | 12:00 EDT
I always dreaded when my last reliable weapon started to flash red in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I knew the good times were almost over, and I prayed that Link’s bottomless…
May 21, 2023 | 12:00 EDT
For as long as I can remember, I've felt unsettled around deep water. There's no real reason for this; I never had a traumatic experience as a kid, and in fact, I grew up around swimming pools, lakes…
April 28, 2023 | 12:00 EDT
Analog horror is an incredibly popular subgenre of horror that has been spreading like wildfire on the internet since it sprang into existence back in 2015 with Kris Straub’s Local 58. Since then, it…
April 3, 2023 | 11:00 EDT
If you're like me, you may be a bit skeptical whenever a new rhythm game is announced. Even the best stories and most fun gameplay can feel forced when there's a rhythm element to it, alienating a…
February 7, 2023 | 12:00 EST
Fantasy is one of the most popular genres of fiction, and at its core, it relies on presenting an alternate world that its audience can become invested in, moved by, and perhaps even escape to.…
February 8, 2023 | 11:00 EST
Recently, Yogscast Games and Read Graves released Trolley Problem, Inc. on PC. As the name implies, the game puts the player in a series of moral and ethical questions with simple "A or B" responses…
April 22, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Elden Ring isn't a far cry from what From Software fans are used to when it comes to the Soulsborne genre. Naturally, this is what fans expect, as these games have unambiguous DNA. Is a Soulsborne…
November 15, 2021 | 01:00 EST
Back in 2008, Japanese auteur Goichi “Suda51” Suda and his team released No More Heroes on the Wii. It was a hyperviolent and darkly satirical take on video games, the people who play them, and the…
November 11, 2020 | 11:00 EST