The Sniper Elite series has come a long way over the years. The 2005 original was rough around the edges but built on an effective concept: a WWII-era stealth action game with a focus on long range marksmanship and life like bullet physics. By 2017’s Sniper Elite 4, the series …
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Spoiler warning: This review covers some general themes that Days Gone explores, which some might consider spoilers. There’s nothing about specific plot points. There was a moment, little way past the halfway mark, that Days Gone seemed to be onto something special. Instead of the tired old “humans are the real monsters” nonsense, here was a zombie* apocalypse story that seemed more interested in the fundamental humanity of those …
MLB The Show consistently delivers one of the best baseball experiences you’ll find in a videogame. MLB The Show 19 is no exception: the depth and attention to detail in its simulation of the sport is second to none, with an array of game modes from an arcade-style retro mode …
As a newcomer, it’s hard to know where to jump in with Fate. It’s been around since 2004, with a canon that spans numerous different mediums and alternate universes. Fate/Extella Link would seem an odd place to dive into this labyrinth of Fate lore; even if you ignore all the …
One of the most memorable things about Metro: 2033 and Metro: Last Light was their sense of place. Both games are claustrophobic and constricting, sometimes to the point of frustration, but that was in keeping with the very ideas that the games (and the books they’re based on) wanted to …
Beat Saber is a stroke of genius. It’s a combination of all the best parts of rhythm games, virtual reality, and motion controls to deliver an experience that’s intense and energetic. At its highest levels, it’ll challenge even the most hardcore rhythm game player, but it’s simple and intuitive enough …
Going into Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, I never expected a story with any sort of substance. Granted, I’ve never played an Ace Combat game before, but what I’ve come to expect of military-themed action games is vapid nonsense at best and aggressive imperialist propaganda—almost always in celebration of the …
You know you’ve got a problem when the VR aspect of a VR game actively works against everything it’s trying to achieve. You know you’ve really got a problem when that’s the least of a game’s troubles. Cue the disaster that is Gungrave VR. I got a hint of what …
There’s something oddly soothing about the menial work that makes up the bulk of a game like Farming Simulator 19. Even as someone with next to no knowledge of (or interest in) farming, I found an almost meditative quality to the mundane process of ploughing your fields, growing crops, harvesting …
“Smart” isn’t a word I’d often use to describe a triple-A game, but in the case of Hitman 2, it absolutely fits. Almost 20 years since the series’ debut, the concept of a stealth game built around hiding in plain sight is as genius as ever. But it’s the game’s …