I’m pleasantly surprised at how much I’m enjoying Dissidia Final Fantasy NT. I wasn’t a big fan of the previous Dissidia games, and this one’s 3-on-3 focus certainly didn’t fit with my general dislike for team-based multiplayer games. Perhaps more significantly, I have a weird bias against Dissidia at a …
PlayStation 4
Shadow of the Colossus is one of the most remarkable achievements of the video game art form. That was true in 2005, when it first came out on PlayStation 2. It was still true in 2011, when it got ported to PlayStation 3 alongside its predecessor, Ico. And it remains …
Dragon Ball FighterZ feels like two very different games rolled into one, depending on what angle you approach it from. If you come at it as Dragon Ball Z fan first and foremost, you can look forward to one of the best licensed games to date, with a wealth of …
Among the numerous indie gems that launched on Nintendo Switch last year was a little beat ’em up called Wulverblade. Set in AD 140, it follows the efforts of a handful of Celtic warriors to stop Rome’s invasion into northern Britannia, through cartoonishly violent, bloody combat. Following its warm reception on …
Street Fighter V was an odd beast when it launched two years ago. The fighting itself was fantastic and the multiplayer infrastructure was good, but there was precious little on offer for people uninterested in duking it out with other players. A few extra game features and game modes …
Before Cyberdimension Neptunia, before Sword Art Online, before Star Ocean 3, there was .hack (pronounced “dot hack”). The immense popularity of the anime .hack//SIGN and a handful of game spinoffs in the early 2000s popularised the premise of players trapped inside an MMO game, and you can see that …
Ōkami has been one of Capcom’s most beloved games since it first released more than a decade ago, and it’s easy to see why: a beautiful art style, rich story, and Zelda-inspired gameplay all combine to create one of the most captivating games of the PlayStation 2 era. Strangely enough, …
“None of this is real. You’re not real. Rachel’s family isn’t real. This whole thing– It’s all just… theater.” “Well, you know what William Shakespeare said…” “Something about the whole world being a stage, so might as well act the fuck out of it?” “Nailed it.” “But I don’t want …
Just in time for the holidays, Sony’s recently launched a handful of new games under the PlayLink banner. Like That’s You, released earlier this year, the new games are simple party games that use smartphones as controllers. I’m sure many folks will have less-than-fond memories of scrambling to find a …
You can always improve a game concept by adding cats and an onslaught of cat-themed puns. Always. The latest example of this is Cat Quest, a small, straightforward open-world RPG that finds plenty of charm in its feline persuasion. Cat Quest starts as many a game does, with someone close …