I know I’m normally one to rail against games being too long, but The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series are the rare sorts of games that earn every minute of their running time. I said as much in my review of the first game in this four-part …
Blood and Truth wants nothing more than to be an interactive, virtual reality spin on on the classic cockney gangster film. Set against a gritty London backdrop, it sees you caught up in an escalating gang war—with all the high-octane stunts and wild setpieces that come with that. The good …
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is something special. It’s a classic JRPG that isn’t interested in reinventing the wheel; instead, it delivers the classic linchpins of the genre—a good story, interesting characters, and a deep battle system—to perfection. Such was true of the original release a few …
Everybody’s Golf pretty much has the arcade-style golf game corner locked down. With developer Clap Hanz’s close ties to Sony, it was only a matter of time before we saw a PlayStation VR spin on the series. Everybody’s Golf VR perfectly carries the solid golf systems at the series’ heart …
I was a bit suspicious of Nelke and the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World ahead of its release. I love Atelier, but a lot of the pre-release marketing made it look more like one of those depressing mobile city-builder games—you know, the ones that are less about city …
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 …
Spoiler warning! This post contains excessive spoilers for an untitled Marvel film due for release in 2021, such as possible titles and details on which production company would be creating the film. A Marvel film due for release—spoiler warning!—in 2021 will remain without a title, for fear that giving it any sort of name would ruin the viewing experience for fans hoping for a surprise. Until now, the film has been under the working title “Untitled Marvel 2021”. When a …
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 …
Every year, we see dozens, if not hundreds, of new platformers pop up on every game platform around. Some of those tinker around the edges of the familiar platform structure; some using that familiarity as a jumping-off point to push boundaries of the types of stories games can tell. Most …
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 …