A couple of months ago, with Stormblood fast approaching, I decided to dive back into Final Fantasy XIV in an effort to catch up and see what I’d been missing out on. Now, I hadn’t played since before version 3.1 – the first major update after Heavensward’s launch – so …
In the early 2000s, French developer Microids released Syberia and Syberia II to much acclaim. Long before the resurgence of adventure games that we’ve seen in the last 5-odd years, here was a pair of games that combined that old point-and-click cell with graphics that were state-of-the-art (for their time), …
Prior to Andromeda, my only encounter with the Mass Effect series was a brief few hours with the first game. I enjoyed what I played of it, but the Xbox 360’s infamous Red Ring of Death cut that short. I got a PS3 as a replacement, but by the time …
I must admit: aside from DuckTales, I can’t remember ever playing any of the games in The Disney Afternoon Collection. I didn’t have a NES as a kid, and when I discovered the joys of retro gaming as a teen, I was much more interested in games like Final Fantasy and …
Let’s get something out of the way real quick: Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX for PlayStation 4 is almost identical to the PlayStation 3 versions. There’s no new or different content, and the games haven’t been “re-remastered” in any way. Really, the only difference is that the PS4 …
If you want to make your indie pixel art platformer stand out, you might give it some ridiculous premise: a cat-owned company’s teleporters keep breaking down, so it’s up to a the firm’s master of Custodial Sciences (who is a frog) to investigate. You might do something even more radical, …
Troll and I tries to channel both Tomb Raider and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and ends up living up to neither of those inspirations. Troll and I feels like two very different games rolled into one. On the one hand, it’s a “single-player co-op” game in the vein …
I’ve been cautiously optimistic about Uncharted: The Lost Legacy since it was first announced last December. I’m clearly in the minority, but I was really disappointed by Uncharted 4 and the way it abandoned the series’ trademark sense of fun and character for a hollow attempt at telling a “serious” story. Its worst problem, …
I love PaRappa the Rapper, so I hate to have to say this, but PaRappa the Rapper Remastered is even more broken than the 20-year-old original. I love PaRappa the Rapper. It was one of my favorite games as a kid. I played it to death on PlayStation, and did …
Styx: Shards of Darkness is one of the best stealth games in a long time, and that’s only made better by its gross yet endearing goblin hero. Having never played the previous game, I didn’t know what to expect from Styx: Shards of Darkness. I was intrigued by the idea …
