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, …
It can be hard to know where to begin with a franchise as storied as Ys, but the PS4 release of Ys Origin makes a great starting point. There have been plenty of Ys games released in the series’ 30-year history, but you could be forgiven for having never played …
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 …
Danganronpa 1・2 Reload doesn’t add anything new, but it does bring together two of the finest games of the last few years in one neat package. Danganronpa is one of the best franchises in gaming. It’d be easy to write it off as a simple visual novel / adventure game …
Nioh wears its Dark Souls inspiration on its sleeve, but it builds on that with deeper combat and captivating story of Sengoku-era Japan. It’s hard to talk about Nioh without making comparisons to Dark Souls. Team Ninja’s latest outing wears its influences on its sleeve: methodical combat built around a …
LEGO Worlds has (almost) all the fun and excitement of playing with LEGO, and none of the limitations that come with the real-life, physical toys. I need to get something out in the open: I don’t really like Minecraft. I like the idea of Minecraft, and I think it’s a brilliant …
Atelier Firis gives the Atelier series a new focus on a connected world and a transitory story, perfect for a delightful coming-of-age story like this. I haven’t played an Atelier game since a brief stint with Atelier Iris on PlayStation 2. It’s not that I don’t like the series; I …
