Author: Eliot Lefebvre
Review: Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids
The problem of expanding a game in the Assassin’s Creed series, at this point, is that usually the base game is already so fully stuffed with stuff that... Read More
Review: NieR: Replicant ver. 1.22474487139…
The thing about Yoko Taro games is that there’s nothing else quite like them. And that is, to a certain extent, the problem with Yoko Taro games, because... Read More
Review: Deiland: Pocket Planet Edition
Sometimes, it feels almost wrong to really criticize a game for what it’s trying to be, even though there’s absolutely stuff to be critical about with regards to... Read More
Review: Another Eden
Let me tell you, there’s nothing that gets me to give something side-eye faster than when it doesn’t want to be up-front about what it’s trying to sell... Read More
Review: Undermine (PS4)
There’s a very delicate balance to be struck when making a game that expects the player to walk in and die on a regular basis. Roguelikes and their... Read More
Review: Natsuki Chronicles
For a while there, it really looked like we were done with side-scrolling shoot-em-ups for good. I say that without any particular joy at that fact, obviously, because... Read More
Review: Turrican Flashback
It may be hard to remember now, but there was a time when a video game franchise was based as much upon where the game was released as... Read More
Review: Olija
It’s always refreshing to review a game that isn’t trying to be anything other than itself. There’s more to discuss when it comes to Olija, of course, but... Read More
Gamer Escape’s Top 5 Reviewed Games of 2020
It has arrived: the end of the year. A year that felt simultaneously gone in a flash yet unbearably long. It sure has been an…interesting…start to a new... Read More
Review: Wingspan
It was only after my play of Wingspan that I realized the game was actually an adaptation of an existing board game rather than a totally original concept.... Read More
Review: Morbid: The Seven Acolytes
In a way, Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a very simple game to review. This is a game somewhere on the greater Soulslike spectrum, so the question is... Read More
Preview: Override 2: Super Mech League
You know what’s kind of weird? Virtual On hasn’t gotten any kind of re-release on Steam or anything of the sort. There have been re-releases of the games... Read More
Review: Strobophagia
You want to know a game I absolutely love? The Beginner’s Guide. Except that line is kind of a lie, because The Beginner’s Guide is only a game... Read More
Review: Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
A game like Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin feels like an eventual inevitability. I’ve noted before that Demon’s Souls is a game that’s spawned a lot of imitations,... Read More
Review: Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
The Assassin’s Creed series is, in some ways, kind of odd to review. You don’t need me to tell you that. The series has been going with a... Read More
Review: Tears of Avia
I’m not sure if it’s insulting or just accurate to say that Tears of Avia is a game with a backstory that immediately feels more interesting than any... Read More
Review: Onee Chanbara Origin
So here’s your Japanese lesson for the day. “Onee-chan” is an affectionate term for an older sister. “Chanbara” means swordfighting. Thus, the title of this particular game series... Read More
Review: Ys Origin [Switch]
The Ys series is an odd one in the annals of JRPGs. On the one hand, it is very much in the original school of these games, with... Read More