When I saw the trailer for Pilo and the Holobook, I was immediately entranced. The art style alone oozed such charm and whimsy, and made me nostalgic for adventure games of my youth. Plus I am, as ever, an absolute sucker for cute characters going on grand adventures. That said, all the charm in the world means nothing without a solid foundation to back it up, so I just had to check it out for myself.
I’ve been a fan of boomer shooters since, well, when they were just called shooters. I grew up through the gaming industry’s growing pains of striving for realism with woefully inadequate tech, and cheap horror is always a good time in my eyes. So of course when I saw a boomer shooter with a vibe
I’ve recently become a fan of Kotaro Uchikoshi, specifically getting into the Nonary Game series and AI: The Somnium Files. So I was surprised and delighted when we had the opportunity to review one of Uchikoshi’s earlier works, Ever 17 – The Out of Infinity. It was critically acclaimed at the time, and I’m fond
I’ve always considered myself a fan of Warriors games. One of my earliest reviews for this site was actually Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada back in 2017 and I’ve poured hundreds of hours into the various Warriors spin-off games… and yet somehow I’ve never played an actual full fledged Dynasty Warriors before. So of course
Over this past year, I’ve done a fair bit of coverage for Mechwarrior 5: Clans. As someone who enjoyed the earlier games and the Battletech arcade pods back in the day, I was of course excited. So when they dropped some DLC, of course I had to check it out. I expected to check out the new modes, drum up a little hype, nothing much. Things… weren’t quite as simple as I’d planned.
Nearly a decade ago I played a little game called Life is Strange, and it stuck with me in a way that few games do. With its relatable characters, tense narrative, and a central mechanic that was wish fulfillment in all the best ways, the original Life is Strange ticked all the boxes for an
It feels like this whole year MechWarrior has been on my mind, what with the interview back in April and then last month’s preview. What I had seen so far had me excited when we got our chance to cover the full game, but there was also a bit of trepidation as well. A lot
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Piranha Games about the upcoming MechWarrior 5: Clans, and what I saw certainly drew my attention. I immediately wishlisted it as I awaited further news, and so when the opportunity to try a hands-on sneak peek popped up I had to hop
If there’s one thing you need to know about Sumerian Six, it’s that you can have a werebear sneak up and maul nazis. If that doesn’t convince you, I suppose that’s what the rest of the review is for. Of course there’s plenty more than just mauling that goes into a game, so today we’re
When I first saw the trailer for Love, Ghostie, my initial thoughts were that this was one of the more adorable games I’d seen all year. After all, you’re helping a bunch of cute critters find love in a wholesome slice of life, what could be cuter than that? Still, while I was initially enamored with the art style and premise, it takes more than that to make a game. Only one way to find out how the whole thing holds up.
I’ll admit, when I first saw Nowhere I got a bit excited. Sleuthing out a mystery in a terrifying forest and dealing with matters of old myths and legends? Sign me up for that ASAP. I was genuinely excited by what the trailer had promised and looked forward to checking out the demo. Unfortunately, as
Whether you’re looking to try out Viper and Pictomancer, taking your favorite jobs up to 100, or simply deciding it’s time for a new job, you’ll have to go through the leveling process. Unfortunately with two DPS jobs newly launched in Dawntrail, queue times are likely to be abysmal for a good while. Luckily there’s
Last week we had the opportunity to sit down with Piranha Games, the developers behind the recent MechWarrior titles and talk with them about their upcoming game MechWarrior 5: Clans for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. At once something both new and familiar, MechWarrior 5: Clans builds on a lot of systems from the
Alone in the Dark is a series that needs no introduction to fans of horror games. Debuting in 1992 it began many of the survival horror tropes still in use today, a true pioneer of its time. Sadly the series has fallen a bit into obscurity since then as subsequent sequels and reboots have failed
When I saw the initial trailers and pictures for Palworld back in 2021, I and many others had a similar reaction: “This can’t be real. This has to be a troll or something.” After all, we had just seen creatures that looked eerily similar to Pokémon engaging in gun fights and slave labor assembly lines,
Time is a circle, and what’s old is new again. There’s been plenty of aesthetic throwbacks in recent years, most typically to the 64-bit era, following along the 16-bit nostalgia wave previously. But poking in at the margins here and there is a growing trend of games imitating the early PC games of the 80s.
Way back in the late 90s, I had many a fond memory of playing Turok 1 and 2 on my N64. Naturally when they were remastered I had to pick them up, but I never did play Turok 3. Now it’s finally getting a remaster of it’s own, and it was finally time to see what I had been missing all these years.
There are a few types of games that will always grab my attention. Old-school CRPGs, games with retro aesthetics, stories with cute critters embarking on fantasy adventures… so it was inevitable that I’d take a look at Of Blades and Tails. Developed by Felix Laukel and published by Pineapple Works, Of Blades and Tails promised tactical turn-based action and exploration, but I just had to ready my sword, dust off my armor and see for myself how it held up.
World of Horror is something I honestly had thought was already out. I have a number of friends really into horror, and I heard nothing but good things about it back when it first entered early access. Surely this was an already finished game, I thought. Apparently despite how good it already was, there were still more the team wanted to add. Now I had a chance to sit down with the finished product and see if it was really worth all the hype.
I’ve been a fan of Marvelous’ work for a while, starting with the old Harvest Moon games way back when and more recently with the Rune Factory series. So of course I was delighted to see some classic monsters return in the trailer, and I knew I had to check this out. While it seemed to lean away from the life sim elements of those other series and into pure action this time around, adding action had made Rune Factory better for me than Harvest Moon, so I shouldn’t have been surprised that sooner or later they would decided to go all in.