Poppy Playtime: Chapter 4 Review
There is an established formula for a Poppy Playtime game, and Chapter 4 is no different - some puzzles, some scares and some collectibles to help flesh out the story. But it feels like Chapter 4 is the beginning of the end, putting in motion moments tha…
DOOM The Dark Ages on Steam Deck is a “nightmare” even at “low-quality” and in linear levels
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Oblivion Remastered “memory management” issue that makes the game run worse the more you play, but there’s a simple-yet-annoying fix
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‘Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince’ iOS Review – Much Better Than Switch, but Lacking in Two Ways
Back in December, I reviewed Square Enix’s monster collecting RPG Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince on Switch. I loved my time with it despite its many technical issues. I expected it to hit PC like Dragon Quest Treasures, another Nintendo Switch ex…
Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics Review – Switch, Steam Deck, and PS5 Covered
For a lot of folks who have been following Capcom’s fighting games over the years, the Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics announcement was unbelievable given recent events and the reception of the last Marvel vs Capcom game. As someone…
Razer Kishi Ultra Mobile Controller Review – The Best Mobile Controller in 2024?
Back in April, the Razer Nexus (Free) app on iOS and Android was updated with support added for an unannounced “Razer Kishi Ultra" controller boasting features like analog stick deadzone customization and more. Since then, Razer has announced and release…
‘Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home’ iOS Review – A Great Start, but Needs More Work
Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home has been a very interesting game to follow pre-release. I say this not only because it is a premium mobile-first Harvest Moon game, but also because the reactions from my friends who are longtime fans of the series have gone…
Gundam Breaker 4 Review – Steam Deck, Switch, and PS5 Tested
Back in early 2016 when I was looking for import-friendly games on PS Vita, I used to often see Gundam Breaker mentioned. If you’ve never heard of the series before, think of them as hack and slash action games with RPG elements, deep customization, and …
Cronos: The New Dawn is brutal pandemic horror: ‘Hard mode, in the old-school way’
The new gameplay trailer for Cronos: The New Dawn, out Wednesday from Bloober Team, debuts some tense gameplay featuring the protagonist — a time traveler with futuristic armor and an arsenal of weapons — facing off against misshapen, humanlike enemies w…
Time Flies when you’re thinking about dying
In 76.4 seconds, my life will end. So long as I manage to avoid lightbulbs or stay out of wine glasses, the buzzing will inevitably give way to silence. My wings will abruptly stop flapping and I’ll careen towards the ground like an asteroid. I’ll …
I have nothing negative to say about Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, other than that it ends too soon
Tecmo’s Ninja Gaiden games are infamous for their difficulty, from the NES era trilogy of punishing side-scrolling action platformers to the modern Team Ninja games. The latest entry in that franchise, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, doesn’t strive to be that h…
Donkey Kong Bananza’s identity crisis doesn’t get in the way of good time
I’m not surprised smashing stuff in Donkey Kong Bananza is enjoyable. In the tutorial alone, I, like many others, spent ages demolishing everything I could get my (giant gorilla) hands on, and it’s a given that something designed well enough …
Tales of the Shire falls short of the LOTR Animal Crossing promise
On paper, a cozy little game set in the Shire sounds like a slam dunk. The Shire is canonically a beautiful, peaceful, inviting little place, and a game that lets you customize your own personal Hobbit hole sounds delightful. But in practice, Weta Worksh…
Steam’s mechanical new puzzle game has taken over my brain
The other day I was on my way to get drinks with some friends after work, but in my head, I was still at work. I had just spent a 45-minute subway ride with my nose buried in my Steam Deck playing Kaizen: A Factory Story. Set in 1980s Japan, the inventiv…
The Spiritfarer team’s next game is all about messed-up families and super cool swords
Nicolas Guérin of Thunder Lotus, best known for 2020’s Spiritfarer, likes viewing things differently. “Maybe it’s my contrarian nature, but Spiritfarer was meant to be kind of a counterpoint to what death is usually perceived as, which is gloomy, d…
Could the next Among Us be this co-op game about an Irish urban legend?
The burgeoning “friendslop” genre isn’t prepared for its scariest — and most personal — entry yet. Eyes of Hellfire is an upcoming co-op horror game in which 3-5 players must collectively survive in a house of horrors while working to deduce who th…
Super Mario Party Jamboree Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV review – No camera? No problem
Super Mario Party Jamboree Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV is a mouthful of a game title and is the first major Nintendo Switch 2 Edition game to launch that adds new modes after the day one releases of both Switch Zeldas. The original game was a…
James Gunn’s DCU reboot builds a more vulnerable (and sillier) Superman
Ever since the 1978-1987 run of Superman movies starring Christopher Reeve ended, filmmakers have been puzzling over how to make the character vulnerable in a meaningful way, to ensure that dramatic conflict in his stories doesn’t look like a breeze for …
Gachiakuta goes places I’ve never seen in an anime series, and that’s an instant win
It’s hard to reinvent the wheel when the wheel opens the way to success in a billion-dollar industry. But even with well-established, successful genres like shonen anime, some creators aren’t afraid to get creative. Enter Gachiakuta, an anime series that…
