Alejandro Segovia

26

Aug

By Alejandro Segovia

Latest News, Reviews

Review : Star Wars Outlaws : Scrappy Nerf Herder

For as long as Star Wars has existed as a franchise, and for as long as gaming adaptations have been a thing, I’ve only had one dream: an open world game set in a galaxy far, far away. Considering how pervasive the open world genre has been over the last…

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10

May

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Stellar Blade : Alpha Naytiba

In an ever growing gaming industry where interesting games can come from places and territories you least expect, I appreciate the way the Korean gaming industry is slowly breaking into more AAA fare as of late. For a territory with as many gamers as it has, yet typically defined by…

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26

Apr

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants : Shell Shocked

They may not be the hot ticket item when it comes to pop culture these days, but I’m happy to see the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles continue to stay relevant in the current landscape in various ways. From its continuous comic line to even its most recent stop motion-style animated…

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22

Apr

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Final Fantasy XVI: The Rising Tide : Bloody Kairos

Even with endless debates, there is no denying the last few years have been really good to Final Fantasy fans. For a franchise that went astray and with yawning release gaps in the 2010’s, the quantity and quality of the recent output has seen Square Enix’s long-running franchise have one…

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21

Mar

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth : Embrace Your Dreams

It was late at night, in the middle of Sony’s E3 2015 Press Conference, where a trailer with familiar imagery ended with the voice-over, “For they are coming back. At last, the promise has been made.” And in that moment, dreams finally came true: a remake for Final Fantasy VII…

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19

Feb

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Skull and Bones : Shipwrecked

If there was one common feedback Ubisoft definitely got after the release of 2013’s successful Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, it was simple: make a full on pirate game. And for good reason. This one-off sequel in the long running Assassin’s Creed series managed to successfully build upon a side…

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07

Feb

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Granblue Fantasy: Relink : Primal Time

Heading into the onslaught of JRPG releases for this early half of 2024, where we are either getting the next big sequel or a full-fledged remake of a beloved franchise, I sure didn’t have Granblue Fantasy: Relink on my radar. This sort of sequel/spinoff for a franchise whose existence was…

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24

Jan

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered : A Dark Return

I can’t imagine a franchise nowadays that is so hard for me to praise like Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us. Looking at it holistically, Naughty Dog’s seminal action/survival horror series is what I consider the ultimate benchmark of what a quality third person, cinematic action-adventure game should be, with…

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22

Dec

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Avatar Frontiers of Pandora : Blue Man Group

Ask me what the plot is for James Cameron’s 2009 financial smash hit Avatar and its equally successful 2022 sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, and I basically come up empty handed without looking at Wikipedia. Other than a vague recollection of the first movie being so similar to something…

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15

Dec

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla : God of Hope

In a year that’s already given me so much to be satisfied with, I sure wasn’t expecting any more surprises as we start winding down. Color me surprised. When Sony Santa Monica revealed the long rumored DLC content for their critical and commercial hit God of War: Ragnarok this past…

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14

Dec

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen : Alpha, Omega

Final Fantasy XVI is high up there as one of my absolute favorite games to come out in 2023. As divisive as the game’s radical gameplay re-imagining was amongst hardcore fans, the switch to a more hardcore Devil May Cry style action game worked for me (while I also understood…

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08

Dec

By Alejandro Segovia

Articles

It’s Time To Rebrand “The Game Awards”

Last night, the ninth edition of the Winter Gaming Showcase aired and brought with it a slew of exciting announcements that one could argue are some of the biggest in the show’s lifespan. God of War Ragnarok and Final Fantasy 16 got imminent DLC (one coming in five days, one…

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04

Nov

By Alejandro Segovia

Reviews

Campaign Review : Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 : Downslide

  This review is specific to the campaign for "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III." Our full review of the entire package will be posted after extensive time with the full game While not always consistent from year to year, I have mostly enjoyed the Call of Duty campaigns. For…

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03

Nov

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Alan Wake 2 : Emmy Winner

Alan Wake 2 is developer Remedy’s Entertainment’s magnum opus. In the close to 28 years of their existence, the legendary Sam Lake and his team at Remedy have been honing their work creating very unique games with a particular style to them. While initially known for their excellent work with their…

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13

Oct

By Alejandro Segovia

Latest News

Impressions : Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 : Old Dog, New Tricks

These multiplayer impressions were conducted through the first weekend early access of the beta on the PlayStation 5 version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 It’s always amusing when a developer’s attempt to sell their direct sequel to a long running franchise is through the repudiation of the last…

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