Reviews

09

Oct

By Don Lionheart

Reviews

Review : Lost Soul Aside : Almost Found

In 2016, Sony Interactive Entertainment launched the first of its PlayStation Hero Projects, the China Hero Project, aimed at uplifting smaller, unknown developers from regions of the world that are underrepresented in the video game space. Amongst the first of these projects was a game from a solo Chinese developer,…

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09

Oct

By Patrick Shields

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Review : Absolum : Absolutely Peak

Sometimes, you just know. From the first moments of the main title screen, I had a feeling about Absolum, and that hunch was quickly confirmed. I already knew there were things that Absolum had going for it, such as being published by DotEmu, who has a hit this year in…

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08

Oct

By AndresPlays

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Review : Little Nightmares 3 : The Horrors Persist

After Tarsier Studios was acquired by Embracer Group in 2021, they were no longer able to work on their baby, Little Nightmares. Their eerie, grotesque, diorama-looking baby that resonated with spook enthusiasts. But time marches on, and a new developer stepped up to take the reins, as determined by the…

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07

Oct

By Stacy

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Review : Sword of the Sea : Poetry in Motion

What happens when you mash together a hoverboard, a magic sword, and the artistic DNA of Journey and Abzû? You get Sword of the Sea, Giant Squid’s latest work of interactive poetry. This is a game where dunes roll like ocean swells, where you carve across dead landscapes and breathe…

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01

Oct

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Digimon Story Time Stranger : Brave Heart

Even though I haven’t been up to date with Digimon in years, I’ll always hold a soft spot for the franchise. I still remember how the first two seasons of Digimon Adventure kept me company during a rough time in my country after a devastating natural disaster. Being sheltered and…

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18

Sep

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree

In an era where developers are endlessly chasing From Software’s “Souls” formula, it’s also clear we’ve entered the age of developers chasing the rogue-like. It feels like every month brings another new entry in the genre, or a game adds a rogue-like or lite mode as DLC. These games are…

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15

Sep

By Peter

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Review : Indiana Jones and the Great Circle : The Order of Giants

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, released in December of 2024, ended up being one of my favourite games of the year, perfectly capturing the tone of those classic movies. So, I was delighted at the opportunity to once again don the Fedora and step back into the shoes of…

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11

Sep

By Ains

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Review : Borderlands 4 : Can’t Hold Me Down

Everyone has at least a couple of gaming franchises that mean more to them than most. For me, Borderlands sits near the top of the list. When the original released, I gamed daily with an old friend group I cherished, and, by time the sequel arrived in 2012, my entire…

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11

Sep

By Steve Esposito

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Star Wars Outlaws : Nintendo Switch 2 Breakdown

It has been a year since the release of Star Wars: Outlaws and much to my surprise, we are seeing it again with the release of the Switch 2 port. When I initially saw the game and considered its transition to Nintendo’s portable successor, I was a bit skeptical. But…

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06

Sep

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots : Safe Swing

There was a time when PlayStation’s identity wasn’t just “big cinematic blockbusters.” In the PS1–PS4 era, especially, Sony Japan cultivated a lineup of quirky, soulful little titles that balanced out tentpoles, like the God of War games or The Last of Us' of the world. Hot Shots Golf—known globally as Everybody’s…

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05

Sep

By Ray

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Review : One-Eyed Likho : Down the Rabbit Hole

The opening scenes of developer Morteshka's One-Eyed-Likho are bleak, and not in a thematically compelling way. The environments feel flat, the character models look blocky, there’s a lack of soundtrack, and the animations are stiff and jarring. There’s an immediate lack of visual appeal, and while the monochromatic palette eventually…

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28

Aug

By Alejandro Segovia

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Review : Metal Gear Solid Delta : Snake Eater

Metal Gear Solid is bar none one of my favorite franchises from the formative years of my gaming career. Kojima’s stealth action opus not only cemented my love for stealth games, but showed me the power of video games as storytelling. Yes, some cutscenes stretched on. Yes, Kojima indulged in…

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22

Aug

By AndresPlays

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Review : Herdling : Nature’s Calling

A couple of months ago, I stayed over at a friend's house who had two cats. In the morning, to my surprise, I discovered one of them had decided to cuddle with me. Emboldened by this experience, I posted that I was "touched by the gods." While people's mileage may…

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21

Aug

By Don Lionheart

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Review : Echoes of the End : Echoes of Great Potential

There’s a scene in the 2005 film remake of the classic television series Bewitched where Will Ferrel’s Jack Wyatt’s soon-to-be ex-wife is bewitched by Nicole Kidman’s Isabel Bigelow into signing the divorce papers and says, under a spell, that she’s moving out of the house that afternoon. When inquired as…

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16

Aug

By Don Lionheart

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Review : Mafia The Old Country : An Offer You Shouldn’t Refuse

Picture it: Sicily, 1904. A young man, sold into slavery by his father, slaves away in a sulfur mine, with nothing to his name besides the long-held dream of freedom. After saving and scrounging, this young man and his only friend are mere months away from having enough lire to…

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