Reviews

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 Joe La Russa

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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 Joe La Russa

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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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30

Jul

By Patrick Shields

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Review : Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound : Ninja Step

Few games are held in such reverence to old-school gamers as those in the 8-bit Ninja Gaiden trilogy. As such, when Dotemu announced that it was producing a new side-scrolling entry to the series, being developed by The Game Kitchen, the news was exciting. Yet, fans wondered how much it…

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29

Jul

By Ains

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Review In-Progress : Grounded 2

Released in early access in July of 2020 and often referred to as "Honey I Shrunk the Kids, the game," Obsidian Entertainment's Grounded represented a unique survival crafter. After a couple years of additional development and expansion, it released fully in late 2022, and later on additional platforms in 2024.…

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28

Jul

By AndresPlays

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Review : Wheel World : Skidding To The Goal

Fans of indie video games are already well-acquainted with a certain aesthetic. A somewhat cartoony look complementing comical animations to lighten the mood of otherwise heavy subject matters. Quirky sound effects added to the subtitles when expositing the narrative. If gold strikes, a timeless soundtrack by an inspired composer that…

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22

Jul

By AndresPlays

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Review : Wuchang Fallen Feathers : Crouching Tiger

What makes a video game stand out? Could it be its high-octane action, deeply engaging combat, or, perhaps, a grounded historical narrative with a supernatural twist? In the case of Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, it is all three of these and then some. Souls-likes are a dime a dozen nowadays, and…

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14

Jul

By AndresPlays

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Review : Eriksholm The Stolen Dream : Scene it?

There is a moment that perfectly encapsulates what Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream is all about within the first few moments of the game. Quietly sneaking through a factory, protagonist Hanna grabs a note where a worker writes about how slow-paced, meticulous work is gratifying, to which she brightly replies, "I…

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11

Jul

By Steve Esposito

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Review : Dune Awakening : Bless the Maker

I have restarted my Dune: Awakening review three, maybe four times now. Once when I was 50 hours in, another at 75 hours in, and I bring to you my review of the game as I cross the 100 hour mark. For a father with a full time job, kicking…

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07

Jul

By Ray

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Review : Palia in 2025 : Home Sweet Home

It’s wild that a free-to-play game with no combat, no meaningful group activities, and a limited number of maps to explore has managed to keep me hooked for over 150+ hours. But Palia has done just that. It completely surpassed my expectations, drawing me back again and again to build…

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19

Jun

By Ray

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Review : Dead of Darkness : Good Game, Weird Name

What if you could experience a Resident Evil-style horror game wrapped in the nostalgic charm of a 2D SNES-era JRPG aesthetic? If that idea stirs the loins, then Dead of Darkness is for you. Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival horror game developed by solo developer Markus Neuert of…

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17

Jun

By Joe La Russa

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Review : MindsEye : MediocreEye

If you asked the average player of video games who Leslie Benzies is, the answer would likely be, “Who is she?” But if you said the same thing to virtually any game developer, now or over the last thirty years, the answer would almost immediately be, “the former Rockstar producer…

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