Conan Exiles Isle of SiptahFuncom When Conan: Exiles debuted a few years ago, my gaming friends and I couldn’t get enough of it. Instead of being set in yet another post-apocalyptic environment like most other survival games, it used Robert… Read More »Conan Exiles Isle of Siptah Review
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete EditionGuerrilla Games / PlayStation Mobile, Inc. Dutch game developers, Guerrilla Games (a subsidiary of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios known for their Killzone series), wowed the gaming public at 2017’s E3 event with a new open-world… Read More »Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition Review
Unavowed Wadjet Eye Games When I’d first heard of Unavowed, I thought that it seemed like a pretty simplistic set-up for a game which leaned heavily on the 90s point-and-click titles of yore. Personally, I considered many of those games… Read More »Unavowed Review – A Good, Old-Fashioned Adventure Game With Updated Sensibilities.
Call of Cthulhu Cyanide Studio/Focus Home Interactive There are an entire plethora of video game adaptations bases on the works of H.P. Lovecraft; a wealth of material that is most often misrepresented because game developers don’t quite seem to get… Read More »Call of Cthulhu Review – A Decent Tribute to a Hallowed Franchise
Kholat IMGN.PRO We’re living in some exciting times in the video game world these days. Computing technology, high speed fiber optics, and heightened levels of processing power have made it possible for gaming developers to make some beautifully crafted,… Read More »Kholat Review – An Excellent Horror Title for Those with a Little Patience
The Crow’s Eye 3D2 Entertainment/Nkidu Games Inc. I’m a huge horror genre fan. Unlike mediums such as film, TV, and literature, horror video games are unique in that they put you right into the shoes of the main protagonist,… Read More »The Crow’s Eye – A Pleasantly Moody Puzzler
Recore Armature Studio, Comcept/Microsoft Studios Sometimes when I critique games, I refer to them as being a premise or concept in search of a game, but Armature Studios and Comcept’s new game Recore is different. It’s the first time that… Read More »Recore – A Whole Lot of Hoppin’
The Technomancer Spiders Studio It’s strange—it seems as though lately, I’ve been running into a lot of games that feature really interesting backstories, but fail to pull the trigger when it comes to translating their narratives over into the digital… Read More »The Technomancer Review – Interesting Setting & Technical Pitfalls
The Descendant Episode 1 |Aftermath Gaming Corps AB I’ve always been a big fan of post-apocalyptic settings. I’ve read many books, watched all sorts of films, and even played a few role-playing games (geek alert!) set in post-apocalyptic backdrops, for… Read More »The Descendant Episode 1 | Aftermath Review – Mysteries Abound
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter Frogwares/Bigben Interactive Having recently played and reviewed the dreadful zombie-splattering offering, Capcom’s Umbrella Corps, I hungered for a completely different gaming experience. Something that would wash away all of the virtual goop that I felt… Read More »Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter Review – Only the Patient Need Apply
Firewatch Campo Santo Let me start this review off by letting all of you know that I’ve played quite a few First Person Exploration games (or FPX’s for short) recently, including Dear Esther, The Stanley Parable, and the spectacular Gone… Read More »Firewatch Review – Rise of the FPX
Rise of the Tomb Raider Crystal Dynamics Let me kick things off here by saying that I played the original Tomb Raider when I was much younger. I’m not really into playing female characters but was trying to impress a… Read More »Rise of the Tomb Raider Review – The Real Lara is Back