Tag: video game review
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TMNT: Splintered Fate Review- Baby’s First Roguelite
I feel like gamers are always overusing certain games as comparison points. We use the most popular games in a genre to help describe just about everything, sometimes to a ridiculous effect. Every difficult video game seems to be a “soulslike” these days. Any big open world game without tons of objective markers is like…
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Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes Review- Just When I Thought I Was Out, They Pull Me Back In
I could talk about Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes for hours. I could write about it for days. This is one of the most fascinating video games I have ever played. I say that because Eiyuden is a game of incredible extremes. I’ve never played a game where, seemingly, everything about it is either fantastic, jank,…
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Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (2024) Review: Ahead of Its Time, Yet Still in the Past
Whenever I see complaints about video game remakes, I like to remind people that video games are still a relatively new artform. It might be ridiculous for Hollywood to come out with a remake on a movie that came out in 2004. But for video games? Video games were something like a teenager at that…
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The Case of the Golden Idol Review: I’m a Detective, Damn It (Xbox Version)
Video games allow us to truly feel like someone else for a while in a way no other medium can. I truly felt like a master swordsman when playing Rise of the Ronin earlier this year. I could have sworn I was actually on vacation when I was playing Dungeons of Hinterberg a week ago.…
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Rolling Hills Review: Delicious and Occasionally Overfilling
I have a weird relationship with cozy games. I like them in theory, as they often have stealth RPG elements at the very least. Multiple games that are amongst my top 50 all time are cozy games (Harvest Moon 64, Stardew Valley, and Littlewood). But a lot of the slow starts and general sameness that…
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Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Review- Imagine the Unimaginable
Having someone that you truly love is one of the best feelings in the world. It’s amazing to look over at your partner and know that you are on this journey of life with them at your side till the end. Of course, there are lows, but if you are in a good relationship, there…
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Athenian Rhapsody Review: I’m Not Laughing Anymore
Launching a comedy RPG feels like one of the bravest things you can do in video games. In general, there just isn’t much in the way of full-on comedy video games out there. But the few that exist that people know about are considered certified classics. If I tell you that I’m going to play…
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Stellar Blade Review: More Like “Really Good Blade”
In the world of sports, there is nothing more exciting than a rookie. If a rookie shows you just about anything positive in their first year in the pros, your mind starts to extrapolate all the ways that player could become a superstar. Video games can often feel the same way. When you see a…
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1000xResist Spoiler Free Review: The Story of a Lifetime… Until it’s Not
I didn’t read any reviews for 1000xResist before I picked it up earlier this month. I just saw that it had gotten tremendous scores and went for it. As I started reading reviews and even some of the games’ marketing material after I beat it, I was surprised by how many plot details were pretty…
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Rise of the Ronin Review: Combat is King
Reviewing video games is an odd and inexact science. While almost every website has a similar review scale these days (7- good, 8- great, etc), I imagine that every reviewer has their own journey as to how they come up with that final number. I feel like, at times, many reviewers start at a certain…
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