Reviews

  Battle Fantasia: Revised Edition Review While playing Battle Fantasia, I had conflicting moments where I felt like I was back in the late ‘90s.  On one hand, I use to love playing games like Guilty Gear X2 with my friends.  On the other, those games don’t play nearly as well as they used to.  And that’s how my experience with the game went; one minute I’m having the time of my li...[Read More]

The Red Solstice Review   The Red Solstice. It is an evocative title, I pictured a barren and stormy night on the red planet, dust blowing in my face and nothing but the howl of the wind to let me know I’m still alive. The Red Solstice doesn’t disappoint in any regard, it is an atmospheric, claustrophobic struggle, from the second you start. Ironward have been working on The Red Solstice for...[Read More]

Toukiden: Kiwami Review   Never has a game annoyed me quite as much as Toukiden: Kiwami has. The initial startup went alright, so to say. Let’s ignore the fact that it completely ignored my laptop’s native resolution and forced me to run it at 1280×720. Let’s ignore the fact that the game crashed twice before I finally managed to claw my way to the main menu. Let’s also completely forge...[Read More]

Anna’s Quest Review   Point and click adventure games were one of my first real introductions to PC gaming when I was a kid. I use to remember battling with my IBM Aptiva, trying to figure out how to install classics like Myst and Monkey Island. I loved how the action took a backseat to the story in these types of games, offering more puzzle than obstacle. The genre has kinda melted away over ...[Read More]

Heroes Of The Storm Review   Heroes of the Storm prioritizes accessibility and simplicity first and fun second. In favor of simplicity, there is no item shop, no jungling, nor digital books to purchase. There aren’t secret shops to find or runes to unlock or any other nonsense like that. Instead, there is a game that finds its complexity in other places, such as a rotating selection of maps an...[Read More]

   If you’ve been playing video games for a while, surely you’ve come across that one game that throws you over the edge, administering a serum into your veins that cause you to turn into Bane and smash every controller in sight. No? Well, then that’s just me. I will admit, I can’t handle frustrating games. Hell, Stuntman made me break more controllers than from playing Call of Duty...[Read More]

Adventures of Pip Review    All the way back in February, I took a look at a game called the Adventures of Pip. I praised it for its art style and gameplay. Now the full title has been released and… My opinions remain largely unchanged.   Resolution is incredibly important to these people. At least now we have a plot. There is a tiny land, tiny enough to fit in your palm, full of pixel p...[Read More]

Dirty Bomb Review   In entertainment media, America is always getting destroyed. Different parts are targeted, sure, but it always comes back to hitting our cousins from across the pond. New York seems to bear the brunt of it, with The Avengers, The Day After Tomorrow, Cloverfield, Independence Day, I Am Legend; the list practically never ends. San Andreas seemed to get a little in the recent fi...[Read More]

Chip’s Challenge 1 & 2 Review   25 years ago a game called Chip’s Challenge grazed the lives of many Microsoft gamers. I wasn’t around the time Chip was released, but I do have some fond memories playing it throughout my grade school years. This was a game in which I competed with my buddies as we raced to see how fast we could get through all the levels in the game – damn near impos...[Read More]

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III Review    A couple of years back, I was positively surprised by then newly released a RPG title built by NeocoreGames. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing went through many iterations, only to finally turn into a classical, albeit incredibly well-built hack ‘n’ slash set in the universe of Van Helsing. Exactly one year later, a follow-up was...[Read More]

Sunset Review   Slow, immersive games may be one of my favourite types to play. Something character driven with an engaging story, and a level of immersion that makes me forget who I am for a while. When I first saw the trailer for Sunset, a game set during the 1970’s rebellion in Central America, I was beyond excited. The game had the interesting premise of being set in one apartment; you’r...[Read More]

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Review   Let’s get this straight, right off the bat – for me, The Witcher 3 blows Inquisition out of the water in every possible respect. It is, by far, the better game in virtually every way, and I enjoy my time with it immensely while I can’t help but cringe at some features of Inquisition. With that said, it’s only natural that different opinions will arise; I...[Read More]