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Space oddity Each morning is a roll of the die. Some days in Citizen Sleeper, I’m down on my luck, struggling to juggle multiple bars that I can top off but will never keep filled. Others, I’m thriving, awash in opportunities to chase whatever my heart desires. Some days I get to chase flights of...
A hole in one? Well that comes later I have a mixed set of memories with the Wii Sports franchise. As an onboarding tool for the Wii as a whole, the original game was clearly a success; but my interest in it quickly waned. Slowly but surely that bonus demo disc became a series, with...
The Final Fantasy franchise is largely known for its high-fantasy action and wild plot twists, but that is all about to change thanks in part to a new Nintendo Switch. If you did not already know, Square Enix is ready to release a sequel of sorts to 1999’s Chocobo Racing called Chocobo GP. The colorful kart...
Triangle Strategy is a deliberately paced strategy game that should appeal to fans of classic Fire Emblem or Final Fantasy Tactics games. The latest in Square Enix‘s “HD-2D” series of games, which combines pixel characters with detailed backgrounds, Triangle Strategy was developed by Tomoya Asano, the maker of Bravely Default and Octopath Traveler. Although this...
Gran Turismo 7 is less concerned about being a great racing video game and is more focused on being a living encyclopedia that honors the history of automobiles. That’s not to say that the actual racing that you do in Gran Turismo 7 is bad by any means, but from the game’s opening cutscene onward,...
If FromSoftware‘s past games are considered individual successes, Elden Ring feels like the developer’s “Greatest Hits” collection. It plays like a culmination of every smart idea FromSoftware has had throughout its grueling games while still finding ways to build on the opaque experience the studio’s crafted over the years. The half-jokes referring to it as...
The RPG genre is in a very good place at the moment, providing fans with all kinds of different options that cater to very specific interests. Monark from Lacarse and NIS America does just that, mixing turn-based combat, strategy, and horror elements together. Mixed blends can often produce mixed results, but Monark manages to strike...
Although it used to be one of the most prominently featured arcade fighting game franchises out there, it’s been quite a while since we have last seen The King of Fighters franchise in action. The last time we had seen the SNK fighter, it had unfortunately released to a divisive reaction nearly six years ago....
Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires takes a controversial Dynasty Warriors game and latches on a kingdom-building strategy system that lacks any real innovation. The newest installment of the popular Dynasty Warriors franchise is technically a re-tooled version of the 2018 game Dynasty Warriors 9, which divided fans due to its use of a mostly empty and...
Horizon Forbidden West is a game that I’ve been looking forward to for a long time, and by most accounts, it ended up meeting my expectations. Horizon Zero Dawn was far and away my favorite game of 2017 and overall became one of the most enjoyable titles I played during the PlayStation 4 era. As...
