A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS GAMES
Hey-HoHum Making its first jump from 3D to 2D, Hey! Pikmin is a simplified version of the original console titles. While I felt compelled enough to finish the quest, this sidescrolling take on Nintendo’s real time strategy sim isn’t very fulfilling. Like the previous Pikmin titles, Captain Olimar has crash landed on an alien world […]
An American Tale Chris Kohler’s book on Final Fantasy V is a snapshot into the gaming passion of a teenage boy growing up in America in the 1990s. I’d like to share a quote found on the beginning pages of this latest publication by Boss Fight Books. “Poring over more issues of magazines like Electronic […]
Developer Chasing Carrots has created a “this makes so much sense, why have these game mechanics not been used before” title with Pressure Overdrive, sequel to 2013’s Pressure. Using a twin-stick control scheme to make an action racer just makes a ton of sense but unfortunately, the overall package falls flat thanks to severe unbalancing. […]
Gentle As A Cloud Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles is one of the most tranquil, relaxing, and feel-good games I think I have ever played. With no violence and gameplay that genuinely makes the player feel pride and accomplishment, Yonder made me feel like a saint on Christmas as I felt so damn good helping […]
Spam Attackers With a visual presentation sort of reminiscent of Another World and horde mode-style gameplay that mixes Gauntlet with a hint of TowerFall, Warlocks vs Shadows is a grind-heavy spammers dream. While this 2D brawler has a decent foundation, the repetitive combat and soundtrack is a slog and a lesson in boredom. After releasing […]
A Casualty of War Valkyria Chronicles was a cult favorite on PS3 and played even better with the Remastered version on PS4. When a new entry was announced for the series, fans like myself immediately got excited for another quality hybrid tactical action RPG. Unfortunately, Valkyria Revolution is a total slog at best, marred with […]
Shadows of Hurt Fire Emblem Echoes – Shadows of Valentia is the third Fire Emblem game to appear on the 3DS. While not as good as the stellar Fire Emblem Awakening, I did enjoy this title more than Fire Emblem Fates, the second 3DS title that was spilt across two games and DLC with the […]
Old Dog’s Old Tricks Still Plays Well Originally starting as a freeware PC game made by a one-man team – Daisuke Amaya, aka Pixel, Cave Story has been ported to many platforms over the last decade. In fact, Cave Story was the first WiiWare game I downloaded back in 2010. Luckily, Cave Story is a […]
Emotionally Charged On its surface, RiME is an environmental puzzle platformer that puts players into the shoes of a shipwrecked youth with no memory of what happened. Although this set up is a video game cliché, RiME separates itself through its presentation, an emotional story, and an unforgettable ending. There is no HUD, spoken language, […]
Punching Yourself In the Face Back in the PS2, original Xbox, and Gamecube era, Sony was and Nintendo were flourishing in the platformer genre with Jak and Daxter, Super Mario, and Ratchet & Clank while Microsoft struggled by testing out Blinx and Voodoo Vince. Never receiving recognition to the level of the competition, Microsoft’s platformers […]
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