Posts Tagged ‘review’
  • SteamWorld Dig 2 (Review) Nintendo Switch

    Posted by on May 30, 2018 under Reviews, Switch
    Developed by Image & Form Games, SteamWorld Dig 2 is a 2D platform action-adventure game that sees the player in the role of Dorothy, a steam-driven robot who is on a mission to find the previous protagonist, Rusty, who disappeared during the events of the last game. Set in the small mining town of El Machino, Dorothy must establish contact with the locals, reopen the mine that collapsed du... more.
  • The Longest Five Minutes (Review) Nintendo Switch

    Posted by on May 30, 2018 under Reviews, Switch
    Developed by Nippon Ichi Software, The Longest Five Minutes for Nintendo Switch is a hybrid Visual Novel that uniquely incorporates an NES-inspired, 8-bit looking JRPG for the game’s ‘flashback’ sequences. It’s a concept that works relatively well, as the player is tossed head-long into an epic battle with the intimidating, all-powerful monster known only as Demon Lord. As the story pro... more.
  • Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (Review) Nintendo 3DS

    Posted by on May 30, 2018 under Portables, Reviews
    After a long wait, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux has finally arrived on the Nintendo 3DS. What’s different between this release and the original Nintendo DS game, which launched on March 23rd, 2010? For starters, the game sports enhanced graphics and brand-new story illustrations by artist Masayuki Doi. In addition to that, Redux also includes a new dungeon to explore; new story cont... more.
  • Lumo (Review) Nintendo Switch

    Posted by on April 16, 2018 under Reviews, Switch
    Gamers old enough to remember the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum will more than likely remember classics such as Knight Lore, Alien 8 and Head Over Heels. These puzzle-based, isometric adventure games were innovative for their time, thanks to their pseudo 3D environments and challenging gameplay. Lumo by Triple Eh? attempts to encapsulate all the features of the aforementioned games pioneered back i... more.
  • Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late[st] (Review) Playstation 4

    Posted by on April 16, 2018 under PS4, Reviews
    Developed by French Bread, Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late is an updated version of Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late, a 2D fighting game that first appeared in Japanese arcades back in September 2013, and then later released for the Playstation 3 during the summer of 2014. The Playstation 4 release of Latest comes packed with all the content, fighters and tweaked game mechanics of its arcade count... more.
  • Monopoly (Review) Nintendo Switch

    Posted by on March 13, 2018 under Reviews, Switch
    Love playing Monopoly, but don't have the time to play the actual board game? Monopoly by Ubisoft for Nintendo's Switch is the answer. It allows for traditional or customized play. These include items such as money for landing on free parking, auctioning off property if the person landing on it doesn't want it, and many more options. You can unlock more tokens to play and win awards the more yo... more.
  • Dragon Ball FighterZ (Review) PC – Game of the Month

    Posted by on March 13, 2018 under News, PC, Reviews
    Dragon Ball Z fans have waited a very long time for a proper, 2D fighter to come along and do the franchise justice. The Xenoverse series did a great job of bringing free-roaming, 3D based combat to home consoles, but it still wasn’t the competitive fighter some people wanted. Dragon Ball FighterZ by Arc System Works is a 2.5D fighter that borrows the tag team game mechanics from the Marvel vs C... more.
  • Vesta (Review) Nintendo Switch

    Posted by on March 13, 2018 under Reviews, Switch
    Vesta by developer Finalboss Games is a 3D Puzzle Platformer that sees the player in the role of Vesta, a young, technical-minded girl who is the only survivor aboard a space vessel that traveled 700,000 parsecs to an unknown location inside the Andromeda Galaxy. Accompanied by a floating, box-like robot named Bot, Vesta must traverse the ship’s many levels, collect energy, solve puzzles and ult... more.
  • Phantom Trigger (Review) Nintendo Switch

    Posted by on February 4, 2018 under Reviews, Switch
    Phantom Trigger by developer Bread Team - a two-man squad comprised of a programmer and 2D pixel artist - is a self-proclaimed ‘Neo Slasher’ with Rogue-lite gameplay mechanics. The game begins with the story’s protagonist, Stan, sitting alongside his wife at the doctor’s office. This brief introduction (which is a quick verbal exchange between the characters) eludes to Stan being very ill.... more.
  • Tokyo Xanadu (Review) PSVita

    Posted by on February 4, 2018 under Portables, Reviews
    Developed by Nihon Falcom, Tokyo Xanadu is an action role-playing game that takes place in an alternate reality, where the year is 2005. A massive earthquake initially devastates Tokyo, but the citizens of Japan eventually rebound and rebuild the city about a decade later. This is where the game’s protagonist, Kou Tokisaka, comes into play (no pun intended). As a young high school student - and ... more.