Technical issues and tired tropes aside, Serious Sam 4 is a largely successful synthesis of the series’ disparate identities. In Serious Sam 4, the long-running FPS series may have finally found a workable identity. Through each entry, developer Croteam has held onto the core gameplay loop that defined Sam’s initial jaunt across Egypt. You will always […]
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I cannot stress this enough: Surgeon Simulator 2 is not a surgery game. The first game was goofy and weird—you were expected to navigate an intense night of open-heart surgery with a clumsy set of keybindings and mouse clicks—but even at its ridiculous heights, the anonymous doctor was still cracking ribs and replacing livers under […]
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Supergiant Games, the developer of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre, has a new action rogue-lite title, Hades, and a lot could be said about it. The first thing would be that it’s, hands down, an amazing game as you’ll find out in our official review. First released in December 2018 as an Epic Games Store exclusive, […]
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Need to know What is it? A game that wants a roguelike, a rhythm game, and an FPS to have an electronic baby.Expect to pay $20/£15Developer Awe InteractivePublisher Awe InteractiveReviewed on GeForce GTX 1650, AMD Ryzen 5 3550H, 8 GB RAMMultiplayer? NoLink Official site I don’t know how many times I’ve found myself frozen by […]
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Need to know What is it? Greek mythology as a permadeath hack-and-slash.Expect to pay $20/£16Developer Supergiant Games Publisher Supergiant Games Reviewed on Windows 10, Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 1060 Multiplayer? NoOut NowLink Official site Different as they are, Supergiant’s previous games—Pyre, Transistor, and Bastion—have all been summed up the same way. Story, […]
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Need to know What is it? A tactical RPG roguelike that’s a bit like if… oh god.Expect to pay $25/£19.49Developer Massive DamagePublisher Raw FuryReviewed on Radeon RX 580, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.9GHz, 16 GB RAMMultiplayer? NoLink Official site You know that way of describing a game, or a film or a sandwich or whatever, […]
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The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos, a turn-based tactical RPG from Artefacts Studio and Dear Villagers, releases tomorrow via Steam. Truth be told, I was a little bit apprehensive when Andrew Farrell initially asked me to review it. After all, I’m Filipino and I’ll probably have a hard time pronouncing the name of […]
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Spelunky 2 is a successful evolution of what made the original Spelunky work. In Spelunky 2, the turkey’s fate is in your hands. You could hop on the bird’s back, making use of its double jump and Yoshi-like glide to flap your way through your run. For a solid payout, you could return it and the […]
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The intoxicating allure of modern Doom’s hyper-aggressive ballad of blood and bullets did not go unnoticed. There comes a moment when every facet of the game is in perfect harmony with each other, conducted by none other than the player themselves. It’s here that every shot will magically find its mark and shower the screen […]
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Image via KING Art There’s nothing more menacing for a small squad of infantry troops with 1920s rifles, hiding behind a rock wall, than watching a towering, gas-chugging mech come straight at them. Except maybe the sound of the mech winding up its massive chain guns to rain down a barrage of heavy-duty bullets. Luckily, […]
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Inertial Drift is the only game to feature drifting more satisfying than Mario Kart. It is the de facto high-octane racing experience for anyone who spent their childhood hopped up on Initial D and Teriyaki Boyz. The game fuses anime-inspired aesthetics with intuitive, arcade-like gameplay to deliver a blast of adrenaline that few games can […]
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Putting fun, unique ideas into a game is pretty tough. Redneck Ed, a 2D arena game, definitely has its fair share of these. Unfortunately, it looks like a mid 00s flash game, controls poorly, and is as cheap as it is frustrating. There is enjoyment to be had and there’s some very clear creativity on display, […]
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The reason to keep coming back to Hades isn’t just the thrills you’ll get battling through hell, but the characters and stories you learn about along the way. he first time I beat the final boss in Hades, I felt an enormous sense of relief. I’d been fighting to see this ending for hours (months, technically, […]
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In simulation sports games, it doesn’t get more popular than NBA 2K. The Take-Two franchise has gained a strong international player base, attracting millions of users from across the globe, and it’s received a significant amount of popularity among actual NBA players. The success of the franchise even helped Take-Two dive into esports with the […]
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I was legitimately looking forward to Tamarin for a long while. I adore mascot platformers and it looked right up my alley. After beating it, I admit that its looks were insanely deceiving. It’s a collect-a-thon platformer in part, sure. But even then, it’s a very bad one. I was surprised to see that it was designed […]
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