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WWE 2K23 Review (Xbox) – Even Stronger?
When it comes to sports and simulation games, graphics, player accuracy, and gameplay are three of the most important factors to players; when you look at most sports games, the biggest positives or complaints come from these three factors. In 2019, 2K and Visual Concepts released WWE 2K20 which many considered the worst WWE game to date. With poor game mechanics and buggy visuals, many avoid the ...[Read More]
The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Review (Xbox)
Over the last decade and a half, RPGs, especially Bethesda RPGs have been a guilty pleasure of ours. Yes, I was known as the shooter reviewer for a variety of sites but when I wanted to unwind from competitive shooters, I chose RPGs to unwind. Despite Skyrim releasing in 2012, it was not my RPG of choice; in fact, I didn’t play it until 2020 during the covid lockdown. What was easily our go-...[Read More]
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Review
The world of Dungeons & Dragons has had a significant impact on gaming culture. Originally introduced by Gary Gygax in 1974, the tabletop game has influenced both tabletop and video games alike. Even today, many games use rulesets and settings from the imaginative world of might and magic. Games like Neverwinter, Baldur’s Gate, and Pillars of Eternity are just a few examples of the many games ...[Read More]
Dust & Neon (Nintendo Switch) Review
The Wild West is an era of genuine American fantasy with Gunslingers, outlaws, bandits, and long-reach of the law are all attuned to the wild and untamed frontier. It’s an era that seems to be entrenched in a thread of fact and legend. The Wild West can be considered an American fantasy with evildoers, heroes, and outlaws caught between the two. Dust & Neon is all about the style and substance...[Read More]
One Piece Odyssey (PS5) – Find the Real Treasure
When you play an anime video game, you expect that it will have some tie-in to the series. Typically, most anime video games will either be a recap of a previous season or have the player create a character to experience the events. Occasionally, they will be fighters that place anime characters against one another. Rarely do we see an anime game introduce its own unique stand-alone story. One Pie...[Read More]
Trek to Yomi (Nintendo Switch) Review
There is a lot of be owed to the samurai films of the 1950s. In 1958, acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa released The Hidden Fortress. This grand action samurai epic quickly became one of the most universally acclaimed movies of all time and had a significant influence on the creation of Star Wars in 1977. Many other samurai movies would be influential in the coming decades, especially The Seven Sa...[Read More]
Dead Space Remake (PS5) Review
When the Dead Space Remake was first announced, many fans of the franchise were skeptical. This concern was primarily due to distrust in EA and that the original creators, Visceral Games, would not be involved in the project. Instead, Motive Studio, the developers behind Star Wars: Squadrons and co-developers behind Star Wars Battle Front 2. Once, EA’s loot system was out of Battle Front 2, ...[Read More]
The Classic Arcade Handheld Game System
The original Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System) is perhaps the most cloned console. Dating back to the early 1990s, bootleg Famicom devices, cheekily nicknamed Famiclones, began flooding the market. These devices initially began as direct imitations of popular gaming consoles; Such as the Famicom, N64, and PS1. Naturally, as technology advanced so did the Famiclones, resulting in bootleg gami...[Read More]
Samurai Maiden Review (PS5)
Another day, another Isekai. Video Games have been no stranger to the term “Isekai,” which means to get transported to another world. A large number of animes follow this from Re:Zero to Log Horizon to Sword Art Online. Samurai Maiden, from D3 Publisher and Shade Inc, relishes in this. When a modern-day high school girl gets swept up to fight in the Sengoku Period, she wields her sword, and her ph...[Read More]
The Callisto Protocol (Xbox Series X) Review
Back in the Fall of 2008, Visceral Games’ Dead Space revolutionized the horror genre. From the atmospheric level and sound composition to the frightening enemy designs, Dead Space set the bar for horror games to come. Striking Distance, a newly formed Krafton-owned studio led by Dead Space veteran Glen Schofield, aims to hit the same horror highs with their latest release, The Callisto Protocol. T...[Read More]
Sonic Frontiers Review
When Sonic CD was released, it opened with an animated cutscene showcasing our favorite hedgehog as he raced across a countryside, doing all sorts of stunts. Dashing across fields, down cliffs, launching off mountains, all beautiful. With each game that had a hub world to explore as Sonic, from the Sega Saturn title Sonic Jam, to Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast, there was a tantalizing possibilit...[Read More]
Brook Wingman XB 2 Converter Review
Microsoft’s most recent approach has been accessibility. One of the company’s biggest innovations of the last two generations has been its backwards compatibility. Games originally developed for the original Xbox and Xbox 360 are all backwards compatible with Xbox One and Series consoles. Brook Accessory’s Wingman XB 2 Converter aims to match that backwards compatibility and then some, by pr...[Read More]