As many of the juggernauts of survival horror continue to diverge significantly from the genres they either created or made popular, there’s a small group of indie developers continuing to mine away in the pits of macabre madness. By embracing…
Legacy of Kain Ascendance Review – A Brutal Retro Return to Nosgoth
And so, in Legacy of Kain Ascendance the wheels of fate continue to turn. But in Nosgoth, they don’t just turn; they grind all in their path to paste. The machinations of the Elder God and its lackeys know no…
Cthulhu The Cosmic Abyss Review – A Terrifying Deep Dive Into Cosmic Horror
Cthulhu The Cosmic Abys – 2053. And the world’s going down the toilet. Worldwide flooding is continuing. Billionaires are plundering the ocean. Strange things are happening everywhere, and cults are springing up like weeds. And it’s your job as an…
Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song Remastered International Edition Review – A Deep and Rewarding Classic RPG Revival
Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song carries the tagline for Square Enix’s SaGa series of RPG’s. Because while most JRPG’s of the time, and of today as well, are mostly linear affairs in storytelling and progression, the idea behind the SaGa series…
MARVEL MaXimum Collection Switch Review – Nostalgic but Flawed Retro Comeback
MARVEL MaXimum Collection kicks things off with MARVEL superheroes – and villains – Assemble! That is the theme for this latest retro collection of MARVEL superhero games from the 1990’s. Sorry, everyone, if you were expecting that giant “X” in…
Legacy of Kain Defiance Remastered Review – A Must-Play
When Aspyr dropped the Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1 and 2 Remasters, I was over the Moon. Something I’d been waiting for, for more than a decade, had finally happened: the remastering of one of the greatest video games and video…
Fatal Frame II Crimson Butterfly Remake Xbox Review
Before Fatal Frame II Crimson Butterfly, back in 2001, Koei Tecmo – just Tecmo then – decided that they wanted to make the scariest horror game possible. Inspired by Silent Hill and Japanese horror movies, the results of that ambition…
Romeo is a Dead Man Review – Pure Suda 51 Chaos Unleashed
I’ve seen that term thrown around a lot in recent reviews and, as an ‘80’s kid, I can honestly say, there are few things in modern entertainment outside of Asian cinema that capture that idea in all it’s glory. And…
GreedFall 2 The Dying World Xbox Review – Classic CRPG Returns
Developer Spiders has been consistently plugging away in the action RPG genre for a good many years now. The influence of BioWare’s Mass Effect can clearly be seen in most of their games, with a heavy focus on exploration, character-driven…
Escape From Ever After Switch Review
What if Fairy Tales weren’t just stories? What if those books on your shelf held worlds of their own? And what if you could go into any of them? What, then, would you do? Been able to travel into your…
Hidden Adaptive Game Systems Controversy: Are Modern Games Changing in Real Time?
Something Strange Is Happening in Modern Gaming Something unusual has been making the rounds across…
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