Garrick Durham-Raley
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As the latest entry in the Yakuza franchise, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii marks a departure from the more traditional Yakuza and Like a Dragon titles. This time around, we get to take on the role of the legendary "Mad Dog" Goro Majima, whom I’m not afraid to say is my favorite character in the entire series. Pirate Yakuza promises a fresh and exciting take on the series, but will it raise the tide for the franchise as a whole? Or is it destined to sink below the depths as merely a...
Destiny 2: The Final Shape is the final expansion that tries to wrap up the nearly 10-year long story that Bungie has been crafting since the release of Destiny in 2014. In my review-in-progress, I said that “The Final Shape is a must-play for any Destiny fan and I highly recommend jumping back in,” but I wasn’t able to elaborate on some of the end-game activities and the new Episode: Echoes that started the week after launch. So here is our final comprehensive review of Destiny 2: The ...
Dragon's Dogma 2 delivers an immersive RPG adventure with its vast world and polished combat, complemented by a revamped Pawn system for enhanced camaraderie. With extensive character customization and dynamic gameplay, it stands as a masterclass in exploration and adventure.
There’s no denying that Team Ninja, the developers behind Wo Long: Fallen Kingdom and previously Nioh, is a talented studio that has found its own niche in the Souls-like genre. Where Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was From Software’s foray into re-imagining their Soulsborne genre, Team Ninja’s Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty mirrors those same steps to become something uniquely standalone, but with that same familiarity to their popular Nioh series. But how successful was this attempt at changing u...
Have you ever wondered what a Monster Hunter game would be like if the developers of Dynasty Warriors tried to make one? Yeah, me neither. Yet that’s precisely what Omega Force and Koei Tecmo sought out to do in the unabashed-imitation that is WILD HEARTS. Published as an EA Originals title, WILD HEARTS tries to emulate the success of Monster Hunter by putting their own spin on things. But unlike the spinning claws of Zhang He amidst hundreds of Yellow Turbans, it never quite managed to hoo...
The world of Wonderlands is one where fantasy's swords and sorcery meet bullets and guns. If you're a fan of looter-shooter mayhem, then Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is for you.
Almost every fan of the Forgotten Realms or Dungeons & Dragons has heard the legend of Drizzt Do’Urden, the renegade drow elf ranger, and his traveling companions, Wulfgar, Catti-brie, and Bruener Battlehammer. It’s always been my fantasy to play as Drizzt in an epic hack and slash Action-RPG game, slicing foes with dual scimitars alongside the panther spirit Guenhwyvar. With Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance, I thought my dreams would finally become a reality. Unfortunately, reality can ...
Resident Evil Village is a fun reminder of what Resident Evil used to be. Fighting off Lycans and exploring the Village captivated me in a way that I haven't felt in Resident Evil for a long time.
Monster Hunter Rise, the latest entry in Capcom’s second-best selling franchise, launched exclusively on the Nintendo Switch last month. Rise takes the portable on-the-go action last seen in Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate and introduces some new improvements and lessons learned from the highly successful Monster Hunter World. I’ve spent the last couple of weeks hunting down every new monster, crafting fantastical armor sets, and using the new Wirebugs to traverse around the open maps...
The latest entry in SEGA’s Japanese mafia-simulator is here. Yakuza: Like a Dragon is the seventh main entry in the long-running Yakuza series, which originated on PlayStation but is now available for both Xbox and PlayStation consoles. Like the switch from Sony to Microsoft, Yakuza has changed genres from brawler action-adventure to an action-RPG that is unabashedly inspired by Dragon Quest. But does this changeup land a home run for Yakuza, or does it strike out from being too different? ...