Jason Kwasnicki
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Resident Evil 7 is an odd departure from the tried and true formula, yet is an enjoyable change of pace and proves there is plenty of life left in the series.
It's odd that in 2016, the closest thing to a classic JRPG is a stylized, tongue-in-cheek spinoff. Yet here we are: from a gameplay standpoint, World of Final Fantasy is the closest we've gotten to the titles it pays homage to in quite some time. The game is also not…
It's been a while since I've put as much thought into a game as I have into No Man's Sky. When I'm playing the game, I find myself engrossed in a sci-fi journey I've always wanted. But once I turn my Playstation off, I question if it really was what…
When playing I Am Setsuna, Tokyo RPG Factory asks players to take their hand and go on a journey back through time. They seek to evoke memories of treasured games of old and tug on heart strings. At times, this journey can come dangerously close to pulling back that curtain…
The Jailer is the key I was an hour into my first playthrough of Furi. With only a sliver of health remaining, I circled my foe patiently. Any attack could be countered for a killing blow. I had to be careful with each move. As I kept my distance, the…
If you liked Fallout 4, this is the perfect excuse to dive back in. Just don’t expect a fully fleshed out story to guide you through the new content.
I’ve tried to stay fairly vague with this review because, like a movie, watching the tale unfold and feeling the emotions in the moment is half of the fun. The other half will be talking with your friends about those moments and your choices, like that one part where I stole a girl’s radio and hiked all the way back to the post with it while Delilah made fun of the music that was playing. If “walking simulators” aren’t your thing, this may not be a fit for you. I wasn’t a fan of the genre before playing Firewatch, so maybe it might change your mind as well. It is hard to make the call as a critic, because the experience can be pretty personal at times. But what I can say definitively was that I was surprised. I had expected a scary thriller, maybe even something a bit run-of-the-mill. Firewatch definitely has some of that, but it takes a back seat to a character study that successfully moved me in ways few games do.
Roguelikes are a tricky thing. They ask you to pay close attention to every move, demanding the utmost caution so that one does not find themselves crippled before the journey has really begun. Then, when you have poured all of that sweat into a run, and find yourself having come…
As I sat in front of my television, having just finished The Witness, a funny thing occurred to me. I looked down to my left, and on my coffee table was a small moleskin notebook, in which I had drawn out many of the game's tougher puzzles that needed more time to…