Leo Faria
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A while back, when I wrote a piece regarding my love for the so-called AA gaming sphere, I expressed my admiration for those games being the perfect middle-of-the-road between the visuals and production values seen in AAA titles, and the niche appeal and creativity seen in indies. I did not mention that I wanted for AA to become “small teams trying to make the same exact thing as AAA games”. That would only result in teams taking too long to come up with the same results as titles made by...
Oceanhorn is one of those indie franchises you usually pay little attention to throughout the years, but you always become immediately interested in a new entry once one is announced. The reason is simple: despite its origins in the mobile gaming sphere, the Oceanhorn franchise has garnered a reputation for being a simplified, but honest “clone franchise” of The Legend of Zelda. The first game in the series was a top-down take on The Wind Waker, whilst its ambitious sequel wanted to be th...
There are two great things about Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, especially if you’re a massive fan of the franchise. The first one is that this is a truly fantastic 2D platformer, possibly the best side-scrolling game in the entire franchise (and let’s face it, the first few NES Ninja Gaiden games haven’t aged well at all). The second is that, well, this isn’t even the last Ninja Gaiden we’ll get this year. Nor was it the first. We started off the year with a pretty dope remaster of Ninja...
When I first heard of Konami wanting to release Gradius Origins, a collection featuring a good chunk of the titles from its most famous shoot ’em up franchise, my initial thought was: haven’t they done that before? Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection, an already six year old compilation (my goodness, we’re getting old) featured a few Gradius games, as well as other arcade titles. Wouldn’t that feel redundant? How much of that compilation’s content be recycled in Gradius Origins, ...
Not all anime games I cover are based on stuff I have had any previous contact with, but I never see that as a bad thing. It’s always an opportunity to be introduced to a brand new IP, and who knows, I might even end up enjoying it. For instance, J-Stars Victory Vs., as janky as it was, was my gateway drug to stuff like Bleach, Gintama, and even JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. This is one of the main reasons I wanted to give the Edens Zero game a go, even if I had never heard of the anime prior...
According to scientists, there are some species of flies that only live for about 24 hours. Can you imagine having your entire life, your entire existence, summarised into one simple day? You’ll probably have time for just one meal, one egg laying session, you’ll barely leave the place you were born at. Some existence dread, isn’t it? Time Flies, by Playables and publisher Panic (the same folks behind Untitled Goose Game), tries to evoke the same sensation of having your entire life bei...
I will be the first one to admit I was bummed out with the initial reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2, as well as its launch lineup. Ever since grabbing a portable gaming PC, the entire concept of “big budgeted AAA gaming on the go” had lost its novelty. It’s still very much appealing, of course, but when you have access to a Steam library on-the-go, a launch lineup plastered with third party ports and just, like, two new Nintendo games wasn’t delivering the best of first impressions. Su...
Fans of Hunter x Hunter have been able to play a handful of games based on the manga/anime over the past few years, but one genre that hadn’t been tackled up until now was fighting. You know, the one go-to kind of game pretty much every single shonen is adapted to almost immediately. Not counting J-Stars Victory Vs. or Jump Force, there had been no Hunter x Hunter-centric fighting game, until now. Courtesy of Eighting, and published by ArcSys, let’s take a look at the brand new Hunter × ...
I apologize for the delay. It took me a while to get the review for Tron: Catalyst done because the game was simply failing to engross me. Whenever I booted it up on the ROG Ally, I’d get bored immediately after. And that’s terrible, as I was really looking forward to playing a more action-oriented take on Tron, considering how the previous outing, Tron: Identity (which Catalyst is a sequel to), was actually a visual novel of sorts. Now, before I continue, let me preface that this is not ...
Why do we, folks in our 30s, love Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater so much? What’s the secret behind that franchise’s formula that makes me grin like an imbecile whenever I see an impossible combo being performed, whilst “The Boy Who Destroyed the World” by AFI is being played on the background? It’s one of the most perfect cases of catching lightning in a bottle in gaming history, and it still feels fresh and enjoyable today, as if we were still stuck in 2001. Activision’s first Tony Haw...