Leo Faria
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I will be honest with you: the moment I saw the first pre-launch trailer for Doom: The Dark Ages, after being incredibly hyped for yet another Doom (I’m only human, I can’t help it), I was also a tiny little bit worried. Due to some admittedly poor marketing by Bethesda, the game was being touted as a radical departure from 2016’s Doom and Doom Eternal (also known as WayTooManyGames’ 2020 Game of the Year), with some moments of the trailer even labeling it as “open world”. Open wo...
First released in 2021, Everhood became a surprise hit that arrived in the right place at the right time. We were still locked in our houses due to the pandemic, games were being postponed due to developmental setbacks, there was nothing new in the horizon at the time. That trippy nonsense of a game arrived like an LSD-drenched missile and captivated me with its weird art style, rhythm-based gameplay, and plot twists. It was, however, a typical case of a game you’d never expect a sequel to ...
What are the odds that, in the span of less than two weeks, I’d end up playing not one, but TWO 2D platforms featuring the same gimmick of using the recoil from a shotgun as a means of propulsion? Seriously, out of so many gimmicks one could come up with, a very creative premise idea like this is developed in tandem by two completely different studios, with both products being released almost alongside each other. Sacre Bleu was the first one to come out, a game I ended up liking a lot. Now...
Being someone from Brazil, I almost take for granted the fact my country always qualifies for a World Cup every four years. For us, not winning it is a disaster. For other nations, just the fact your nation is there is something that makes the entire competition memorable and a source of national pride. I noticed that when I visited Panama in 2018, when the country first played an edition of the World Cup. And this is also the basis behind Despelote, an autobiographical slice-of-life adventur...
There are many instances in life in which charm and charisma can make the most mundane people, movies, songs and games stand out, saving them from being simply (and justifiably so) labeled as mediocre. A great example will be talked about today, as I’ve had the opportunity of playing remastered versions of the seminal Lunar games. For many, the announcement of this collection was a first opportunity to finally play these cult hits, the typical games like one of your friends in middle school...
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered was probably one of the worst-kept secrets and reveals in the gaming market in recent years. Everybody knew they were going to drop this remake/remaster eventually; it was a matter of when, not if. The only surprising aspect about the game dropping onto PC and consoles earlier this week was the fact it was simply stealth dropped, with no time for preorders or hype building. Bethesda likes to do this with their remasters, and to be honest, I find that ...
The release of a new Fatal Fury is a very important milestone for SNK enthusiasts. Even if The King of Fighters is, technically-speaking, the best and most popular fighting franchise by the company, it’s Fatal Fury that, uh, “drives the plot forward”, considering how it was the first fighting series by SNK, the one where most of the famous characters come from, and the one that turned SNK into the juggernaut it is today. After a baffling pre-release campaign, with even freaking Cristian...
Whenever I see an indie title pop up from out of nowhere, just to receive unanimous praise from all other outlets in the business, my interest is immediately piqued. It’s not because I automatically assume that, sure, the game I had never heard of before is indeed a hit, but because I really want to find out if the latest indie darling is, indeed, worth the hype. Will it be like Celeste, or will it be, negatively, like What Remains of Edith Finch? Bionic Bay is the most recent belle of the ...
How do you follow up on a very niche, yet highly acclaimed and polished auto runner? In the case of one Dariusz Pietrala, also known as Pixel Perfect Dude, you go completely out of the way to reinvent your racing franchise. #Drive was clearly made with mobile limitations in mind, but that game still managed to deliver an engrossing and addictive experience, even for an auto runner. #Drive Rally, its sequel, goes out of the way to turn it into a proper rally simulator, but in the process, it h...
Earlier this year, the announcement of a brand new game in the Ninja Gaiden franchise, the long-awaited Ninja Gaiden 4, was met with a lot of excitement from us fans of the franchise. Even if I don’t think that Ninja Gaiden 3 is that terrible (it’s underwhelming, sure, but I’ve played worse), I’m glad we’re finally going to get an actual Ninja Gaiden sequel to take advantage of the many technical improvements seen in gaming over the past 13 years. That wasn’t the only announcement...