Jordan Hawes
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HB Studios is back again after another two year hiatus with their next iteration, PGA Tour 2K25, and I have to say, I like these year long breaks in-between. It allows the developers more time to implement bigger and better things, and as a player it doesn’t burn me out. Unlike PGA Tour 2K23, there is a positive jump in this one to where it’s finally feeling like a 2K sports games, and not just a strict Sim with some forced in upgrade stuff. Now, there is some good about that, and some u...
Earlier this year my wife and I took our kids to their very first Monster Jam show and they absolutely loved it. I haven’t been to a Monster Jam show since I was a child, so I was just as excited as my kids to be there. As soon as we heard and felt those truck engines blasting in the stadium we all had massive smiles on our faces. Something about that engine sound and the spectacle of these massive trucks rolling, flipping, and crushing things brings out a primal feeling of joy deep in you.
There has been a large resurgence of metroidvania’s lately, and to be honest, I’m here for it. We’ve been getting fantastic games like Blasphemous 2, Metroid Dread, Ender Lilies, and even larger publishers are getting in on it with the recent Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Now EA is stepping up to the plate with Tales of Kenzera: Zau, using its EA Originals publishing arm that supports promising indie games. Tales of Kenzera: Zau caught my eye when it was announced at the 2023 Ga...
It still feels unreal that Dragon’s Dogma 2 is actually here and I’m reviewing it. It’s been twelve years since the original came out, and it seemed like Capcom had no interest in revisiting the IP, despite it being such a cult classic. I thought that I’d never see the brilliance of its Pawn system again. Yet, here I am still in disbelief, happily playing through the long awaited sequel of one of my favorite Action RPGs. Does it live up to the hype that such a long wait brings? Is cur...
Vampire: The Masquerade – Justice caught my eye, not because I’m a fan of the series, admittedly, but because it looked like a it took inspiration from one if my favorite stealth series, Dishonored. It’s not that I don’t like the Vampire: The Masquerade content, I just never got into it at all. From what I can tell, it has some very deep lore in its own World of Darkness setting. While I may not be familiar with the lore or the vast amount of other games in the series, I love vampires...
There aren’t a lot of VR games that push the scope of a standard game. For most VR games, they’re shorter experiences that are boosted by the fun interactable side. Yes, there have been VR mods or versions of full length games like Skyrim VR, but there aren’t many games, especially ground up VR ARPGs, that feel like fully expansive titles. In comes Asgard’s Wrath 2, the follow up to the hit VR ARPG. Sanzaru Games promised that the title would be a full length RPG with up to 100+ hours...
Arizona Sunshine was one of my first real forays into VR when I got the PlayStation VR headset. Games like Job Simulator, Thumper, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, and Batman: Arkham VR were good, but they were more VR experiences instead of full games. Hell, I absolutely loved the Resident Evil 7 VR mode, but that was still just using a controller. Luckily, in 2017 Arizona Sunshine was ported to the PSVR and I got a taste of what a full VR game can be like. Despite some technical issues with the...
Spider-Man is definitely my favorite superhero, and I absolutely love everything about the character since he was relatable to me than most other Marvel heroes. Growing up I played all the Spider-Man games I could get my hands, and it has been amazing seeing how great the newer games have gotten as technology continues to improve. So needless to say I was extremely excited to see Insomniac Studios (one of my favorite developers) being the next studio to take a swing with Spider-Man, and the...
I have to be honest, I wasn’t all that hyped up coming into Cocoon, despite loving LIMBO and Inside. The initial trailers intrigued me, but the setting wasn’t quite grabbing me like their last games. I say their last games, despite Cocoon being Geometric Interactive’s first game, because this is the studio created by former Playdead employees who made Inside and LIMBO. While I may not have been hyped for Cocoon, I still had high expectations based on the pedigree of the studio, and...
Party Animals has been on my and my children’s most anticipated list for a while. We absolutely love playing co-op games with each other, and these kind of silly brawlers are a blast. In our eagerness for Party Animals, we have been playing a bit of Gang Beasts, which I initially didn’t care for due to server issues and lack of modes. I’m here to say that if you liked Gang Beasts or Human Fall Flat, then you’re going to love Party Animals. Essentially, this is a vastly more refined...