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Crossing Souls
The Goonies, Losers’ Club and the kids from Stranger Things; media from or set in the 80’s certainly has an obsession with youth setting out on high adventure. Something about these misfit groups coming together to battle the authorities or the unknown while also coming of age is a narrative...
I’m always excited when a beloved manga and anime series is brought into the gaming world and The Seven Deadly Sins: Knights of Britannia is by no means an exception. Experiencing the exciting and perilous story following Meliodas and Princess Elizabeth as they search Britannia for the remaining Deadly Sins is...
Dynasty Warriors 9
The Dynasty Warriors franchise is certainly a divisive one. Starting life in 1997 as a standard fighter that pitted the likes of Ancient Chinese Generals such as Xiahou Dun, Guan Yu and Lu Bu in one on one fighting game—a genre that, at the time, was saturating the market. As...
The Final Fantasy series has had an illustrious 30+ years of gaming excellence since its debut all the way back in 1987. From humble beginnings it has since become a gaming juggernaut, releasing fifteen main titles, several spin-offs, and even a sequel or two. It’s significance in the gaming world...
InnerSpace
Flight is spectacular. Coined by some as the Icarus complex, there is innate desire in most humans to take flight to great heights. I’ve discussed in previous reviews that a great flight mechanic can make or break a game. Flight needs to feel liberating and simplified while also allowing for...
EA Sports UFC 3
EA Sports UFC 3 quickly sets the tone as soon as you load it up for the first time with its cover star Conor McGregor, introducing you to the games tough striking mechanics and splicing together real world footage with visuals from the game itself to stylish effect. EA has...
Subnautica
On board the spaceship Aurora you suddenly find yourself plummeting toward an alien planet after your ship is shot down. Inside a one-man escape pod you crash into a vast ocean biome and are knocked unconscious on impact. After waking you climb atop of your broken but floating pod to...
The Inpatient
Here comes The Inpatient in VR. Am I excited? Well Virtual Reality for video-games is a concept that has been around for a long time. The first VR headset was the Forte VFX1 that debuted at CES in 1994. Sony was a pioneer and produced the Glasstron in 1997. You...
Shadow of the Colossus
In 2006 I had a fairly good idea what I thought a video game should be. I’m sure we all did when we were teenagers. At the time I was living away from home and studying in another city, on weekends I would visit my mum and we would play...
Monster Hunter: World
Monster Hunter as a franchise has always felt a bit like a secret club that only its members truly understand. It’s known for its difficulty spike and lack of hand-holding (despite primarily featuring on handheld consoles like the 3DS in recent years) which can be frustrating and off-putting for newcomers,...
Lost Sphear
Tokyo RPG Factory’s latest offering, Lost Sphear, is an ode to the era of RPG classics such as Chrono Trigger and Xenogears. Following 2016’s I Am Setsuna, another love letter to the days-gone-by, the game builds upon the foundation Setsuna laid by focusing certain mechanics and introducing new ones. At times...
Iconoclasts
Making things is hard, making things on your own is even harder—or at least that is what math has taught me. While I am not a game developer I would like to take a stab in the dark here and say that a game is one of the hardest things...
