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I have undoubtedly played more of Skyrim than any other game. Unfortunately, it isn’t really possible for me to give an accurate playtime because I have now played the game across so many platforms that it’s just unrealistic to keep track. PS3, PS4, PC, and sometimes even multiple versions of...
Five years since Heart Machine’s Hyper Light Drifter, the team behind the indie have a fresh release in Solar Ash. Serving as an action-adventure platformer, with what looks to be heavy inspiration from games like Journey and Shadow of the Colossus, it feels pretty damn close to being on par with those greats. Solar Ash is...
The Farming Simulator series has been growing its crops for quite a while. Spanning an impressive fifteen mainline game releases, some mobile entries, and even a real-life tractor controller, the franchise has certainly grown a lot over the years. But what does the “simulator” part bring to the table that...
Blue Reflection: Second Light is the sequel to the 2017 JRPG Blue Reflection, developed by Gust and published by Koei Tecmo. Despite being a sequel and having a spin-off anime series that aired in 2021, Second Light is mostly a standalone experience, with a new set of characters, a new...
Shin Megami Tensei V, or SMTV for short, is the most high profile release the series has ever had, period. Up until now it has been one of those series that, while being popular in Japan, was still a niche interest here in the West. I am reminded of the...
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition features updated versions of three of the most influential and successful video games of all time, Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. On release, each of these games were incredibly successful as...
Krome Studios are back with a collection featuring their biggest franchise, Ty The Tasmanian Tiger. The first two games have been given a HD remaster for modern consoles backed by a passionate Kickstarter campaign. The game is a 3D platformer initially released in the early 00s that heralds back to...
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is a park building simulation that brings all of the right elements from a well-established intellectual property. It’s the follow-up to the 2018 original, and hopes to act as an overall celebration of the franchise from its inception to now. It does this by offering two...
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Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl, which will henceforth be referred to in this review as BDSP, has been long-awaited by fans. I count myself among them – Pokémon Diamond and Pearl was my very first Pokémon generation, so I am very attached to it. However, that doesn’t mean...
Crysis Remastered Trilogy is one hell of a jam-packed experience. It contains all three of the legendary first-person shooters with the original being ground-breaking in its ultra-realistic graphics. Crysis was such a benchmark for graphics that when Crysis Remastered came out last year, the devs dubbed its highest graphic mode...
Bright Memory: Infinite started its life as an Early Access release by the name of Bright Memory on the PC before making its way to the Xbox Series X|S as a console launch title. Made impressively by a solo Chinese developer by the name of Zeng “FYQD” Xiancheng, Bright Memory...
