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Franchises that have been around for a while often run into the problem of keeping players interested in each new entry. While some fans beg for new ideas and big shakeups, others will insist upon staying as true to the original concepts as possible, since that’s what made them fall...
BeamNG.drive
I don’t know if that’s just my Youtube’s algorithm, but my reels feed is plastered with videos of a driving simulator with realistic physics, one whose players and content creators love to compare different kinds of cars through the same exercises in order to see which model is the best....
Minecraft Dungeons had a simple but appealing mission: take the ARPG, loot-driven action of the genre, and make it into something more accessible for all audiences. For the most part, it delivered that promise. Many would go on to call it a “babies first” Diablo wrapped up in the fun...
Malum Caedo is back following the events of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. While traveling aboard one of the Imperium’s colossal ships, he finds himself under attack by the ever-present forces of Chaos. Because this is Warhammer 40,000, after all, and in the grim darkness of the far future, there is only...
In manga and anime, the term “truck-kun” refers to an amusingly overused cliché found in countless isekai stories, where the protagonist either dies or gets transported to another world after being hit by a truck. And considering that pretty much every anime trope under the sun eventually gets turned into...
Indie horror games. Very few of those manage to become serious hits due to a handful of constraints tied to small developmental budgets and genre clichés. For the most part, those games have either been walking simulators filled with jumpscares, following the path set by Amnesia, or attempt to evoke...
It’s that time of year again, when all our favorite annual franchises start making their grand return. We’ve already had the usual sports games at the end of summer, and a new Call of Duty is just a couple of weeks away. But there’s one annual release that’s more physically...
First it was Bomberman, then Contra, and then Gradius. Every single Metal Gear game eventually got remastered and rereleased for modern platforms. Finally, Silent Hill is back on track, with multiple high caliber entries, both brand new games and remakes. When it comes to Konami’s franchises, Castlevania was the only...
Valor Mortis
When I played the preview build of Valor Mortis a couple of weeks ago, I came away thoroughly impressed. One More Level’s Ghostrunner is one of my favorite new franchises of the past few years, so the studio’s decision to pivot from frantic action platforming to a slower, more brutal...
Well Dweller is another delightful metroidvania from Kyle Thompson, whom you might recognize as the creator of Crypt Custodian. Set in a world inspired by classic fairy tales, the game follows the rise of a cruel queen who seizes power and orders every bird in the kingdom to be stripped...
I don’t think anyone understands the hard time folks of the 80s had with accepting Bruce Willis as an action icon. If you had seen any of Moonlighting, which was Willis’ first big role, you knew him as a charming, smarmy but ultimately loveable dude who has great chemistry with...
