I bought a bunch of discounted games on Steam recently, and I also bought Gang Beasts at regular price (a game that’s been on my wishlist for a long time). I just couldn’t wait any longer. I liked it so much, I bought an extra controller for my PC so I could play multiplayer and then downloaded a program to let me use my PS4 controllers so I could…[Read more]

“However, with that being said, I don’t believe that video games should primarily focus on gameplay.”

I get the feeling you misspoke here. Gameplay should be the primary focus for most games, and I would argue that everything great you described from Silent Hill 2 is all in service of that wonderfully dreadful gameplay. In a movie, the camera a…[Read more]

See, I think “sandbox” and “open world” describe two different things. Open world is the least helpful of the two, but it simply describes a go-anywhere do missions at your own pace approach like in Xenoblade Chronicles X, Burnout Paradise or L.A. Noire. Sandbox means you create the worlds you play in or the things you play with, like Minecraft, Ke…[Read more]

No, Lara can’t get away with it either. I’ve heard that defense, but her games have been criticized for almost the same issue. One minute she’s struggling with the thought of taking an animal’s life, and then in the gameplay you’re blowing animals up with explosive arrows. On the one side she’s conflicted about killing people, but on the other…[Read more]

That’s like saying food should only focus on being digestible.

I have to preface this with, “don’t get me wrong, I still loved this game.” Because I did.

Anyway, I don’t buy the trauma theory. If this were Joel not telling Ellie or Tess about his past, that’d be completely fine. But this is Nathan’s wife. It’s not like the past would never come up and she’s been privy to the more elusive side of Drake from t…[Read more]

“Cinematic,” I feel, works perfectly well to describe some games or elements in them. Uncharted and Quantum Break immediately come to mind.

Cinematic, I feel, works perfectly well to describe some games or elements in them. Uncharted and Quantum Break immediately come to mind.

In my rush to get my thoughts out, had only read about half-way through before the urge to post overpowered me. You’ve definitely got the same thoughts as me on “engagements”. We need the names of genres to describe the type of experience we’re looking for, and in that sense a term like “first person shooter” is noticeably unhelpful. Gears of War…[Read more]

I loved Uncharted 4, but I can’t say it topped 2. At least not for me. There were a bunch of issues that I’m not getting into in the review, but suffice to say it had a fair amount of problems. The active speech bubbles were completely out of place in this game. Some of the decisions made by the characters didn’t make much sense either, such as e…[Read more]

I loved Uncharted 4, but I can’t say it topped 2. At least not for me. There were a bunch of issues that I’m not getting into in the review, but suffice to say it had a fair amount of problems. The active speech bubbles were completely out of place in this game. Some of the decisions made by the characters didn’t make much sense either, such as e…[Read more]

Dang, I want to write so much but I’m about to leave for a thing, so I’ll get right to my biggest point (I’ll come back later to elaborate):

I’m a utilitarian when it comes to this. Genres names should be descriptive of what is most useful to the player. For narrative mediums like books or movies, they’re generally defined by the types of…[Read more]

[quote quote=5943]…no matter the style, they all fit a very similar mold of stats, gameplay styles, and story. [/quote]

To me, there’s substantially different. On the surface, JRPGs are about a party of heroes (usually 4 for some reason) that set out on a classical hero’s journey. And by “classical”, I mean “structurally” and also…[Read more]

[quote quote=5943]…no matter the style, they all fit a very similar mold of stats, gameplay styles, and story. [/quote]

To me, there’s substantially different. On the surface, JRPGs are about a party of heroes (usually 4 for some reason) that set out on a classical hero’s journey. And by “classical”, I mean “structurally” and also…[Read more]

I loved DX:HR. My list would include Borderlands 2, Undertale and Pokemon. I’m pretty much 100% sure Witcher 3 will break into my top 10 as soon as I finish the game, but the problem with me and RPGs at the moment is that I don’t get enough time to sink my teeth in for the most part.

Also, I’m sure I’d have a separate list for JRPGs and WRPGs.…[Read more]

I just finished Uncharted 4. Tomorrow I’ll get my hands on the multiplayer and afterwards I’ll write a review. I won’t say it’s my favorite of the series, but it certainly is the best. And then I’m doing a deep dive into Overwatch.

I’ll have to consider streaming in the near future.

[quote quote=5880]Im currently playing the new Doom. Dear God, its a riot so far![/quote]

I want to live vicariously through you. Are you playing it on PC or console?

Speaking of Doom: Polygon sucks. Polygon posted the first 30 minutes of the game, and the reviewer SUCKS HAIRY, SALTY BALLS at playing. It’s so bad that they had to disable ratings…[Read more]

I really loved how they played with my emotions in the early scuba diving chapter. [spoiler=”Early Mission Spoiler”]They really built up the tension. I was afraid of a shark attack, of my tank running out, of the cargo falling on top. I kept thinking, “oh, this is where shit’s about to go down.” And it never did. You get pulled up and it’s just…[Read more]