Full disclosure: I’m an unapologetic fan of Hideki Kamiya. Not only is the director responsible for seminal action titles such as Bayonetta, Viewtiful Joe, and Devil May Cry, but Kamiya-san is also uncharacteristically outspoken, sporadically ...
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Robert’s take: Save for Bohemia Interactive’s fastidiously detailed Arma series, the contemporary first-person shooter largely shuns simulation. While popular franchises like Call of Duty and Battlefield provide painstakingly rendered weapons and drench their campaigns in ...
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V Review
If the benchmark of artistic expression is the ability to evoke an inward examination, then Grand Theft Auto V is undoubtedly Rockstar Games’ magnum opus. While detractors and the ratings-ravenous media are bound to critique ...
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Emulation is almost always a difficult task. When programmers attempt to deliver replications of cherished arcade games, expectations of pixel-perfect performance can add to the complication. Such was the case with the Neo Geo X. ...
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What is the concept? Although Chaos Code is published by fighting-game gurus Arc System Works, players shouldn’t approach the game expecting the finesse of a game such as BlazBlue or Guilty Gear. Instead, the downloadable ...
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There are some things you can always count on; Mario saving the Princess, EA Sports releasing a Madden NFL game every year, and that any successful fighting game will undergo a revision. Dead Or Alive ...
Read More »One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2: Stretching the Formula
For the past thirteen years, a multitude of milieus have been viewed through the lens of Yokohama-based developer Omega Force. From the studio’s pseudo-historical franchises like Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors to efforts based on ...
Read More »Diablo III Review: The Pursuit of Loot
Console gamers who crave the creature carnage and loot drops perfected by the Diablo franchise have had to put up with second-rate surrogates for years. From Sacred 2, Dungeon Siege 3, and the especially woeful ...
Read More »KickBeat Review: Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting
What is the concept? Following a particularly prolific period, franchises like Guitar Hero and Rock Band are taking brief hiatuses, granting an opportunity for smaller developers to enter the rhythm game genre. Budapest-based Zen Studios, ...
Read More »Rayman Legends Review: Limbless Potential
When the original Rayman was released in 1995, the title defied convention. The game’s sprite-based, hop-and-bop action diverged from the three-dimensional fighters, shooters, and racers which dominated the PlayStation’s launch library. Nearly two decades later, ...
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