Tag Archives: Action

Move over, Monster Hunter. Relink’s fluid combat and assistive allies make taking down those towering baddies a pure delight. First announced in 2016, Granblue Fantasy: Relink has faced several worrisome complications. Scheduled to arrive amidst ...

Go Mecha Ball draws from a variety of influences, blending everything from twin-stick shooting, Marble Madness style rolling, and even some of Tony Hawk’s ramp sticks. An appreciation for the chaotic is obligatory for playing ...

Little sisters trying their best!  There’s a problem with a lot of media franchises these days. Instead of telling a comprehensive story laid out across a succession of installments, entries can feel like a meandering ...

Yakuza, I’m in love, still in love, still in love with you. The Yakuza/Like a Dragon series has long been rooted in contrasting forces. One moment, the mobster-driven melodrama delivers poignancy- whether it’s the stoicism ...

Going out with a bang, or at least a hard-hitting maple-leaf combo. For the past fourteen years, Brazil-based Guilherme Melo Martins (aka “rdein”) has been devotedly crafting noteworthy metroidvania titles. Expectedly, there’s been progression across ...

I came in like a wrecking ball (before feeling wrecked). Objectively, Demolish & Build Classic is not a good game. Built on the Unity Engine, the title freezes momentarily when entering each of the game’s ...

Every bunny loves a sprawling adventure. Over the last decade, the metroidvania has grown ubiquitous. On Steam, there are over a thousand different games that use the descriptor. As such, fatigue is understandable, if not ...

Although faithful to its source material, UFO Robot Grendizer grows monotonous far too soon. If you grew up in North America, there’s a narrow chance you might be familiar with UFO Robot Grendizer. Across the ...

Once an Apple Arcade exclusive, Air Twister soars onto PC, evoking the pleasures and simplicity of yesteryear’s coin-op classics. With a body of work that includes hits like Space Harrier, Out Run, After Burner, and ...

Astlibra Revision took fifteen years to make. Given the RPG-like intricacy underneath the platform-based action, it feels like very little of that time was squandered. 1986’s Castlevania had a profound influence on gaming. Decades after ...