Some puzzling decisions undermine the joys of logic spread out across an open world. As much as I love puzzle games, enjoyment is often short-lived. Generally, that’s a consequence of the genre, where each new ...
Read More »Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth review
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 ...
Read More »Demolish & Build Classic review
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 ...
Read More »SteamWorld Build review
Topside city building and subterranean mining work well together- at least in the short term. Delve into SteamWorld Build, and you’ll immediately find some welcome enhancements to its interpretation of civil engineering. Sure, the simulation ...
Read More »Dragon Quest Treasures review
For an action role-playing game, Dragon Quest Treasures provides a robust amount of autonomy. You are free to run, glide, and dig into this imaginative world and largely follow your interests. But the real-time combat ...
Read More »Roots of Pacha review
Story of Seasons but set in the Stone Age Farming simulations habitually depict the life of an individual. Many agrarian-centered efforts begin after you inherit a homestead and continue well after you’ve courted a significant ...
Read More »Sail Forth review
With visuals reminiscent of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and aspirations for exploration right out of No Man’s Sky, Sail Forth has lofty aspirations. But too often, your trek descends into tedium. Built ...
Read More »Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed review
Even those with no connection to the Age of Aquarius will have a good time breaking stuff as a bad-ass, perpetually horny extra-terrestrial. One of the defining genres of the early 2000s was the open-world ...
Read More »Instruments of Destruction (Early Access) preview
Long for the days when a LEGO vehicles are plunged through a house of cards? Instruments of Destruction gives you the beaches and the hardware to make mayhem happen. Luke Schneider has an appetite for ...
Read More »Open World Action Among the Clouds- Black Skylands
With plenty of gunplay and ship-to-ship conflict, Black Skylands offers plenty of gratifying open world action. But you might want to wait for a bit more progress before heading off to the cloud-based setting. Wide-open, ...
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