As someone who doesn’t play a lot of JRPGs, there’s something special about the Persona series that gets me hooked. I’m more interested in how grounded, themes and issues these games bring compared to most of what the genre offers. In other words, I do like that it tackles issues similar to what we deal […]
To refer to the oft-cited Confucius quote, “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, first dig two graves.” Or, in the case of Velvet Crowe, protagonist and anti-hero of Tales of Berseria, dig a lot of graves. A quest for revenge is always laden with sorrow, and such is the case in the latest installment […]
The WWE franchise is always faced each year with the task of justifying it’s purchase. As is seen with WWE, the key is iterative development as opposed to an overhaul of its foundations. This year is another successful leap for the WWE 2K series with the release of WWE 2K17. Unfortunately, some fans are disappointed […]
For those of you in the dark, Mighty No. 9 is the long-awaited “spiritual successor” to the legendary Mega Man games. Along with other projects like Yooka-Laylee and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Mighty No. 9 gained a massive following off of its Kickstarter campaign back in 2013. It exceeded its initial campaign goals, and […]
I always respect the Arc System Works fighting games from Guilty Gear and Blazblue. Fans that prefer complex character designs, fast paced action, air dashing and simply doing cool anime stuff love those games. My last “anime” fighter I spent decent time on was actually Arc’s take on the Persona series with Persona 4 Arena. […]
I was excited for this one. When a game is coming out that I know I’m going to be writing about I like to go into it as blind as possible. Living in a world of information emptiness, is a quiet, blissfully simplistic, experience. The last few weeks in that space the only thing I […]
April 26th has come and gone and now we have in our grubby little hands the newest installment of The Walking Dead: Michonne. It’s no secret that I’ve been underwhelmed by the first two episodes. I’ve been searching for reasons why I’ve not been in there as a story. My last review I wanted it […]
The majority of gamers remember Harmonix as the developers that started the Guitar Hero franchise and then took it a step further with the Rock Band series. Back in the early PlayStation 2 days, they made two cult classics Frequency and it’s sequel Amplitude. These rhythm games didn’t have a peripheral bundle, so you had […]
Are a few major and minor changes enough to warrant a new entry in a series that has been around for over ten years? That was the thought I had while playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, the latest game in the hugely popular franchise. Developed by Treyarch, this Call of Duty follows last year’s […]
You can read our review of Tales From The Borderlands Episode 1 here. In that review we talk about the overall gameplay and look. You can also read our review of Episode 2, Episode 3 and Episode 4 .Those reviews and this review focus on the story and characters. No major spoilers for Episode 5 are […]
