Category: Video Game Reviews
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Review: Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Sony PlayStation 4)
A solid offering overall, but a great disappointment nonetheless.
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Review: The Rivers of Alice – Extended Version (PC)
A brief, but beautiful point-and-click.
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Review: Code: Realize (Sony Playstation Vita)
Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~ Developer: Idea Factory & Design Factory Publisher: Aksys Games Genre: Visual Novel Release Date: 10/20/2015 The Vita has become a popular platform for visual novels, and lately the West has seen its share of localizations, including Steins;Gate and Hakuoki. Otome games are a popular genre in Japan targeted towards a…
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Review: Broforce (PC)
Broforce Genre: Action Developer: Free Lives Publisher: Devolver Digital Release Date: 10/15/2015 There was a time that I thought Broforce was going to be stuck in Early Access forever. Ever since its early release last year, I have constantly kept checking in, hoping the game would eventually be stable enough to be considered complete. My…
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Review: Knights of Pen and Paper 2 (PC)
It’s better in some areas, but doesn’t have quite the same charm as the first game.
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Review: Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition (Sony PlayStation 4)
Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition Genre: Role Playing Developer: Larian Studios Publisher: Focus Interactive Release Date: 10/27/15 Over the years, RPGs in general have twisted and turned in a myriad of different ways to create new takes on the collective genre. Some of these variations have created winning formulas that we’ve grown to appreciate and…
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Review: WWE 2K16 (Sony PlayStation 4)
Is this a “New Day” for WWE games?
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Review: Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide (PC)
Stop the Skaven at the end of the Warhammer world.
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Review: The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (Nintendo 3DS)
More like Tri Force… ing your friends to play with you.
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Review: Tales of Zestiria (Sony PlayStation 4)
Tales of Zestiria Publisher: Bandai Namco Developer: Bandai Namco Genre: Roleplaying Release Date: 10/16/2015 I am a big fan of the Tales series. In fact, a good friend and I run a Tales-themed Tumblr that preys upon people’s feelings about characters and their tragic backgrounds or fates within the games. I jumped on the chance to review Tales…
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Review: 200% Mixed Juice! (PC)
A shallow, but inoffensive Pokemon clone.
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Review: SUPERBEAT: XONiC (Sony PlayStation Vita)
SBX is flawed and frustrating, but still incredibly addicting.
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Review: Corpse Party: Blood Drive (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Corpse Party: Blood Drive Genre: Adventure/Horror Developer: Team GrisGris, 5pb, Mages, Grindhouse Publisher: XSEED Release Date: 10/13/15 I don’t even know where to begin. Corpse Party, when it initially came out four years ago in the US, was a game that I was astounded by. Its visuals had a distinctly low-tech vibe to them, but…
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Review: Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below Slime Collector’s Edition (Sony PlayStation 4)
Dragon Warriors
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Review: Zen Pinball 2: Ant-Man (Sony Playstation 3/Playstation 4/Playstation Vita)
Zen Pinball: Ant-Man Genre: Pinball Developer: Zen Studios Publisher: Zen Studios Release Date: 7/15/15 In the past few years, Zen Studios has grown their pinball table series, Zen Pinball 2, from a smattering of original content and video game based licenses into a licensed product juggernaut, as they can claim tables based on popular franchises…
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Review: Ninja Pizza Girl (PC)
Ninja Pizza Girl Genre: Platforming Developer: Disparity Games Publisher: Disparity Games Release Date: Sep 30, 2015 Ninja Pizza Girl is a strange game, and I wonder if the vision of what they wanted to create conflicted with what they were able to create. Before I get into a critical analysis of it, let’s get into…
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Review: Downwell (PC)
Downwell Publisher: Devolver Digital Developer: Moppin Genre: Arcade Platformer Release Date: 10/15/2015 I always get a bit queasy when I am around large, deep holes in the ground, wells included. I can barely look down them, my knees get week, and I get a bit light headed. In Downwell, on the other hand, I don’t…
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Review: Balls of Glory (Sony PlayStation 4/PlayStation 3/PlayStation Vita)
Balls of Glory Genre: Pinball Developer: Zen Studios Publisher: Zen Studios Release Date: 10/20/15 We’ve been fairly big supporters of Zen Studios and their Zen Pinball series over the past few years, and it’s not hard to understand why: they have a good grasp on how to make a digital pinball table work, and they…
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Review: Chronus Arc (Nintendo 3DS)
Chronus Arc Publisher: KEMCO (Kotobuki Solution Co., Ltd.) Developer: Hit-Point Co.,Ltd. Genre: Roleplaying Release Date: 10/01/2015 I have a soft spot for retro RPG titles, but even I sometimes wonder if maybe we’re seeing too much of them lately. Still, there’s always room on my game shelf for a game that tries to innovate. Chronus Arc tries to innovate, but in…
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Review: Life is Strange: Episode 5 – Polarized (Sony PlayStation 4)
It’s not a smooth ride, but the destination is worth the trip.