Schlagwort: gaming

Reading Time: 7 minutesEA Sports UFC 3 begins with a slick video package charting the meteoric rise to stardom of cover athlete Conor McGregor. The Notorious Irishman is the ideal poster boy for UFC 3’s new G.O.A.T. Career Mode, as it focuses not just on your performances inside the octagon, but on your propensity for…

Reading Time: 5 minutesBoth intensely personal and widely relatable, Night in the Woods doesn’t just tell a story–it gracefully captures complex, often unpleasant feelings and experiences. From the quiet melancholy of doing nothing on a rainy day to the emotional vacuum of severe depression, I felt deeply, sometimes too deeply, while wandering through the cartoon-animal…

Reading Time: 5 minutesWith an extensive roster of quirky characters and a world that’s as colorful as it is joyful, the OK K.O.! universe is the perfect playground for a video game adaptation. But while OK K.O.! Let’s Play Heroes perfectly captures the show’s tone and aesthetic in its own way, it is, unfortunately, let…

Reading Time: 9 minutesDespite the countless Dragon Ball games that have appeared since the manga debuted in the mid-’80s, the series has never needed them to sustain its popularity. Most are forgettable, some are good, and even fewer are truly great. Thanks to developer Arc System Works‘ particular talents, Dragon Ball FighterZ is one of…

Reading Time: 7 minutes2005’s Shadow of the Colossus was a revelation, a game whose gorgeous aesthetic and reserved tone were, at the time, undeniably distinct. Together with its unique take on boss encounters and a stirring soundtrack, those aspects made the game a defining title of the PlayStation 2 era. But it was also a…

Reading Time: 6 minutesDecades after Jaws cemented our cultural fear of the deep ocean, Subnautica emerges from Steam Early Access to fuel a new breed of underwater nightmares. This first-person survival epic by Unknown Worlds Entertainment dumps you into the water with not a great white shark to watch out for, but an entire alien…

Reading Time: 6 minutesLost Sphear, like its predecessor I Am Setsuna, wants to remind you of the 16-bit RPGs that were so beloved in the ’90s. Developer Tokyo RPG Factory has succeeded in terms of the basic look and mechanics, but after two games, it’s starting to feel like the studio’s name is intended more…

Reading Time: 6 minutesLost Sphear, like its predecessor I Am Setsuna, wants to remind you of the 16-bit RPGs that were so beloved in the ’90s. Developer Tokyo RPG Factory has succeeded in terms of the basic look and mechanics, but after two games, it’s starting to feel like the studio’s name is intended more…

Reading Time: 7 minutesEA Sports UFC 3 begins with a slick video package charting the meteoric rise to stardom of cover athlete Conor McGregor. The Notorious Irishman is the ideal poster boy for UFC 3’s new G.O.A.T. Career Mode, as it focuses not just on your performances inside the octagon, but on your propensity for…

Reading Time: 8 minutesWhile some fans of the series were disappointed when Monster Hunter XX came to the Switch as a Japan-only exclusive, the good news is that we don’t have to suffer in region-imposed torture any longer. The latest big fish in the franchise’s pond, Monster Hunter World, is finally here, and it blows…

Reading Time: 5 minutesSpoilers for Celeste are contained in this review. While no specific plot details are mentioned, overall themes and mechanics that you may not be aware of are discussed. Celeste is a wonderful, surprising game, and I think it’s best experienced without prior knowledge of its themes. Hence, if you want to go…

Reading Time: 5 minutesPrequels run the risk of diminishing the magic of the stories they lead into, but The Inpatient is a rare exception that entirely manages to avoid that. As opposed to its jumpscare-obsessed peers on PSVR–even in opposition to the game from which it spun off, Until Dawn–The Inpatient relies less on the…

Reading Time: 6 minutesIconoclasts‚ Metroidvania-inspired style and structure is deceptively simple at first. The vibrant 2D-pixelated world you inhabit is alluring and the action is quick and snappy. But if you’ve played games like this before, it’d be easy to dismiss Iconoclasts as trite and rudimentary considering the number of similar experiences available nowadays. Yet…

Reading Time: 2 minutesXbox One X promised to bring even more beautiful graphics to your favorite games, and it’s been delivering. With over 100 titles and counting, Forza Horizon 3’s update has joined the ranks, and is available now. Microsoft says the update allows you to play Horizon 3 in „native 4K,“ including the Hot…

Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough Marvel has traditionally announced release dates for its movies several years in advance, it has been more secretive about its plans for the Marvel Cinematic Universe after the current Phase 3 ends. Spider-Man: Homecoming 2 is the only movie with an official release date after Phase 3 closes with 2019’s Avengers…