“Visions of Mana” Demo Impressions
All things considered, while the game shaping up quite well, it’s also shaping up to just be a fine game.
Read moreAll things considered, while the game shaping up quite well, it’s also shaping up to just be a fine game.
Read moreAs soon as I finished demoing Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess at Summer Game Fest, I knew it was a game I absolutely needed. After finishing my playthrough, I have everything I need to know that this is one of my favorite releases this year.
Read moreWhether intentional or not, one of the more interesting developments is the fact that the game has two protagonists: a Japanese woman and a black man. Of course, this sent Twitter/X in a tizzy (for the wrong reasons), with gamers yelling “DEI” in a negative context (when it’s a positive), and this is one of the biggest reasons why the game is trending.
Read moreNobody is playing the game for its polish. We’re playing it because it’s chill, and cats are cool.
Read moreHere’s to hoping that Tales of Kenzera: Zau becomes the first in a long-running series, and that Abubakar Salim is back at the helm, because I want more. Or let’s give Surgent Studios the Black Panther license.
Read moreIt seemed like that was that in Fall 2021 when Microsoft shuttered their backward compatibility development with one final and substantial wave of releases. One need only look at the percentage of games on their legacy platforms to understand just…
Read moreWhen you look at the gaming landscape today, it’s so vast and deep that it becomes hard to find new games you might want to play. Not so much because they don’t exist, but because you just don’t hear about…
Read moreAtlus has returned to the world of Persona 3 with a ground-up remake that utilizes the lessons learned from Persona 4 and Persona 5, both improving greatly on the original… while also showing how much the series has improved since.
Read moreWWE 2K24 continues to build on the strong foundation that was established over the last two years.
Read moreIf you were a fan of the Yakuza: Like a Dragon, you’ll find Infinite Wealth more engaging in pretty much every way, easily making it one of the best games of the year.
Read moreThe gameplay is as tight as it is soothing, you can’t die, and the game is a very reasonable five hours long depending on the amount of time you take to solve some of the game’s puzzles, but if there’s anything this game teaches you–there’s nowhere to go but up.
Read moreThe game doesn’t do anything jaw dropping, but the political story in addition to the way the game presents familiar content in new ways really makes Long Gone Days a title to give real consideration despite all the other gaming options available at this point of the year.
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