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“NBA 2K21” (PS4, X1) Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | PlayStation 4 Reviews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 08 Sep 2020

Everyone is already well aware of how weird this year is, so we don’t have to go into any details about that, but even weirder is the fact that annual sports games didn’t get delayed despite virtually every sport going through that fate. So here we are, in the midst of the playoffs, and next season’s NBA game is already on store shelves.

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“Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2” Review

author image by Jon Yelenic | Articles PlayStation 4 Reviews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 07 Sep 2020

The name “Tony Hawk” means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For some, he’s a skateboarding icon famous for “the 900” and other impressive feats performed during his long career, but for many others, he’s…

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“Tell Me Why – Chapter 2” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | PC Reviews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 07 Sep 2020

The second chapter in Tell Me Why picks up right where Chapter 1 left off as Alyson and Tyler continue to look back on the details of their mother’s death, but hardly anything interesting happens in this slog of a…

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“Tell Me Why – Chapter 1” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Reviews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 30 Aug 2020

With Tell Me Why, Dontnod looks to break even more barriers, and the minority American in me is ready for the ride.

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“Raji: An Ancient Epic” Review

author image by Jordan Elek | Nintendo Switch Reviews | 0 Comments | 25 Aug 2020

Nodding Heads Games, the small development team behind Raji: An Ancient Epic, is based in India, and their goal was to create an experience inspired by the culture and architecture that they grew up around. The result is a game…

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“Battletoads” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | PC Reviews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 24 Aug 2020

When Microsoft acquired Rare almost two decades ago, one of the IPs they got in the deal was Battletoads, a beat-em-up that helped games of that era earn the “Nintendo hard” moniker. As it enjoyed some success in the 1990s,…

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“Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout” Review

author image by Jon Yelenic | Articles PlayStation 4 Reviews Steam | 0 Comments | 06 Aug 2020

Battle royales are intense — the premise of being cast into a battle arena filled with dozens of other players in a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek is enough to make every game an intense experience where no two matches are…

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“Destroy All Humans!” Review

author image by Eduard Gafton | PlayStation 4 Reviews Xbox One | 0 Comments | 04 Aug 2020

What is a remake in 2020? Well, look at Resident Evil 3 and you’ll see a game that is entirely different from the original, mostly for the better, but in some ways also for the worse. In the same vein,…

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[Summer Game Fest 2020] Hands-On: CrisTales

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X | 0 Comments | 27 Jul 2020

It’s no secret that the SmashPad staff has a penchant for RPGs, so when we were urged to try out CrisTales after its demo came out a few days ago, we thought it would at least be worth a try….

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[Summer Game Fest 2020] Hands-On: Haven

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 4 Previews Steam Xbox One | 0 Comments | 27 Jul 2020

One of the more interesting demo offerings as part of Microsoft’s Summer of Gaming lineup is Haven, and it’s definitely shaping up to be an indie release to keep an eye on this year. From the demo I played, Haven…

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“Ghost of Tsushima” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | PlayStation 4 Reviews | 0 Comments | 27 Jul 2020

First unveiled at Paris Games Week 2017, the latest project out of Sucker Punch was a far cry from the Sly Cooper and inFamous titles PlayStation fans had been accustomed to seeing. Instead, a samurai game with deep action mechanics…

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“Superliminal” Review

author image by Danreb Victorio | Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Reviews Steam Xbox One | 0 Comments | 27 Jul 2020

First-person puzzle games are really starting to become more commonplace in the market, especially with the indie scene after the success of games like Portal. Jonathan Bloom’s The Witness and Steam darling The Talos Principle also come to mind, but…

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