Game Reviews

  • Armored Core 6 – Game Review

    Armored Core 6 PS5 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (AC6) is a mecha based action game by FromSoftware studios and is the 16th entry and not just the 6th like the title suggests, but players do not need to play any previous entry to enjoy this one as the plot is standalone. Pro’s: Gunplay.…

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  • Final Fantasy XVI – Game Review

    Final Fantasy 16 (available only on PlayStation 5, PC version currently in development) Final Fantasy 16 is a significant transition for this franchise. According to marketing, this is the first full-action RPG in the mainline series since for whatever reason they don’t count the 15 and 7 remakes because they maintained some of their turn-based…

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  • Master Detective Archives: Rain Code – Game Review

    Master Detective Archives: Rain Code (available for Nintendo Switch only) Before we talk about this game, I feel it appropriate that we talk about the Danganronpa series. Danganronpa is a somewhat cult series developed by Spike Chunsoft which is a visual novel/detective game not unlike Ace Attorney. The series has been highly praised for its…

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  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Game Review

    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (available for Nintendo Switch only) After a long development cycle, the Zelda team returns with the highly anticipated Tears of the Kingdom, the direct sequel to Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Now I really like Breath of the Wild and I was so happy when…

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  • Lord of the Rings: Gollum – Game Review

    Lord of the Rings Gollum Lord of the Rings is a franchise that has marvelled fantasy fans and non-fantasy fans alike for generations. What started off as a story about a Hobbit leaving his home on an adventure has turned into an immense fantasy epic with extensive lore and history, and has transcended into multiple…

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  • Street Fighter 6 – Game Review

    Street Fighter 6 (available for PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox Series X & S, and PC. Playstation 5 version used for the review) Street Fighter 6 is the latest in the world-renowned fighting game franchise, a staple that all other franchises in the same genre have been building off of. Street Fighter 6 has to…

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  • Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp – Switch Game Review

    Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp Switch Review Advance Wars Re-Boot Camp is a 2023 remake of the first 2 Advance Wars games that were released on the Gameboy Advance in 2001 and 2003 respectively. I completed the game on the Switch OLED so my experience may not reflect those of players on older versions of…

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  • Redfall – Game Review

    Redfall (available for XBox Series X and S, and PC. Xbox Series X version used for this review) Redfall is a first-person co-op shooter developed by Arkane, developers of games like Prey, Dishonoured, and Death Loop. This game was specifically developed by the Austin, Texas division responsible for Prey. Redfall is a project that has…

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  • Dead Island 2 – Game Review

    Dead Island 2 Back in the seventh console generation (PS3, Xbox 360 & Nintendo Wii), there were three major trends in gaming: FPS’s, blood and gore, and zombies. In that generation we had an overabundance of zombie games, from sequels in series that are known for the monsters like Resident Evil 5 & 6, original…

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  • Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – Game Review

    Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – PS5 review Jedi Survivor is the sequel to the 2019 action adventure game Jedi Fallen Order. The game picks up 5 years after the original game as features the same style of play but with all new planets to explore. I played on the PS5 version of the game so…

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  • Have A Nice Death – Game Review

    Have A Nice Death (available on Nintendo Switch and PC) (Switch version used for review) Over the last few years, it feels like we’ve gotten an abundance of rogue-likes. From recent heavy hitters like Hades and Inscription to more niche like Loop Hero or Crypt of the Necrodancer, even AAA companies have gotten into it…

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  • Resident Evil 4 (2023) – Game Review

    Resident Evil 4 (2023) (available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and S, and PC- Steamdeck compatibility included. PlayStation 5 version used for this review) Resident Evil 4 Remake rounds out the trilogy of the remakes of the classic Resident Evil games, though ever since the announcement it’s been wondered what this version…

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  • Tchia – Game Review

    Tchia (available for PlayStation 4 & 5, and PC. PlayStation 5 version used for this review) Tchia has been a game showing up in PlayStation showcases for quite some time, it has been shown off with various trailers and developer diaries. The team at PlayStation has teamed up with indie studio Awaceb to get this…

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  • Octopath Traveler 2 – Game Review

    Octopath Traveler 2 (available for PlayStation 4 & 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC with SteamDeck compatibility. Nintendo Switch version used for this review) Octopath Traveler 2 is the latest Square Enix game from Team Asano, who has been knocking it out of the park recently. They had excellent entries with games like Triangle Strategy and…

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  • Bayonetta Origins – Game Review

    Bayonetta Origins (available on Nintendo Switch only) Bayonetta Origins is a brand new spin-off developed by Platinum Games with the subtitle ‘Cereza and the Lost Demon’. It attempts to tell a short origin story for Bayonetta when she was a child, tying back in briefly to some of the events of other Bayonetta games. We…

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  • Like A Dragon: Ishin – Game Review

    Like A Dragon: Ishin (available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC) (PlayStation 5 version used for review) Admittedly I only really got into the Yakuza series a couple of years ago. Like most I started with Yakuza 0 after seeing the overwhelming amount of praise it got,…

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  • Theatrhythm Final Bar Line – Game Review

    Theatrhythm Final Bar Line (available for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, Switch version used for the review) Theatrhythm Final Bar Line is the new entry in the franchise celebrating Square Enix Music through a music rhythm game. It also celebrates Final Fantasy’s 35th anniversary by creating a collection of songs that is massive and spread…

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  • Kirby’s Return to DreamLand Deluxe – Game Review

    Kirby’s Return to DreamLand Deluxe Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe is a remake of the original game Kirby’s Return to Dream Land on the Wii in 2011, it is a 2D action platformer that sees the player journey across 7 worlds of various environments along with a new epilogue to expand upon the original…

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