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As I played through the intro sequence to Doom’s campaign, I initially found myself fixated less on the narrative at hand and more on the wild circumstances surrounding this game’s existence. It went through a long, tumultuous development cycle, during which first-person shooters had evolved into something completely disparate from the core tenants of the Doom series. 90s-inspired Arena shooters started to make a…
Note: I know Undertale has been out for a few months now and it's been hyped like crazy, but I still wanted any plot discussion in this review to remain vague in order to appease those who want to avoid spoilers. The element of surprise is one of Undertale's greatest strengths, and it really is worth playing the game to experience it's many surprises. A couple years ago, I wrote a blog on ScrewAttack entitled “Games…
At first glance, Axiom Verge does not tread a whole lot of new ground. It’s a retro-indie platformer that subverts expectations with modernized visual elements and an augmented narrative, and it exists in a sea of other retro-indie platformers with essentially the same gimmick. However, Axiom Verge manages to execute on its Metroid-vania concept so exceedingly well that it establishes an identity all its own. My…
