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SteamWorld Heist is a turned-based strategy game that is a spinoff from Image and Form Game's original game SteamWorld Dig . As Piper Faraday, you lead a rusty crew shootin' tootin' and lootin' around space. But don't worry, you only do it to the bad guys. For those unaware, the SteamWorld series is set in a universe that combines robots and cowboys. Take that concept into space and add a dash of 50's sci-fi movie…
Note: This review is full of spoilers. Far Cry 5 is the next game in the open world fps action series Far Cry by Ubisoft. In this iteration, you play as a deputy who is tasked with arresting a cult leader that has been terrorizing a county in Montana. I'll just get this out of the way: this game is still a Far Cry game. Their are bigger changes made to this game than the changes between Far Cry 3 and 4 , but in the…
Note: I did not play the arena DLC. Neon Chrome is a top-down shooter with randomized levels made by 10Tons that has you pit against an oppressive ruler known as the Overseer, the man in charge of an extremely large building that houses a million people known as Neon Chrome. In Neon Chrome , you play as a person remote-controlling clones into fighting the oppressive rule of the Overseer, the ruler of a very large…
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is a turn-based strategy game made by Ubisoft in which you play as various Mario characters with rabbid counterparts fighting against other rabbids XCOM style in what could be described as 'the weirdest gaming concept of 2017.' But what is even more surprising is the fact that Mario Rabbids goes beyond a weird concept to deliver a fresh new take on sub genre that I found…
Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus is an fps action game made by Machine Games in which you put back on the boots of B.J. Blazkowicz and go on a little road trip across Nazi-occupied America. What are you doing in this land? You're doing what B.J. does best: shooting, stabbing, maiming, chopping, disintegrating, exploding, and burning Nazis. And while this is something Blazkowicz has been doing for decades now, The New…
Cuphead is a 2d platforming game made by Studio MDHR, in which you play as a character named Cuphead in a 30s style cartoon. This game has seen hype and delay over the years, so the question I hope to answer is if this was worth the wait. Going into the story, you play as Cuphead, a simple man who has lived a safe life with his brother Mugman (who is player 2 if you have a second character) and his father Elder…
Note: This will have spoilers. Dishonored: Death of the Outsider is the standalone DLC sequel to Dishonored 2 made by Arkane Studios. In this installment to the Dishonored franchise, you play as former-assassin Billie Lurk who is given the task by her mentor Daud to kill the supernatural being known as 'The Outsider.' Set sometime after the events of Dishonored 2 , you play as Billiy Lurk, is a former assassin who…
Graceful Explosion Machine is a 2d arcade shoot-em-up developed by Vertex Pop. You are a ship fighting off aliens in tight spaces with various weapons as you try to find your way back home. This is where I usually go deeper into story, but there really isn't one in the game. The lack of a story does not hamper this review though. So let's get into the rest of it. I haven't played a lot of games in this genre, but I…
Beyond Good and Evil is an action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft in which you play as a girl named Jade who is sucked into a world of secrecy in which you fight against a mysterious alien force as well as the military force aiding these aliens. This game was released in 2003, making it fourteen years old from this review. Some older games hold up well while others not so much. Let's find out if fourteen years…
Not a Hero is a 2d platforming action game developed by Roll7. You play as one of nine characters who is working for a giant purple bunny named BunnyLord. He is trying to run for Mayor, so he decides that the way to get voters on his side is by taking down criminals. That is where your character comes in, as for you are the one fighting crime. Going a little deeper into the story, BunnyLord is running for mayor, and…
The Deadly Tower of Monsters is a top-down shooter developed by ACE Team in which you play as an astronaut named Dick Starspeed as he crash lands on an alien planet where a tyrannical emperor lives on top of a tower and spreads fear all along the land. Along the way, Dick meets the daughter of the emperor and soon after his robot friend and team up to climb the tower and eliminate the emperor. But what is really…
"GoNNER" is a rogue-like 2d platformer developed by Art in Heart in which you play as a thing named Ikk as you explore some place to cheer up its friend Sally, who is a large whale. Also, you have death as a helper as he gets items for you to use in your journey. "GoNNER" is a very bare-bones game compared to other rogue-like games, which is a positive in some aspects and a negative in other aspects. The platforming…
"Everything" is a simulation game by David O'Reilly that is about being, well, everything. From the tiniest bacterium to beyond the galaxies, "Everything" allows you to play as everything. Along the journey, you will hear many bits of lectures from British philosopher Alan Watts in which he discusses his views on many different things. One of the biggest things that popped out to me with this game is the scale of…
Axiom Verge is a 2d metroidvania game made by Thomas Happ games. You play as a scientist who suffered from a lab explosion and somehow ended up in another high-tech world. The game's claim-to-fame is that it is a close resemblance to Metroid. Before I get into this review, I must add that I have never played a Metroid game before, so I will not make comparisons to the franchise. Also, this review will contain…
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is a third person action adventure game and is the fourth entry into the Uncharted franchise. In this entry, Nathan Drake finds himself older, wiser, and with his brother who he thought was dead. Nathan and his brother Sam soon find themselves on the adventure they started fifteen years earlier in hopes of paying off a drug lord that got Sam out of prison. Over time, Sully and Elena join…
Far Cry: Primal is an open world fps made by Ubisoft and is the fifth entry into the Far Cry franchise. This iteration takes the setting back to 10,000 B.C. Europe. You play as a man named Takkar who came from another land. Soon, you meet up with a woman named Sayla and many others soon after. You then spend the rest of the game hunting, fighting, building up a village, do side missions, crafting, and exploring a…
Before I get into the review, I want to ask one question: do you like boss fights? If you absolutely hate boss fights with no chance of love, then this game will not be for you. Anyways, Furi(with an i) is an action game developed by Game Bakers. In this game, you play as a man known as 'The Rider.' You are in an elaborate prison consisting of floating islands above Earth. You spend the game fighting your way down…
Hyper Light Drifter is a 2d action rpg game developed by Heart Machine in which you play as an unnamed character in a dystopian world. You spend your time exploring, fighting, and platforming through this forgotten world starting in a central town and going either north, south, east, or west, and all in a 16-bit art style. What makes this game stand out from the rest is that the creator of this game, Alex Preston,…
Fast RMX is a racing game that is out for the Nintendo Switch. It is a remake of Fast Racing Neo, but this version has six added courses to its lineup. This racing game takes place in the future, where hover crafts race each other at 600 MPH on Earth, other planets, and in space. You can play single player cups, a mode called hero mode that mixes your boost meter with your health, and multiplayer online, lan, or…
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a third-person open world game made by Nintendo. In this iteration of the franchise, you play as Link, who wakes up in a cave with no memory of what happened. You soon learn that their was a battle between Ganon and Hyrule 100 years ago, but Hyrule lost. From that battle, you find that Zelda is trapped inside of the castle and you must go out and defeat Ganon and take back…
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The Saboteur is a third person sandbox open world game set in Paris during World War 2. You play as an Irish mechanic and race car driver named Sean Devlin, whose friend was recently killed by Nazis. He then decides to join the French resistance and try to take revenge on the Nazis who killed his friend. Was Pandemic Studio's final game a last wave goodbye? Or was it a way to show everyone that Pandemic closing down…
Shadow Warrior 2 is a first person shooter sequel to a reboot made by Flying Wild Hog. You play as Lo Wang, a wise cracking modern ninja who fights against demons and an evil corporation five years after the events of the first new game. This fast paced, non stop game includes a single player story with procedurally generated, open world maps, and the ability to play those missions with up to three other friends.…
Power Colt, Spider, Dr.Darling,Sloan, and a Blood Dragon walk into a cheesy 80's movie poster... Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is an open world FPS that is also a standalone DLC to Far Cry 3. In this game, you play as a robot commando named Sergeant Rex Power Colt, who is tasked with finding a rogue colonel on an unknown island in what the 80's would deem as an apocalyptic 2007. In this self aware 80's comedic game, it's…
Note: I played this game on PC, but as of this review, the review item tab only allows me to choose xbox one or ps4. The Final Station is a 2d management/survival and exploration game, in which you play as a train conductor delivering people and cargo through a post apocalyptic world. The game itself is part management of your train part 2d survival and exploration through buildings and towns filled with zombies.…
Mother Russia Bleeds is a 2d side-scrolling beat 'em up that takes place in an alternate 1980s Russia in which a fictional drug named nekro rules the streets. You play as one of four characters who was kidnapped and put under trials with the drug. After 3 weeks of testing, you break out and fight your way through hordes of enemies to get revenge on the ones who put you under the testing. While fighting your way…
Title screen art Dishonored 2 is the followup to the first Dishonored released in 2012. The story takes in an alternate steam-punk era fictional island called the Empire of the Isles 15 years after the first game, in which Corvo's daughter Emily ruled Dunwall for the absent time. On your mother's death anniversary, you are visited by your mother's supposed long lost sister,Delilah, who then takes the throne from…
Note: There were no multiplayer servers, so this review will not include anything on multiplayer. Perseus Mandate is the 2nd add-on to the first F.E.A.R. game. This time, you play as a sergeant(whose name is unknown) in a second F.E.A.R. team, which consists of two other members. It takes place around halfway through the first game, in which you are dropped into a war zone between F.E.A.R., ATC guards, Delta Force,…
Until Dawn is a horror game about a group of teens who meet up once again at a lodge owned by one of them one year after the disappearance of two of their friends. But many horrors haunt the teens and test their will, sanity, and loyalty to each other. Every situation is changed based on your previous choices, and whether or not some of teens like each other, or even kill each other is based on your previous…
Note: I haven't really played any other Battlefield, so this won't be a comparison type review to other Battlefield games. Battlefield 1 is an fps action game set in World War 1. In the campaign, you play as different soldiers going through their histories. In some stories, you play as characters who specialize in different vehicles, and some are purely on foot. But all of that is combined into an action-packed…
Note: I did not play multiplayer, as for it was disabled. F.E.A.R. Extraction point is the add-on dlc followup to F.E.A.R., which takes place directly after the first story. The entire plot is that you crashed in the helicopter and, you guessed it, are trying to get to the extraction point to leave. Along the way, you try to help your other two friends on the plane get to the extraction point with you. Also, you are…
Note: I didn't play multiplayer because it was disabled. F.E.A.R. is a first-person action horror shooter set in what I guess is the near future. You play as point man, an above average , slightly superhuman soldier as part of a special military unit designed on fighting paranormal threats in the U.S. You are tasked with finding and killing a man named Fettel;who with the power of his mind, controls a highly trained…
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Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor is a third-person open-world action game set in the world of J.R.R Tolkien's books 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The story takes place in between these two books, and you play as Talion, a ranger killed, along with his wife and child, by the Black Hand of Sauron(I don't know the lore of these books, so if you don't understand what is going on, then that's ok.) But…
Bioshock was recently remastered, and I decided to play the 2nd Bioshock, being that I played the first game 3 times and the 2nd game only once. The first time I played, I thought it was okay. I loved the Bioshock series for a long time, but I thought that number 2 was a deadweight. But now going back, even though I still prefer the first Bioshock or Bioshock Infinite, I find myself enjoying this game way more, and…
