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Call of Cthulhu is a first person adventure game from Cyanide Studios that is based on the pen and paper RPG Call of Cthulhu which is in turn based on HP Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. The last adventure game sporting the Call of Cthulhu brand name was 2005’s Call of Cthulhu : Dark Corners of the Earth , a troubled game but one that reached cult status (note: there was another Call of Cthulhu branded game in between…
First off, this is a video game adaptation of a board game...which is based on an adventure in Dungeons and Dragons. This video game is not an RPG, though it does have RPG elements, but I still found it very enjoyable. I am a fan of the board games that this game is based on (there are others based on Ravenloft and other settings) and I wouldn't mind seeing adaptations of those versions as well). This is a very good…
Read the full review Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation
I was ready to quickly write off Binary Domain but the game really did surprise me. If you feel the need to be a super reductionist then you can say Binary Domain is "Gears of War made by Japanese people", but strangely I think its better than anything the Gears game can offer (at leat in terms of single player content). The writing is fun and makes sense, characters have decent arcs, the gunplay is fun, the…
NEN is an interesting game. I backed this on Kickstarter because the creator had an interesting idea I wanted to see flourish into a game. I purchased this and didn't immediately play it but I did save the game for my 2014 Extra-Life charity stream. I played through, and beat, the game in about 1.5 hours. Those 1.5 hours weren't exceptionally difficult nor were they thought provoking. The only reason the things in…
Guardians of the Galaxy (GotG)is the five millionth licensed release from the perpetual motion machine that is Tell Tale Games. The studio became most famous for their adaptation of the Walking Dead which lead them to higher franchise opportunities like Game of Thrones and now Marvel Comics GotG. In many regards GotG is a crowning achievement for the developer because its free from many of the bugs and glitches that…
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I got this game early into its "early access" stage about 2-3 years ago, maybe more. The servers were never slamming with activity but since then its pretty much dead now that so many other games have entered into this genre (1v4+ survival horror). The closest direct analog to this game is Dead Realms and I think its staying active enough. Basically one person plays the "spirit" and there are several different types…
There are some cool ideas in this game. I like the tension, I like the hide & seek gameplay, and I like the idea as a counselor you are kind of blindly making your way in the metaphorical, and literal, dark. However, the execution of practically everything in this game is subpar. I played a tad under two hours and every single game was a glitchy mess and if the game wasn't glitching it wasn't working correctly. I…
Batman is Telltale's own approach on the nearly 80 year old character. While developers like Rocksteady have given their own visual approach to the characters in that universe, Telltale actually decided to take some risks with the story while also offering their own unique take on some of the characters. While the story beats and action can be great the game is plagued by one nagging thing that all games from this…
Asura’s Wrath is Capcom’s latest game for the Xbox360 and Ps3 and is also an original IP. Watching trailers for this game you would think you have one of the most over the top games ever made, but (without hyperbole) that might be the case if you actually had a game to play. Asura’s Wrath takes the Quick Time Event (QTE) idea and beats it to death, sometimes with 6 arms at a time. I will try and be as spoiler free…
Lord of the Rings: War in the North (WITN for short in this review) is one of the worst types of games for me. The game can’t be completely awful so I write it off and move on nor can it be so good that I can’t wait to absorb every second of it; it has just the right hook for me that its completely mediocre but I keep playing it. I hate those. WITN is basically a hack and slash with some RPG elements thrown in,…
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Green Lantern is a movie tie-in game related to the soon to be released movie of the same name. However like many movie-based games, Green Lantern doesn't rehash or retell the plot of the movie but simply takes place in the same established universe. While there is nothing truly original about its parts, the execution is surprisingly fun and something I am not at all disappointed in experiencing. Green Lantern is…
Brink is a game that, when on paper, sounds like it hits the high points: tactical team combat, single player and multiplayer modes that you can play online or solo with bots, persistent characters that you can upgrade, customizable perks and weapons, and also introduces parkour style traversal. Unfortunately Splash Damage, former modders turned game development studio, have come up short yet again even more so than…
I'll try to make this review short but sweet. This game, WWE Allstars, attempts to bring old school WWE wrestlers along with the current (and albeit infinitely more boring) roster into a package that literally makes everything larger than life. Unlike most other wrestling titles, Allstars attempts to bring in fighting game aspects into the mix into a unique but highly flawed package. Graphically, WWE Allstars has an…
I was pretty stoked for this game, but only because playing it unlocks items for my Dragon Age 2 game. I typically avoid Facebook games like a plague, and in reviewing this you will find out why. DAL plays like a mix of farmville and a turn based RPG. The turn based RPG aspect takes place in some unidentified time in the Dragon Age universe. You are given the ability to create a character and choose its race,…
Homefront is the next big shooter for next generation systems and the PC. Brought to you from the writer of Red Dawn and Apocalypse Now, this shooter feels second rate in comparison most shooters in recent memory and some not so recent. I'm not going to go deep into the story as that's about the only thing going for this game, even if the story beats are as subtle as possible, but you play a man rescued by…
Super Meat Boy (SMB) can come off as if it is nothing more than a simple platformer falling back on its retro roots. Everything from the visuals, the music, and its humor can lead you into its spider web of frustration, but if you have the patience and skill you can come out on top and truly feel as if you accomplished something great. Visually the game looks both retro and modern as the games fidelity clearly…
Tomb Raider what does that bring to your mind at first: Large chests (literally on both counts), British accents, destroying the fauna of foreign countries, or being Indiana Jones with much finer thighs? If any of those come to mind, you are definitely thinking of Tomb Raider...or my custom "sexy time" DnD campaign. Now, let me throw some things at you and you tell me if you think these represent Tomb Raider :…
Monday Night Combat (MNC) is a game that, in my opinion, is easy to dismiss based on looks alone. You have the Team Fortress 2 art style and zany character depictions, class based combat, upgrade options, and custom class abilities so nothing new there. How about adding tower defense into that...and what would you say about dashing in a little third person shooting as well? Yeah, this book cannot be judged by its…
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