B.J. Blazkowicz has been killing Nazis by the dozen for over twenty-five years, but he’s never been much more than an avatar for the player to take out their aggression on one of history’s most loathed regimes. MachineGames set out to change that [...]
The Good:Well-executed puzzles; welcome higher-stakes murder premise; improved graphics over the original; wonderful soundtrack. The Bad:Weak plot and characters; not enough puzzles; very short with only a few environments. For the 80th anniversary of the [...]
In an attempt to teleport some geometric Islamic art from one location to another, developer Mahdi Bahrami failed to notice a spirograph had flown into the telepod. That’s my theory anyway. The result is a very beautiful, very relaxing puzzle game called [...]
Mario’s been with most of us since childhood. His weird, little “wahoo” and jumping noises will always be something of a nostalgia trigger, so there’s always a certain trepidation when it comes to a new Mario adventure. Especially with one so clearly [...]
During one cutscene in Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, a pretty serious conversation between BJ Blazkowicz and his wife Anya on their U-boat base is interrupted by someone who’s just finished using the toilet. That’s the tone of the game [...]
The first few cracks at a new 4X game are always so hilariously disastrous. In my first journey through Oriental Empires I expanded way too quickly, tied up all of my resources in the upkeep of rice paddies surrounding my princedom, and ordered a small, [...]
Wolfenstein: The New Order was a bold, flawed attempt to reinvent the first-person shooter that kickstarted the genre. Taking place in an alternate history where the Nazis won the war, long-time protagonist B.J. Blazkowicz tried to take back the world [...]
Golf Story is a refreshing and unique role-playing experience that succeeds as a golf game and story. Spending quality time with dear old dad on the links as a child ends up being a passion that consumes your character 20 years later, so much so that he [...]
