Observer begins like many classic mystery stories: with a phone call. Detective Daniel Lazarski is in his patrol car when he receives a desperate distress call from his estranged son, Adam. Tracking down the signal, Lazarski races through the futuristic [...]
In many ways, Agents of Mayhem feels like a child smashing action figures together and making explosion sound effects. On one hand (the one holding the bad guy), the game is a shallow rumination on good versus evil. On the other hand (the one holding the [...]
If The Long Dark teaches you one thing, it’s that the wilderness is terrifying but beautiful. Danger lurks around every corner, and you can succumb to death in even the calmest moments. With its hyper-realistic mechanics, this difficult-but-satisfying [...]
Housemarque has made its named developing fast-paced arcade shooters like Super Stardust, Resogun, and Nex Machina. These games delight in colorful explosions, velocity, and thumping soundtracks. The developer’s latest, Matterfall, has all those [...]
While open-world adventures through the crumbling ruins of ancient civilizations have largely belonged to the family of Myst-style puzzlers on PC, the PlayStation has quietly been responsible for a different kind of game. Titles like ICO and Journey have [...]
Daedalic Entertainment has produced many high-quality point-and-click titles over the course of a decade, but adapting Ken Follett’s 1989 epic historical novel The Pillars of the Earth into an adventure game is a monumental task even for a studio with [...]
Developer: Platinum Games Publisher: Square Enix Format: PC, PS4 (reviewed) Released: March 7, 2017 Copy provided by publisher Nier: Automata is a piece of art that could only effectively exist as a videogame. Like previous installments in the [...]
Developer: Playlab Publisher: Playlab Format: Android, iOS (reviewed) Released: November 02, 2016 Freemium It’s fitting that a 90s fad would find itself turned into a cynical, mobile free-to-play game. The 80s and 90s were full of miniature collectibles, [...]
