For many of us, choosing a game console may come down to a few specific exclusive games, including some don’t even need to be on the horizon. For racing fans (like me), the mere prospect of a new Gran Turismo may be enough warrant buying a Gran [...]
There’s an expansive series of Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs) called Shin Megami Tensei that’s been going strong in Japan for the last three decades. Few of the games that fall under the SMT umbrella have cracked into Western markets, the [...]
Despite what anyone might have predicted at the turn of the millennium, 3D platformers have gone the way of the dinosaur. Classic 2D platformers are alive and well: Breakout indie hits like Braid, Super Meat Boy, and Limbo paved the way for high [...]
After a wave of previews and a subsequent wave of controversy, we already have a good sense of what Far Cry 5 is about. Now the question is, “how does it play?” The answer, as least regarding its moment-to-moment gameplay, is unsurprising. It [...]
The ongoing arms race for more powerful gaming hardware has both driven and been driven by the push for ever more realistic graphics. That effort has passed a point of diminishing returns when it comes to people, mired in the uncanny valley with [...]
Even after all these years, Bethesda isn’t resting on its laurels when it comes to the Wolfenstein series. The opening minutes of Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus are clever, original, and well put-together, but whether they portend a fun game remains to [...]
Arms is a really strange game to try and write about because its disparate parts vary so wildly in quality. It has the core of an incredibly solid and accessible 3D fighting game, but is surrounded by missed opportunities and poorly executed aspects. [...]
With Star Wars: Battlefront II, developer DICE is taking its opportunity to fix the most disappointing issues in its 2015 predecessor. The first Battlefront rebooted the franchise, which puts players in the stormtrooper armor of soldiers on the ground in [...]
