The movement in Monster Hunter Rise finally clicked for me as I soared above the Lagombi’s head. The Lagombi is an obnoxious Monster Hunter beast, a bearlike critter that slides on its belly at high speeds. When it would slide, I would dodge, but it didn’t take long for me to realize that I wasn’t […]
Monster Hunter Rise Review: Hunters Rise Up
Now that Monster Hunter took time to go off and explore a new world, it’s back on more familiar grounds. Monster Hunter Rise sees the series return to a portable console, something that helped cement its popularity and endurance. However, the series didn’t forget the new tricks it learned during its last excursion. Rise keeps the quality-of-life […]
Nier: Automata Is Being Review Bombed On Steam Because Of The Game Pass Version
Nier: Automata is considered one of the best games of the last generation. It’s twisted narrative, engaging gameplay, and amazing soundtrack are adored by players across the world. But it seems that the Steam version of the game has been getting review bombed after the game’s launch on Game Pass and the Windows Store on […]
Clea 2 Review: Don’t Let The “No Jump Scares” Description Fool You
Clea 2 is a survival horror game developed by InvertMouse and published by Sekai games. It is a sequel to the original Clea, which was released back in 2019. The gameplay between Clea and Clea 2 is almost exactly the same, but Clea 2 corrects several of the problems with the original Clea— though not all […]
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT review: A good GPU that (understandably) costs too much
“There are no bad products, only bad prices.” That well-worn adage, attributed to Anandtech founder Anand Shimpi, kept popping into my head as I reviewed AMD’s Radeon RX 6700 XT. This is a barn-burning graphics card for 1440p and 1080p gaming, but at $479 the price is far too high—at least in theory. In reality, […]
Mundaun Review – A Sketchy And Unsettling Neighborhood
Mundaun observes some of the best, well-worn elements of the horror genre – a creepy setting, an emphasis on inventory management, and plenty of puzzle-solving – and sketches them onto a living notebook for players to both admire and grimace at. Because of this, the game doesn’t do too much to differentiate it from its […]
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 review: It's fine
The $329 GeForce RTX 3060 finally brings Nvidia’s next-gen Ampere GPU architecture to the mainstream masses—at least in theory. Normally, the release of Nvidia’s 60-class graphics cards sparks a lot of excitement. They tend to be the best-selling card of a GeForce generation. This time around, graphics cards are mired in a months-long shortage driven […]
Stronghold Warlords Review: Displays Great Strength All Round
Those who’ve played a Stronghold game before will notice that Stronghold: Warlords, the latest incarnation in the popular castle-building strategy franchise, is a little different. Gone are the bland beige settings, replaced by stunning and more vibrant buildings dating back to third-century China. There’s also a brand new way of conquering enemies and using your […]
An Honest Review Of The Monster Hunter Movie From A Die-Hard Fan
The Monster Hunter movie had all the makings of a total flop. From the husband-wife creative team behind the Resident Evil film series, Monster Hunter diverged from the video game in a pretty major way. While all of the games take place exclusively in a fantasy world filled with monsters and hunters, the film magically […]
Maquette Review: 500 Days Of Bummer
If there was one word I could use to describe Maquette it would be “twee.” This game is twee as hell. It is saccharine, it is overly sentimental, it is the game equivalent of a mawkish independent movie about romance. It might as well have been called 500 Days Of Summer: The Video Game. Only […]