Reviews
Review: Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
The Kirby series has always understood the value of keeping things simple. They have always been fun, colorful, enjoyable games that are easy to clear and hard to master. This has made for a series of reliable quality that in my...
Review: Jungle Rumble
Jungle Rumble (or Jungle Rumble: Freedom, Happiness, and Bananas if you want to get specific) presents you with a simple premise. You're a monkey, and in true monkey form you want bananas. But how monkey get bananas? By drumming to a beat...
Thoughts on Resident Evil Revelations 2
Resident Evil Revelations 2 dropped this week. The game is an episodic quest of bioweapon killing antics starring that oh so whacky Resident Evil cast. This is the follow up to 2012's Resident Evil Revelations, which was originally...
Review: htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary
When you play Nippon Ichi's htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary prepare to die, a lot. Also called Hotaru no Nikki, and directed by Masayuki Furuya, this title thrusts you into the roles of two fireflies: Lumen, and Umbra, as they try to guide...
Review: The Order: 1886
The Order: 1886 is the Kim Kardashian of games, fun to look at, but not a whole lot going on under the hood. Ready At Dawn's cinematic 3rd person shooter is everything you would expect from a console launch title. It's short, it's...
Review: Evolve
When I first heard of Turtle Rock Studios next game Evolve, I admit, I was hyped. These are the guys that had previously brought me shooters with hours and hours worth of entertainment. To date Steam shows that Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead...
Review: Hand of Fate
Past the thirteen gates at the end of the world rests a cabin. Inside, a wandering vagrant plays a deadly game of cards with a mysterious dealer. This is a game of life and death, and I want to put a heavy emphasis there on death. You'll...
Review: Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds
Phantom Breaker is a 2D fighting game that was planned to be localized for the US but ultimately fell victim to a series of delays and eventually was cancelled altogether. However, its Spin-Off, Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds, was...
Review: Grim Fandango Remastered
If there is a game responsible for cementing Tim Schafer's reputation as a one of the most unique minds in the industry, it surely is the surreal Grim Fandango. The game has built up something of a mystique over time as a game mostly...
