Observer: System Redux
It sure doesn’t seem like it has been over three years since our own Will Johnson reviewed Observer, a first person thriller/horror game by Bloober Team. I remember when this game came out and I just never got around to playing it, but I’m glad I didn’t since I was able to get a review code for Observer: System Redux, a $30 launch title on the next-gen consoles. Having played thr...[Read More]
Sniper Elite 4 (Switch)
Sniper Elite 4 (SE4) finally makes it ways to the Nintendo Switch, nearly four years after its initial release on other consoles. The Switch version has a reduced MSRP ($40), but is otherwise a straight-forward, yet very high quality, port. I first reviewed SE4 on PS4 back in February 2017, and no doubt it’s a great game, the best in the series (please consider that article a supplement to t...[Read More]
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues
The popular Netflix TV series, based on the popular 80s movies, now has a videogame. In Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues, up to two players can choose from a variety of characters from the TV show to battle it out and determine which dojo — Cobra Kai or Miyagi Do — reigns in California. Full disclosure, I only ever made it through Karate Kid II. I never saw the third movie, or ...[Read More]
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout
Hasbro’s G.I. Joe franchise returns to consoles for the first time in eleven years with GameMill’s G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout. The Gears-like third person co-op cover shooter puts players in the boots of twelve different characters from the Joe and Cobra sides throughout several missions that unfold the story of Cobra’s latest diabolical plot. Growing up playing with the toys a...[Read More]
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
Videogames of the co-op brawler genre and martial arts are two things in life that I enjoy, so it was a no-brainer that I had to get my mitts on 9 Monkeys of Shaolin, developed by Sobaka Studios and published by Buka Entertainment. This 2.5D side scrolling brawler/beat’em up casts players as Wei Cheng, a humble fisherman who is out to avenge the death of his friends and family who were ruthl...[Read More]
Crysis Remastered
I remember being at E3, 2006 I believe, when Crysis was revealed to the masses and the excitement of the tremendous visual package that Crytek was bringing to PC gamers. A futuristic FPS with futuristic graphics, and memes that would last until this day (“but can it run Crysis?”). A few years later, Crysis was ported to Xbox 360 and PS3, and would eventually see a big expansion and two...[Read More]
Serious Sam 4
Serious Sam 4 (SS4) represents the return to the chaotic action of a series that I seriously haven’t played in over ten years. I have a lot of great memories of playing the first two Sam games way back at their launch, the co-op mayhem of those games was truly a site to behold and to participate in. I actually have skipped the subsequent releases in the Sam series until now, and it’s g...[Read More]
Wasteland 3
Wasteland 3 (WL3) puts players back in the boots of the Desert Rangers, this time in an effort to save a post-nuclear war Arizona from the increasing savagery that plagues the world, a hundred years after the bombs dropped. Continuing where Wasteland 2 left off, after the demise of the Cochise AI, you’re tasked with creating a Ranger team to take into turn-based battle, exploration, and thro...[Read More]
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
Way back in 2012, Big Huge Games and 38 Studios released an enormous single player open world fantasy RPG called Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. I still have my PS3 copy in my collection, not to mention the massive book on the game I bought at a half-price store years later, detailing all of the quests and flora and fauna and everything else about this massive game. Co-developed with the talents of...[Read More]
Hellbound
Hellbound is an unapologetic throwback to the FPS heydays of the ’90s, drawing obvious inspiration from the likes of Doom and Quake. Developed by newcomers Saibot Studios, Hellbound is a modest, short, and straight-forward game that’s appropriately priced and doesn’t overstay its welcome. You probably won’t find a lot of replay value here, but for the few hours it lasts, He...[Read More]
Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath
Mortal Kombat 11, the best fighting game of 2019, received a large expansion pack last month (that I’m finally getting the time to review now that unexpected personal obligations have subsided). The expansion, known as Aftermath, brings with it three new playable characters and a direct continuation of the story mode of MK11, adding another six chapters of kontent, complete with lots of new ...[Read More]
Sega Ages: Thunder Force AC
Team M2 and Sega are back with another great Sega Ages release on the Nintendo Switch eShop. This time it’s Thunder Force AC, a remake of Thunder Force III, which was originally released in 1990 on the Sega Genesis. The game was then tweaked into an arcade game and even saw a SNES release in ’91, though it was called Thunder Spirits then. History lesson over, I actually never played an...[Read More]