Rise of the Ronin Review
Rise of the Ronin‘s first hour came searingly close to breaking me. That shouldn’t come as a surprise for myself, who was thrown to the wolves across two Nioh games. As an immense fan of difficult games, Nioh 2 featured one of the few skill brick walls I’ve encountered during either casual play or during a review period. The fangs of that game sunk in deeply and I found myself at...[Read More]
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Review
“Be greater.” Sony’s marketing slogan five years ago when Marvel’s Spider-Man launched on PlayStation 4 was a killer, succinct tagline for what would undoubtedly be one of the publisher’s most successful endeavors. But it also captured the web-slinger’s most noteworthy burden of great power and great responsibility. Spider-Man has shown incredible pliability, ac...[Read More]
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Review (PC)
We are two years removed from the last time we saw Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart in action on the PlayStation 5. The lovable and always pleasant Ben Sheene wrote up a fine review of the game, and it’s a safe bet to say that our opinion of the ‘game’ hasn’t changed. The core gameplay is still darn amazing and gorgeous as can be. Of course, for the sake of words, we’ll be talking about some of tha...[Read More]
MLB The Show 23 Review
With the annual Kentucky Wildcats flub in the NCAA tourney, another MLB season is ushered in with the latest release of MLB The Show. As perfect as the baseball series has been over the years, not a heckuva lot has changed with the structure of the game. It seems a bit more playful with its improved gameplay, customizable in its settings, and overall, just feels like it welcomes any type of gamer ...[Read More]
PlayStationVR 2 Review
For years, the PlayStationVR unit was always a comfortable third behind the likes of the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift (now Meta Quest). Unlike the other two headsets, which cost an arm and a leg at the time to run a virtual reality experience (HTC was $799 starting, Oculus was $599 + a computer system with a capable GPU – you’re sitting around $2k-3k with either), all you needed for the PSVR...[Read More]
Returnal Review (PC)
Returnal (PC) You would think that after a year and some change, a game like Returnal would have a different feel to it after revisiting it on the PC. When a game re-releases to a different platform, typically there is some drop-off in feeling and sentiment after the first go around. I would say that would be the case most of the time. Well, it isn’t with Returnal. Having reviewed this title durin...[Read More]
Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PC) Review
Sony is on a roll with putting some of its hottest PlayStation titles onto PC, though I’m still waiting for a glimmer of hope for Ghost of Tsushima to materialize soon. Anyway, this time around they have brought their strongest PlayStation 5 launch title with Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Packed with presentation settings that will make the PS5 version pale in comparison, the PC game still brings the...[Read More]
God of War Ragnarök
At the age of 6 I lost my father to an incurable illness. This lingered over me in the final hours of God of War Ragnarök. A sentiment echoing in my mind. What would life be like had his tutelage been there? Would he be a good father? Remained with my mother? Taught me to be a better person? Hard to say. One of the few memories I have of him is sitting in a living room, playing Super Mario Bros. w...[Read More]
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection Review
I feel like it was just yesterday when Steven McGehee reviewed the PlayStation 5 version of Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection. For the PS5, it came with updated visuals, and better monitor support, and it was compatible with the ever-enjoyable DualSense controller. It was a great update and a prelude to what would be the PC release arriving tomorrow. As we all know *eye roll*, PC is the top-...[Read More]
The Last of Us Part 1
The Last of Us has defined the past nine years of Sony and the PlayStation. Released days after Sony’s legendary 2013 E3 conference, The Last of Us was an expression of years of work mastering how to craft games for a console. Three massively influential Uncharted games acted as the catalyst to Naughty Dog’s gritty, post-apocalyptic vision. Joel’s path towards redemption through ...[Read More]
Spider-Man Remastered (PC) Review
Sony’s commitment to a PC path with their games started way back with Horizon Zero Dawn, one of my personal favorites of the Sony IP family. While the initial release of that game was demanding on the CPU and GPU, it eventually smoothed out and became one of the more gorgeous PC games out there. To this day, it’s still in my top five experiences, and now even more so with the PC push. Sony then f...[Read More]
PS Plus Premium – Impressions
For the last few weeks, we have been looking at and dissecting PlayStation’s new PS Plus Premium service. It went online on June 13th and promised more than a sea of games for players to experience and re-experience. Unlike Microsoft’s Game Pass, which features ‘day one’ releases to play consistently, as well as access to a lot of newer titles (that go in and out of contractual obligation for GP),...[Read More]