The Polished Result of Lessons Learned It’s been 15 years since we were first introduced to Grey Wardens, darkspawn, and the Blight. In those years, we have played rogues that rise to legends, and created characters that later became the subject of song. In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, players are once again thrust into the center of world-threatening danger and…
I have been a fan of Bioware for decades at this point. From their humble beginnings of the first two Baulder’s Gate games to KOTOR, I can’t help but marvel at what a group of doctors with no experience making video games could accomplish when they just wanted to make games that they wanted to play. Today, the landscape of…
A Captivating Cameo Collection Over the years, Sony has had several mascots. Few were arguably as cute as Astro Bot, the little robot hero gamers were introduced to back in 2018 with the PlayStation VR exclusive Astro Bot: Rescue Mission. Now, Astro features as the protagonist of Team Asobi’s Astro Bot, a platforming collect-a-thon in its own little galaxy. Starting…
The Next Top God-Slaying Adventure? Announced in March of 2022, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is an action-RPG following the journey of Nor Vanek, a sapper of the Coalition, and Enki, a god of little renown, as they blaze a path to eliminate the gods to save humanity from destruction. With a combination of melee and ranged combat, as well…
When I tell you I was so happy to learn that one of my favorite voice actors was in a new game, I was way past ecstatic. Now, when I tell you I was surprised to learn he was in a dating simulation game, I was beyond thrown for a loop. Especially when that loop is a game called, Date…
Now, in the year of 2024, it is fair to say that when gamers think of “Gacha” games Genshin Impact is the game that comes to mind first. Granted, it could also be one of Hoyoverse’s other games such as Honkai: Star Rail, or their new game Zenless Zone Zero. So, when I signed up to play Wuthering Waves I…
Adventures of Yet Another Padawan Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is an action-adventure RPG that dropped in November of 2019, right before the release of Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker. Within this time-frame, Star Wars as a franchise revealed that quite a few people had actually escaped the infamous Order 66. With Fallen Order, we follow the story…
The Hoyoverse is expanding and miHoYo is at it again with a new game, Zenless Zone Zero, or how the internet has taken to calling it, Z3 or ZZZ. This new game has been teasing players of both Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail for quite a while now. Specifically teasing with a fan favorite character, Billy Kid. Per miHoYo…
Big Changes in an Established IP Dragon Age: Inquisition is the third game in the Dragon Age franchise. As such, it expands on established world-building and lore, and then presents major shifts to both that turn a lot of what fans know on its head. From a change to game engine to a increase in scope, Inquisition takes some bold…
Plenty of Promise, But Did it Deliver? Story-adventure game Forspoken released in 2023 to a fair amount of anticipation and trepidation both. Prior to its release, PR and optics for the game were mixed quality at best, with a mix of promises of a large map, fluid game-play, and a strong female-led story, but poorly handled interviews focusing more specifically…