Dragon Age II

After the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, it is only fair that we continue to look back on the Dragon Age Franchise. We have already discussed Dragon Age: Origins, so it’s time to focus on the eventful Dragon Age 2. In this new story, you play as Hawke, a character trying to flee from the Blight taking over Ferelden.…

God of War: Ragnarok

A Masterful Culmination of the God of War’s Character Arc Many gamers are likely familiar with Kratos from the God of War series in some way, whether it be from playing through his saga in Greece back on the PlayStation 2 to PlayStation 3, or seeing his crossover appearance in other games such as Mortal Kombat, SoulCalibur, and Fortnite. In…

A Plague Tale

A Dedication to the Strength of a Sibling Bond The Plague Tale games take players through the experiences of siblings Amicia and Hugo, during which they do their best to stay together while surviving an apocalyptic version of the Bubonic Plague and being hunted by knights of the Inquisition in Middle Age Europe. Their journey goes across two games, during…

Taking a Drive with Pacific Drive

When I first heard about Ironwood Studio’s survival horror game I did not really know what to think. The setup was intriguing for sure: you are trapped in a quarantined area of the pacific northwest with some crazy dimension-bending things afoot. You must make your way out whatever it takes. How the game sets itself apart is that the survival…

Steelrising

The Alternate Timeline French Revolution of the Souls-like Sub-genre Set during an alternate version of King Louis XVI’s reign of France, Spiders’s Steelrising puts players in control of Aegis, an automaton, or Automat as the game calls them. Intended to be Marie Antoinette’s bodyguard, Aegis is sent on a mission to find Antoinette’s surviving children, and learn the fate of…

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: Not Game of the Year

On December 7th 2023, The Game Awards took place and dubbed 2023’s Game of the Year. Many fellow gamers were split between who would win, Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3, or Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Both games that many were anticipating for years. Alas, Larian Studios took home the win, leaving many fans of the Spider-Man sequel asking, ‘Why?’. So why…

Stray

The Dystopian Cat Simulator We Never Knew We Needed Set in a post-apocalyptic city where humans no longer exist, Stray puts players in control of an adorable orange cat trying to find its way home after being separated from its fellow felines. With an amazing attention to detail and love put into the model and animation of the little protagonist,…