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 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…
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…
When the rumors started to spread about Marvel’s Midnight Suns, there seemed to be a sheer amount of excitement for it. Little by little the curtains were being pulled back about the game. The roster of heroes grabbed attention of new and old Marvel fanatics, and the customization aspect of the Hunter furthered interested gamers. However, was this enough to…
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…
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…
A series of dark fantasy-focused games with turn-based combat and creature designs that can even make some old horror fans uneasy, Shadow Hearts launched at a time when turn-based combat in video games was at its height with all of its story’s fantastical and entertaining twists to history in tow. Shadow Hearts technically begins with a game titled Koudelka, which…