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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…