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REVIEW: Assassin’s Creed Mirage (2023)

Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Oct 18, 2023 | 0

Assassin’s Creed Mirage: the game that Ubisoft claimed would be a return to the classic formula of the franchise. After completing the game’s base story, I can unequivocally say that the marketing was an outright lie. Mirage bears no substantive connection to the classic games of the franchi...

REVIEW: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (2023)

Matthew Carmosino | Jun 5, 2023 | 0

Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was the single-player experience Star Wars fans have been wanting for a decade, one that broke the dry run of Star Wars games under EA. Fast-forward to 2023, and the sequel launches with numerous bugs and optimization woes, prompting review-bombing and sour i...

REVIEW: Sonic Frontiers (2022)

Matthew Carmosino | Feb 1, 2023 | 0

Sega’s blue answer to Mario has had a whirlwind of ups and downs since debuting in 1991 on the Sega Genesis. The snarky hedgehog has been featured in some of the worst platforming games of all time, like Sonic ’06, and has also been the star of some fun and impressive gems, such as Sonic &hellip...

REVIEW: Crisis Core Final Fantasy 7 Reunion (2022)

SenseiPawz | Dec 19, 2022 | 0

Back when the PSP was the console everyone wanted, hack-and-slash games were the majority of action games that became popular. One of the most popular on PSP was Crisis Core. Crisis Core was the first game that got me into the Final Fantasy VII story. I thought it would be great to play the game...

REVIEW: A Plague Tale: Requiem (2022)

Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Dec 13, 2022 | 0

A strange new criticism of modern video games has arisen, with many considering a solid development in story and characters utterly antithetical to the gaming experience. Terms such as “PlayStation movie game” have come to prominence as criticism of story-heavy games. This seems a strange direct...

REVIEW: The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero (2022)

Matthew Carmosino | Nov 30, 2022 | 0

The Trails series of RPGs is somewhat niche with a reputation for having an intimidating amount of worldbuilding spanning multiple games and arcs, but don’t let that keep you from playing Trails from Zero. This game is a joyous Japanese RPG experience that deserves more attention. To get new ...