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Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom has everything it needs to be a great JRPG. There's a deep combat system, charming characters and environments, and an interesting fantasy premise. It could have been really good, maybe even great. Instead, Level-5 spread the quality too thin, mixing it with half-baked concepts such as skirmishes and kingdom…
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Last year, Ubisoft made huge changes to its Assassins' Creed franchise with the release of Assassin's Creed Origins, which I gave a four out of five. Thanks to Origins, I'm excited to play Assassins' Creed games again. Far Cry desperately needed the same treatment. Instead, Far Cry 5 is merely a minor evolution in a series that hasn't…
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*Free review copy provided by Ubisoft* Assassin's Creed Rogue has a relatable protagonist and an intriguing premise, so it's a shame that both are wasted on a mundane game that was churned out to drag a few more dollars from gamers who hadn't upgraded to the PS4/Xbox One generation. The mission structure is uninspired, you…
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Hidden Agenda, Supermassive Games' follow up to the excellent Until Dawn, is an interactive police procedural that can be played solo or with friends as part of Sony's PlayLink experiment. Sony is trying to introduce games to a wider audience; it's a noble goal. For non-gamers, touching the screen of their phone/tablet is far more…
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This re-re-release of Okami doesn't add much to either the original game or the 2012 HD version. There are no extra characters or cosmetics, no added DLC, and no galleries of concept art. All this latest version of Okami does is upgrade the visuals to 4k (assuming you have the hardware). Fortunately, Okami doesn't need…
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*Review copy provided by publisher* Devil May Cry transitioned from being a Resident Evil sequel to one of the best new IPs on the Playstation 2. It inspired three sequels, a reboot, and the God of War and Bayonetta franchises. In other words, it's a series that has earned some respect. Unfortunately, this HD Collection is…
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Fair warning: this review is longer than usual and descends into analysis territory at times. An earlier draft was much shorter, but I didn’t feel comfortable putting my criticisms out there without concrete examples. Despite spending a lot of time focusing on the negatives, I don’t hate Iconoclasts by any stretch. It’s average. Iconoclasts is…
