I’m usually not one to needlessly fear monger about Square-Enix (and generally find most concerns and criticisms about them to be the worst kind of meme-fueled pearl clutching), but between Babylon’s Fall and Chocobo GP both starting out as traditional single/multiplayer experiences - only to have MTX and GAAS shoehorn…

I never interpreted Faro as having become some kind of Wesker-esque, Tyrant-Class monstrosity. More just a shambling blob that couldn’t really do much besides pull itself around the floor and scream. Even the very brief image that Aloy pulls up on her focus of what is presumably Faro appears more akin to Mother Brain…

Garbo game begets garbo adaption. Shocking.

A History of Violence is not only one of the finest action movies of the past twenty years, but one of the few instances where a film based on a comic book exceeds its source material.

I’ve got a nagging suspicion ‘console’ will basically mean Switch for the foreseeable future. With PlayStation et al arriving sometime between February of 2023 and question mark.

I mean, ‘RPG’ is applied to so many games nowadays that the term has lost almost all meaning.

Carrying on the tradition established by Zero Dawn, I see.

I think it had more to do with running Stranger Things into the ground marketing-wise. It didn’t take an especially long time for allllll that Target bric-a-brac to start piling up in the remaindered end caps.

So you…download the PlayStation 5 version?

Not gonna lie, while I fast traveled pretty much everywhere quest-wise on this most recent run, I still wound up doing everything short of a couple of the more obnoxious hunting grounds and the quest for an optional armor - as this was all new game + and I’d long since unlocked the rewards for said missions.

Yes, well, this review is an Ari Notis joint. The same person whose Xbox coverage can best be described as breathless, while their reaction to most everything PlayStation leans hard into ‘it’s good, but…’ territory.

If you focus solely on the main quests, you can absolutely power through the game by Friday, particularly if you’re already some ways into it. Doubly so if you’re fine with using fast travel. I studiously avoided it during my first playthrough as I found the world itself too compelling of a backdrop and dripping with…

The biggest disappointment is that Live-A-Live is seemingly exclusive to Switch, as HD-2D titles all run like ass on the platform.

Considering the DLC schedule runs through the end of 2023, I’d assume the plan is to eventually rebrand 8 Deluxe as Mario Kart Ultimate, likely add another extra or two, and slap it onto a cartridge in time for the Switch 2’s launch.

What I’d love to know is who at SloClap had the genius idea to do early access on a Sunday, when most everyone who’d need to be available to correct any issues that may crop up wouldn’t…you know…be readily available.

Based on reviews, it’s overly difficult (seemingly for difficulty’s sake) and doesn’t respect the player’s time or patience. So basically par for the course.

I do hope we see something of the official remake soon. I…never actually liked Resident Evil 4. And I’ve enjoyed it less each time I’ve replayed it. The most recent - and I decided final - replay was during lockdown, and it was enough for me to say, yeah, this game in its current form just isn’t for me. I’ve tried and…

Man, that’s just some…SyFy caliber production value. I realize this isn’t the same Halo TV show that entered production hell years and years ago, but this trailer sure as hell feels like it is.

It’s a very, very good Uncharted game, but still loses ground to A Thief’s End based on both its narrative reliance to the previous installment and the near total lack of chemistry between the two leads. All of which I blame on the wooden and thoroughly uncharismatic Nadine.

They’re having a moment, to be sure. And, like you, I hope that moment will end soon as I’ve found most everything which falls under the rogue-like umbrella a borderline offensive waste of time. Fortunately for you and me, there’s a plethora of games out there which don’t employ those mechanics.