Despite fumbles with its new melee combat and difficulty balancing, Control Resonant's storytelling, world, and bizarre quests kept me eager to explore its distorted New York.
Simon Ordell’s journey through the Scottish town of St. Amelia in 1996 is not without its shortcomings, but the experience is an affecting one buoyed by the first-person perspective.
Building on the already-great remake of the first game, Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter masterfully updates the gameplay and timeless story, adding up to what is now the Trails series’ defining entry, and one of the best RPGs of the year.
The people behind Postal III don’t have the writing ability to back up
their gutter-dwelling mouths. They also don’t have the
design or programming chops to create a stable game.
John Rochard is such an unusual protagonist, but even with all
his eccentricities, he's a lovable redneck and a refreshing
change of pace – much like the game named after him.
John Rochard is such an unusual protagonist, but even with all
his eccentricities, he's a lovable redneck and a refreshing
change of pace – much like the game named after him.
Fans of slasher films know that the joy of a great, campy horror flick
isn’t the destination; it’s the blood-spattered journey. Team
GrisGris clearly understands this twisted secret to shock cinema and
puts it to use in this game.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is exactly what it means to be: a fast-paced,
old-school shooter that makes up for its lack of nuance with lots of
enemies and the ludicrous arsenal you need to take them down.
