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Farming Simulator 2015 Review
Nov 27, 2014
The “Simulator” genre has gotten quite crowded over the years with some strange ideas, yet one of the better made and true to form has always been the Farming Simulator series. For as silly as it sounds to those who take Agricultural work for granted, Farming Simulator is actually pretty competent.
Sunset Overdrive Review
Nov 14, 2014
Insomniac Games are well known for many classic games. Most of them are incredibly lighthearted and fun. Some are quite boring and duds, but we don’t have to talk about Overstrike. Where most open-world action games these days are pretty dark, gritty, and somewhat realistic, Insomniac introduces us to a city that is bright, colorful, and over the top. It just so happens to be over run with mutated monsters, hell bent on drinking more Of the energy drink that turned them into monsters anyway. Sunset Overdrive is quite a breath of fresh air on the Xbox One, there aren’t any of its kind that I can think of released within the console’s first year that comes close to the highly stylized world of Sunset City.
Destiny Review
Oct 08, 2014
Arguably the highest profile game of 2014, Destiny is also one that delivers. It is one of the most addictive games that’s played across my TV in some time now. The combat is fun and the graphics are beautiful, the Traveler just keeps me coming back for more and more. Destiny is an online first-person shooter with RPG elements that makes things feel closer to a massively multiplayer online title rather than a familiar first person shooter. This gives the game some character to stand out from other big name shooters like Call of Duty and Bungie’s original baby, Halo.
Forza Horizon 2 Review
Sep 25, 2014
I want you to take a minute and think of the best looking game on the Xbox One. Go ahead, I’ll give you a minute. Waiting… Waiting… Did you come up with one? Ok. Now, move that game down a peg because you’ve just found your new number one.
Minecraft: Xbox One Edition Review
Sep 05, 2014
Welcome back to the world of Minecraft, this time on the shiny new Xbox One. Everything has changed, the world is in stunning 4k and the textures are super photo realistic. Now wake up, who are we kidding, it’s Minecraft people.
Super Ultra Dead Rising 3 Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX Plus Alpha Review
Jul 03, 2014
Dead Rising 3 was one of the better launch titles on the Xbox One. Not tied to small sections with load times and a mass of zombies filling your screen, Dead Rising 3 became what I finally wanted to experience. Even with some back story related DLC, I had my fill after finishing the game, but here they come with something right out of left field that is possibly the most bizarre and fantastic piece of DLC I’ve seen in awhile. If it isn’t apparent by name alone, this Capcom takes this DLC pokes fun at it’s self with the ridiculous name and fills the game with loads of fan service. If you own a copy of Dead Rising 3, do yourself a favor and splurge a bit on this crazy piece of content.
Dark Souls II Review
Jun 20, 2014
Dark Souls has gained quite the following over the past couple years and the series just keeps bringing in new players. With the Souls series “go anywhere play anyway you like” style, Souls games tend to be different for each and every player. This makes the task of creating a direct sequel difficult with such a wide variety of expectations on the line. From Software took to this challenge and created a title that was more of the same, and it’s wonderful.
Kontrol Freak: FPSFreak Phantom and FPSFreak CQC Signature Review
Apr 02, 2014
I’ve always been a stickler for controller comfort with my small Asian hands, so larger controllers and taller sticks have always been an issue for me (Shakes fist at the original Xbox Duke). When I got KontrolFreak’s Phantom and CQC products in, I was a little cautious as to how well they would work. Long story short, I came away mostly positive.
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare Review
Mar 19, 2014
The Xbox One doesn’t have many titles to it’s name, but it is growing. Think of Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare as a pretty dandelion. It’s just another plant poking it’s head out of the ground; a weed among flowers. To a young mind though, a dandelion is pretty flower; one worthy to give your love. Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare can be thought of as just another team based shooter on a console that has a history of hosting shooters. Plants vs Zombies stands out with it’s bright colorful aesthetic and cartoon-y design among all the greys and browns of other shooters, plus it’s fun to play, so there’s that.
Jazzpunk Review
Feb 10, 2014
Doing comedy in video games is hard, it’s not seen too often. Focusing a game squarely around comedy, thats incredibly hard and almost unheard of. After playing through Jazzpunk, from Necrophone Games, I can safely say that it can be done. Jazzpunk is hilarious and dare I say, one of the funniest games I’ve played in quite a while.
Slender: The Arrival Review
Nov 22, 2013
The Slender Man tale is fairly well known at this point with its explosion of fans on the Internet. First came the story in 2009 by a member of the Something Awful forums, then eventually came the videogame adaptation with “Slender: The Eight Pages”. When it was released, it was a free PC game created by Indie developer Parsec Productions, the premise was simple, find eight notes hidden around a large forest in pitch black with nothing but a flashlight. The more pages you aquired, the more likely the sharp dressed faceless Slender Man would show. Stare at him long enough or if he gets too close and it is game over.
Rush Bros Review
Jul 05, 2013
Rush Bros is a music infused Platform Racing Game that blends music with challenging 2d platforming. When I say challenging, think of something along the lines of Super Meat Boy; still with me? Good. The concept isn’t much different than other players in this genre, make your way to the end of the level in the fastest time possible with the least amount of deaths. The game features a brief story that sets the whole tone for the game. Bass and Treble, two big time music DJs, split their successful duo to become independent artists. Both DJs become successful in their own right and of course if there are two of something, we all have to know which is better. So to determine the better DJ, they take the obvious route and decide to race against one another.
Sacred Citadel Review
May 31, 2013
Coming into Sacred Citadel, I was unaware that it was actually a spin off of the popular Sacred series. Luckily for me, and those who love a good beat’em up, you don’t have to be familiar with the lore of Sacred Citadel to enjoy this game. It’s a fun RPG progression based beat’em up similar to another modern beat’em up, Castle Crashers. The game is gorgeous, it has a cartoony style with bright colors, and everyone has big exaggerated movements. The art stands out and looking at the different scenery is almost as enjoyable as the game is itself.
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Review
Apr 24, 2013
It’s been three years since Blizzard’s highly anticipated release of StarCraft II and Raynor & company are back in this Zerg infested installment. For those real time strategy (RTS) fans who’ve been living under a rock, Heart of the Swarm is the second of two planned expansion packs for 2010′s StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. Each expansion focusing on the other two of the game’s playable factions. Heart of the Swarm focuses on the Zerg race and their human-zerg hybrid leader Sarah Kerrigan; the plot moves forward right were StarCraft II left off. Lucky for players, Blizzard put just as much heart and soul into this expansion as they did with Wings of Liberty. While the game itself hasn’t changed much, there are enough refinements and new units added to improve the overall experience for StarCraft II.
Super Black Bass 3D Review
Apr 03, 2013
Out of few of us here who review games, I was probably the most qualified to put some time into Super Black Bass 3D. Forget the fact I’m pretty much the only one with a 3DS, but I’ve played and enjoyed a variety of fishing games throughout my years of gaming; anyone remember Trophy Bass by Sierra? So I was actually excited to try my hand at a handheld fishing game for the 3DS; I sat there thinking of all the interesting things a developer could do on a powerful system like the 3DS; the gyroscope, the touch screen, the 3D, and yes of course the graphics. Once I powered on the system, I was in awe at what I saw. After I noticed the amount of street passes I received, I inserted Super Black Bass 3D into the 3DS.
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