Posts Tagged ‘game review’
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REVIEW: Rainbow Six Extraction — Not-so-tactical Quarantine Action
The Rainbow Six franchise has been well-known for over a decade for its keen focus on tactical FPS gameplay. And though Siege was technically a departure from the original formula, it managed to retain the same old SWAT sim fee...
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REVIEW: Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla — The Witcher Killer?
Assassin’s Creed: Origins marked the beginning of the franchise’s pivot into open-world action-adventure. We’ve seen a better vision of it with Odyssey, and with Valhalla, the series now looks to be a fully-fl...
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REVIEW: Spider-Man: Miles Morales — Be Greater, Albeit Shorter
Marvel’s Spider-Man was a spectacular game and arguably the best iteration of a Spider-Man game in a long time. We all knew that the franchise was in good hands with Insomniac Games, quickly following up with Spider-Man: ...
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Review: Banner of the Maid (NSW) — Vive la Révolution Tactique!
Games like XCOM 2 and Mutant: Year Zero has kept the turn-based strategy genre relevant until today, but the classic ‘Tactics’ games have not seemed the same kind of limelight in recent years. That’s how Banne...
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REVIEW: Ghost of Tsushima — Any Way The Wind Blows
Ghost of Tsushima is the latest open-world action title from Sucker Punch Productions, the studio that brought us Sly Cooper and the inFamous series. It’s a samurai epic that is largely inspired by the works of Akira Kuro...
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REVIEW: Borderlands: Legendary Collection (NSW) — Looter Shooter Without Borders
Along with other popular franchises being ported to the Nintendo Switch, Borderlands is one you should definitely add to your E-shop wishlist. The pack comes with the first three games: Borderlands, Borderlands 2, and Borderlan...
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REVIEW: XCOM2 Collection (NSW) — 65% Chance to Hit
There aren’t too many turn-based strategy tactics games in recent times and XCOM is one of the top titles on the genre that’s relevant today. So it’s no surprise that XCOM2 Collection is among the various titl...
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REVIEW: The Last of Us Part II — Striking all the right chords
Seven years ago, I thought my time of shedding tears over videogames were done. Then the first 20 mins of The Last of Us on PS3 happened. Fast forward to about a week ago and I thought I was over that, too. Suffice to say, The ...
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REVIEW: Moving Out — Fun is Inevitable. Stress is Optional.
Team17 had done the couch co-op scene a great service when they first brought us Overcooked. After four years and one sequel, It’s still quite popular now. However, that didn’t stop the 17th Team to bring us yet ano...
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REVIEW: Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 + Warlords of New York Expansion — Enhanced Tactical Quarantine Action
Before we get in to the review: The device I played this on is a gaming laptop with the ff core specifications: Windows 10 Home Intel i7-8750H 16gb RAM NVIDIA GTX 1060 Note that I did not play The Division. I am unable to compa...