It can be funny how much of an impression fairly small features can make. They usually aren’t enough to elevate a good game into something great or a bad game into something good. Nor is their absence enough to really hurt an experience. Still, they can make a enough of a difference that they leave…
Author: Hatm0nster
It Seems Atomic Heart is Selling Rather Well!
Good news for fans of AA-level games: Atomic Heart is actually doing fairly well. As reported by Mp1st.com, the publisher of Atomic Heart, Focus Entertainment, released a revenue report that claims that the company’s overall revenues are up about 36% from last year. This inlcudes everything that the company publishes, but Atomic Heart sales in…
I’m Kinda Glad Morality Systems Went Away
You know, I used to quite like morality systems in video games. They had a way of giving one’s choices some narrative weight and were often what a game’s different ending hinged on. That said though, I’ve found my opinion on the mechanic changing over the years. It’s not that the idea itself is bad,…
Capcom Removed Ray-Tracing from RE2 and RE3 Remakes, Probably for the Better
It’s come out that Capcom has apparently removed ray-tracing from the PC versions of Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil: biohzard as part of the most recent updates to the games. However, as reported by Exputer.com, prevailing opinion among fans is that this was done by accident. Still, perhaps the games are…
Dragon Age: Origins is Both Better and Worse 13 Years Later
It’s amazing to me that 2009 is already practically ancient history as far as video games are concerned. Yet, a lot has indeed changed, especially when it comes to presentation and storytelling. Where everything was (for some reason) meant to be dark, gritty and very brown back then, now vibrance carries the day.
Redfall is Going to Have Denuvo DRM, Yay…
I don’t know why, but I get the sense that neither Microsoft or Bethesda want Arkane Studios’ next game, Redfall, just doesn’t want i to succeed. How else do you explain the series of L’s the game’s been taking in the weeks leading up to release.
Journey to the Savage Planet is the Comedy Metroid I Never Knew I Wanted
The video game hype cycle is kind of a crazy thing, isn’t it? Every single day, there are trailers, announcements, reveals and interviews being published about the deluge of upcoming games. There’s so much that I find it kind of incredible that anything manages to stand out, and it’s even crazier that anyone can keep…
Quantum Break is Leaving Game Pass Soon
It seems that Remedy’s time travel action sci-fi epic, Quantum Break, will be leaving Game Pass sometime in April. It’s been a part of the service since practically the very beginning, so this normally wouldn’t be all that surprising. After all, most games spend much less time available as part of Xbox’s subscription service. However,…
[Revisited] – There Should Be a Legal Path to ROMs
I’m still out and about, so here’s one more Revisited post for you all, one I think is still relevant. With tons of games getting shutdown and digital becoming ever more prevalent, we really need a legal way to preserve games for the future. Otherwise, gaming very well might just lose its past.
[Revisited] – Please, Please Be Good, Atomic Heart!
I’m out traveling with family this week, so we’re taking a break to look back at a post I wrote last year about Atomic Heart. There was no way to tell how it’d turn out, so I thought it’d be fun to compare and contrast now that the game has arrived.
VIRTUAL BASTION 