Black Myth: Wukong – Final Thoughts at Journey’s End

Last time I spoke about Black Myth: Wukong, I did so mostly to rant a bit about boss de- sign and how a couple of bosses in particular really went against the game’s combat system. At the time, I was a bit fearful that I was going into more and more janky bosses, but, thankfully,…

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A (Skill) Tree Grows in Veilguard

A couple weeks ago, BioWare released a video highlighting the various means of progression in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Into focus came skill progression, item progression, and companion progression, which sounds like…a lot. However, watching the video, the general tone of progression is in step with what BioWare’s done before, particularly in the Mass Effect…

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Take Two Has Several Potential Big Hitters Coming Next Year

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been finding it very easy to forget that Take Two Interactive exists. Surely they had many great hits in the 00’s and 2010’s, but it feels like they’ve been mostly absent since 2019 or so when it comes to exciting or even very successful releases. Next year seems…

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Top 10 Levels from Donkey Kong Country 2

It is widely accepted that the second entry in the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy, Diddy’s Kong Quest, is easily the best.  With a great atmosphere, and without the need to rely on gimmicks to keep the gameplay interesting, this game just focuses on fun and solid level design and new concepts that don’t feel…

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Dual Destinies Goes Big and Goes Home

It’s always a little weird reviewing Ace Attorney games. Mechanically, they are flawless. These amazing visual novel games function fine, and I’ve never had one randomly crash or glitch out. Which is a good thing, considering that it’s hard enough to keep up with the many twists and turns that players face with each of…

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It Seems More than Half of PS’s Live Service Games Failed

A little while ago, we learned that PlayStation (Sony) wanted to make a major push towards live service model games. While perhaps not the whole future for PlayStation, it was very clear that the platfom-holder wants a piece of the Fortnite, Overwatch, PUBG pie. Well, we’re now at least a year into the execution and…

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Resonance: Reaching for the Summit was Unforgettable

Some moments in gaming are just so amazing or terrifying or shocking that we just can’t forget about them.  Others are accompanied by such fitting music that the whole scene is elevated to a new level.  It shouldn’t be surprising then that, sometimes, both of these things coincide for the very peak of gaming moments….

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Hard Bosses vs Bad Bosses

With notoriously hard games such as Elden Ring or other soulsbornes, there are plenty of bosses that are infamous for being unfair or just straight-up bad. Defenders like to say that it’s just a matter of skill, and that those who are complaining just need to “git gud,” but I do think there’s actually a…

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