That Game You Want Got Bad Reviews, Now What?

For the better part of the year, I had been looking forward to playing the new Saints Row reboot. As such, up until the start of August, I had a pre-order of it for the PS5 sitting in one of my queues. Its release just happened to coincide with the completion of a major work…

YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #264

Up this week: Connect: Twitter ~ Facebook ~ wegameunited@gmail.comWatch: YouTube ~ Video BastionShop: Spreadshirt Note: After this week, YouTube Highlights will be on hiatus until Friday, September 16th. Hope you’ll rejoin us then for more gaming goodness!

Ranking my Free-to-Play Free-for-All

When I decided to see what free-to-play console games might work in my household for future fun times, I didn’t intend for the venture to become “a thing.” Now, with six new games proverbially under my belt, it seems like deciding which ones were the “winners,” is only the right and fair thing to do….

YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #263

Up this week: Arietta of Spirits (demo) – join us as we try out this charming and emotional narrative adventure game. Pokken Tournament DX (demo) – Pokémon + fighting game = fun? Not sure, but we give it a go in this demo. WarioWare: Get it Together! (demo) – what the heck does Wario have…

Deathloop First Impressions

Fact is, I should have played Deathloop when I first picked up the game last year. It was right around the Christmas holiday, when I had a nice chunk of time off. And had I known, or rather, paid attention to what the game offered, I might have more strongly opted to play it then….

YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #262

Up this week: The Almost Gone – we try out this unusual puzzle game in which things feel just a bit…off. Miitopia – it’s the return of our adventures in Miitopia! What oddball scenarios will we come across this time around? Bastion – we play as “the Kid” in a world gone awry in this…

To (Not Quite) Infinity and Beyond in Star Trek Online

When I started out with my summertime free-to-play MMORPG free-for-all, there were five games on my list: DC Universe Online, TERA, Skyforge, Phantasy Star Online 2 NG, and not Final Fantasy XIV, but rather Star Trek Online. After the FFXIV diversion, there was only one thing left to do, and that was to give Star…

YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #261

Up this week: Miitopia – it’s the return of our adventures in Miitopia! What oddball scenarios will we come across this time around? Bastion – we play as “the Kid” in a world gone awry in this classic indie title. Not Zangief – kick back with our occasional series that’s all about having fun with…

Stray – A Spoiler-Free Review

In 2020, my cat passed away after what we hope was an enjoyable nineteen years with us. We all know 2020 was a bad year; this made it personally one of the worst in recent memory. I thought I had come to terms with his loss over the past two years, but about five minutes…

YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #260

Up this week: Bastion – we play as “the Kid” in a world gone awry in this classic indie title Not Zangief – it’s the return of our occasional series that’s all about having fun with fighting games. Ori and the Will of the Wisps – we finally get around to playing this sequel to…