Tag: Virtual Bastion

Monster Hunter Wilds Title Update 2 is Live

After years of success and a pretty good launch on console, one would think that a title update for Monster Hunter Wilds would be fairly inconsequential. Yet, due to ongoing issues with the PC version of the game, any updates from here forward are going to be crucial. Read on to find out what the…

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is Something Truly Special

I’ve already done a couple of posts praising Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. One for the great first impressions it makes and one for its engaging end game. After finally finishing the game, seeing its story through and thinking on it for the last couple of days, though, I think I’ve finally formed my full and…

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Lost Odyssey, It’s Not You, It’s Me

Technically speaking, there’s very little wrong with Lost Odyssey. While it has some negative aspects of a nearly twenty-year-old RPG, it’s a solid experience that’s extremely well-executed. The story is great, the soundtrack is amazing, the characters are convincing, and the game’s turn-based combat is sound. So why in the name of all that is…

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Analyst Reports 3rd Party Games are Seeing Greater Success on Switch 2

Well, so far things seem to be going well for Switch 2. Initial sales appear to be strong, press is largely positive and now at least one analyst says that it’s working well as a 3rd party platform. How true is this and what does “doing well” mean in this context? Read on we’ll discuss.

Top 5: My “Deserted Island” 2D Platformers

No deserted island full of all the games and consoles imaginable would be complete without a few good, old-fashioned 2D platformers. Games in this staple genre combine action, adventure, and story without the need for complex battle mechanics, infinite skill trees, and inventory management. (Well…mostly.) These games are all about getting from point A to…

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Out Fishing Might Be the Next Big “Fishing Horror” Game

If I hadn’t played Dredge a couple of years ago, fishing and horror wouldn’t exactly strike me as a natural combination, much less one the works. Even so, it worked fantastically in that game. Dredge was pretty simple gameplay-wise, yet it managed to create real feelings of fear and even panic whenever I found myself…

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Expedition 33’s End Game is Awesome!

I feel like the endgame portion of an RPG is a really tough thing to nail down. It can be too short or overlong. It can be too easy or too difficult. It can also be too irrelevant to the main story or do nothing for the characters, serving mainly as just extra padding for…

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So, Summer Game Fest Happened, I Guess

For a very, very long time, the biggest event of the year was E3. Even after other events like Gamescom, TGS and things like Nintendo Directs emerged, E3 was pretty much still THE event of the year. E3 and the weeks leading up to it were absolutely packed with excitement, buzz and optimism as to…

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