Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – Donkey Kong Adventure Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft Platform: Nintendo Switch Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle was one of the biggest surprises last year in what turned out to be a huge year in gaming. As a franchise mash-up, the developers could have easily fell back on this and produced… Read More Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle – Donkey Kong Adventure Review
I was first introduced to what is now generally known as the Souls series in early 2010. That title was Demon’s Souls, the PlayStation 3 exclusive that quickly developed an enthusiastic following as well as modest commercial success. At the time it was released, I didn’t yet own a PlayStation 3 and only became aware… Read More Heroes Replay – Dark Souls
WWE 2K18 Developer: Yuke’s Publisher: 2K Sports Platform: Xbox One (Reviewed), PS4, Switch, PC I must admit that it has been a long time since I last played a wrestling game. Though I have certainly played a great deal of them, starting most memorably with Tecmo World Wrestling on the NES. I was also a… Read More WWE 2K18 Review
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft Platform: Nintendo Switch Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle has been out for well over a month which makes this review very late. Especially with the way games in the media cycle are often reviewed, released, played and forgotten soon after. In this case though I think… Read More Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Review
ClaDun Returns: This is Sengoku! Developer: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. Publisher: NIS America, Inc. Platform: PSVita(reviewed), Steam, PS4 ClaDun Returns: This is Sengoku! is an RPG. There you go Nippon Ichi Software — I get it! How RPG is this RPG? Well, every sub-system is RPGified, every weapon, dungeon, even building seems to have some… Read More ClaDun Returns: This is Sengoku! Review
Death Squared Developer: SMG Studio Publisher: SMG Studio Platform: Nintendo Switch (Reviewed), Steam, PS4, Xbox One PAX Australia 2015 provided an extremely strong showing of Australian indie-developed titles, from former Another-Castle staff favourite Death Stair to some of my favourite Indie games from 2016, Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire and Defect: SDK. Death Squared… Read More Death Squared Review
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Developer: Nintendo EPD Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Wii U (reviewed), Nintendo Switch I tried to make a list of games or series which I see elements of in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (BotW), whether outright or more subtle. The games include Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed, Tomb… Read More The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Review
Please note that much of the content of this article surrounds my efforts to actually play the game in the first place. Scroll down about half-way if you’d like to get straight to the review. Spending a lot of time and effort just to play a game is not something that is new to me.… Read More Heroes Replay – Black
The critics don’t always get it right. Whether it’s film, literature or our beloved interactive entertainment; sometimes the critics are wrong. When Golden Axe: Beast Rider was released in late 2008, I initially wanted to believe they might be wrong. However, with the overwhelmingly negative reviews, I was put off gambling money on this unlikely… Read More Heroes Reject – Golden Axe: Beast Rider
Playing at the Next Level: A History of American Sega Games Author: Ken Horowitz Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc. Ken Horowitz is the founder of Sega-16.com, a website devoted to chiefly to the Genesis/Mega Drive console and it’s add-ons; the Mega CD and the 32X. Not only will you find a review for almost every game… Read More Playing at the Next Level Book Review
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