Real-time Strategy Games and the Journey to Definitive Edition There have been countless real-time strategy games developed in the past three decades; however, relatively few RTS’ have found commercial success when compared to titles from the first-person shooter and roleplaying game genres. Some popular RTS series that come to mind are StarCraft, WarCraft, and Command…
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Morrowind: Is the RPG Worth a Play Today?
Morrowind was a monumental game for me on the original Xbox; I easily spent over 300 hours on it in my many playthroughs. It made me love open-world, first-person RPGs. However, with newer Elder Scroll titles like Skyrim and Oblivion readily available, is it worth playing 2002’s Morrowind? Possibly. It all depends on what you…
Prince of Persia: An Incredible Platformer
An Introduction to the World of Prince of Persia Many who owned/own a Super Nintendo will know several of the classic platformers—Super Mario World, Mega Man X, and Donkey Kong Country 2 to name a few. I played many of these and other platformers on the wonderful home console; there were so many great platforming…
No Escape (1994): Revisiting Nostalgia for Better or Worse?
No Escape (1994) Film Over the weekend, as I was looking back at several old games, I remembered the Super Nintendo Entertainment System title No Escape. It was a movie game on SNES that I recollected fondly. I didn’t recall watching the movie, so I decided to check it out and revisit the game, and…
Waterworld on SNES: A Sunken Relic
The Waterworld Movie I was always fascinated with the movie Waterworld. Even though it received mixed reviews upon release, I thought the world design was magnificent. It was essentially Mad Max with boats. The movie sets and vehicles always amazed me in how detailed and authentic they appeared. Everything looked like it was ripped from…
Arcadia Fallen Review (Nintendo Switch, Steam)
The Danish made Arcadia Fallen is a role-playing game, of sorts. Yes, I know I will be attacked by the ‘If it doesn’t have turn-based battles and statistical progression it is not a role-playing game” crew for that statement. However, my assertion holds true. Galdra Studios’ Arcadia Fallen allowed me to role-play a fantasy character…
Ghost of Tsushima Review: Another Single Player Triumph for Sony
It only took a few minutes into Ghost of Tsushima’s running time for Sucker Punch, the game’s developer, to capture my undivided attention with its Tsushima’s incredible opening scenes. It didn’t take long for me, coming from the playing the amazing Gears 5 on Xbox Series X, to once more confirm one of the biggest…
Tales of Arise (PS5, Xbox Series X) Review
Since 1995, the Tales series has graced consoles every generation (from the SNES to the Xbox Series X/PlayStation 5). Namco’s Action-RPG series has managed to outlast Suikoden, Lunar, Grandia, Wild Arms, Legend of Legaia, and maybe even Star Ocean on home consoles. In fact, apart from The Legend of Zelda, Pokemon, Dragon Quest, and Final…
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning (NS) Review
What a pleasant surprise Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning has been for me. I missed the original release in (2012). At that point, I was fully invested in Skyrim (would be all the way until the The Witcher 3 launched), and Kingdom of Amalur flew under my radar. Thankfully, The Nintendo Switch has been the perfect…
Legrand Legacy: Tale of the Fatebounds Review
Legrand Legacy: Tale of the Fatebounds is an interesting, and relatively cheap indie RPG that can be purchased on the Nintendo e-shop (and Xbox Live, and PS Store). What makes Legrand Legacy unique is that it is essentially a Japanese Role-Playing Game developed by a team of 27 western developers (Semisoft). During its two-year development…