Over the past decade, many games in the Soulslike genre have borrowed ideas that FromSoftware first implemented within its own Souls series. From Nioh (and its follow-up, Nioh 2) to franchises like The Surge and Code Vein, many publishers have released games within the past few years that either rode the coattails or elevated the increasingly
Previews
The demo build for No Straight Roads presents an interesting world with charming character designs and writing with music that keeps the presentation strong through the first hour and a half of the game that the demo build encompasses. Sadly, the gameplay itself doesn’t live up to the same standards. Off the bat, No Straight
The Steam Game Festival – Summer Edition’s first iteration has come and gone, and I feel like it was an overall success. Lots of up and coming games got fresh eyes on them to drum up interest and feedback. I took it upon myself to play huge swathes of them, and I’ve already covered the
Recently, Echtra has been making a ton of changes to their new Torchlight game. The team transitioned their old Torchlight Frontiers project from free-to-play to premium, renaming it Torchlight 3 in the process. They’ve also been slowly adding new classes, features, and updates. And now, the game is in early access to give the developers
The look of Cris Tales will be the first thing that catches your attention. Built as an homage to the classic turn-based JRPGs of the past, like Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger, the time-bending adventure doesn’t fall back on the familiar pixelated character sprites and worlds seen in its 16-bit inspirations. Instead, Colombia-based indie
The world has not had a skateboarding sim on a major console platform for 10 years. Skate 3 marked the untimely end of the genre, with many still asking for a new entry in the beloved series. The absence of a modern skateboarding game has led indies to take matters into their own hands. Among
The Steam Game Festival event that is happening right now is a pretty great idea. With all the usual gaming conventions and events cancelled due to current events, why not utilize the expanding digital space? I’ve long been a proponent of game demos, since there’s little better way to know if a game will land.
Cris Tales is a game of what is, was, and could be. The time-bending turn-based RPG, developed by the Colombia-based Dreams Uncorporated and SYCK, under indie publisher Modus Games, wears its JRPG and cultural inspirations on its sleeve while bringing on a unique hook of keeping its world’s past, present, and potential future always in
Ubisoft Nadeo‘s Trackmania (releasing on July 1 for PC) is a remake of Trackmania Nations, which first launched in 2006 as a freeware title. The franchise itself, which has been around since 2003, is a niche one that doesn’t see much publicity from Ubisoft, yet has a dedicated fanbase. This time around Trackmania will be
You are the ruler of a small country in Europe, and only 10 years old. Your parents are dead and your younger brother is under your charge, with both loyal and treacherous relatives surrounding you. As a child, you must navigate the complex and oft dangerous court in order to survive and emerge as a
With the hot successes of Sayonara Wild Hearts, Outer Wilds, Florence, and What Remains of Edith Finch, Annapurna Interactive has become one of the most attractive game publishers this generation. Similarly to Devolver Digital, Annapurna has a diverse lineup of games that will more or less have something of interest to most gamers. After being
If you told me 10 years ago that in 2020 there would be a remake of SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom I wouldn’t have believed you, but it exists. Not only does it exist, but it is also very good. However, I wouldn’t call it a remake, but I also wouldn’t call it a
If you’ve been playing games as long as I have, things can start to blur together. The endless sea of militarized first-person shooters, free-to-play MOBA’s, and don’t even get me started on battle royale titles. That’s why when I learned about Disintegration, I was immediately interested, and you should be too. Disintegration is the latest
Since the studio first started spinning beats with its early projects like Frequency and Amplitude, Harmonix has been the go-to studio for finding creative ways to mix video games with music. That trend would continue for decades with the studio’s major successes like Guitar Hero and Rock Band, to its more experimental ventures like Fantasia: Music
Out of all the new titles I played throughout my time at PAX East, Disc Room was far and away my favorite. From the creators of Minit, players have to survive as long as they can in a room that is filled with *wait for it*…discs. After the discovery of a strange disc planet, a
Sludge Life was definitely the weirdest title I played at PAX East a few weeks ago, but it was also the most charming. Even though you’re exploring an ooze-filled city, you are also presented with a blurry, pixelated art style that fits into its strange world. In Sludge Life, you are a tagger who is
Seiken Densetsu 3 was originally the third entry in the Seiken Densetsu franchise released in 1995 for the Super Famicom. The game never saw an English release until now, under a new title Trials of Mana. This version is special, however, as it’s not a simple port of the original 16-bit version but a complete
In 2018, Blue Isle Studios introduced a game mode called Broomstick League to its popular standalone game Citadel: Forged with Fire. The mode saw 10 players on broomsticks, zooming around an arena trying to score goals with a singular ball. The mode obviously drew in a good deal of fans, as 2020 has seen a
Sabotage Studio wears its love for the games of yesteryear proudly on its sleeve. The developer’s first project, the 2018 release of The Messenger, paid homage to 2D platformers of the past, such as Ninja Gaiden, while simultaneously providing all-new twists and turns that the genre hadn’t seen before. The final result was one that
Playing through a demo of a post-apocalyptic RPG has a bit of a different tune in the current climate of the world at the moment. Perhaps this is to the credit of these types of games that they now feel far more believable, from depicting worlds where factions of humanity are warring with one another
If there is one thing that I look forward to the least in life, it’s definitely moving. While games like Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, and The Sims have been able to take the mundanities of life and turn them into something engaging, I couldn’t say that I have that same sort of enthusiasm for a game
In the past few years, the “battle royale” genre has exploded in popularity with no small thanks to games such as PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite. Though the genre has now traditionally been associated with shooters, a few games have managed to play with the idea of being the last player standing in interesting ways, like Tetris
The embargo has finally lifted, which means I can freely speak about Arc System Works and Cygames’ new fighting game, Granblue Fantasy Versus. As such, you must be wondering where the official DualShockers Granblue Fantasy Versus review is. Long story short, there is a bit more of the game I want to check out before
I’ll admit, I’m a turn-based JRPG purist; I believe in the depth of strategy that is unmatched in a traditional role-playing game. Very few action RPGs can match, especially considering Square Enix’s last forays into the genre were…less than exemplary. Naturally I was disappointed when Square decided to forgo my beloved ATB gauge system for
The roguelike genre in the past generation has seen an explosion in popularity from the success of games like The Binding of Isaac, Rogue Legacy, Dead Cells, and many others. With so many new titles incorporating roguelike elements into their gameplay, this has also had the effect of making the roguelike genre a competitive one, increasing the need
Belgian game studio Larian has established itself as a master of tabletop-based CRPGs ever since Divinity: Original Sin released in 2014. The studio’s impressive Divinity: Original Sin 2 convinced Wizards of the Coast that Larian could handle the Baldur’s Gate IP according to Larian senior producer David Walgrave. With Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian takes its successful Divinity formula
Persona 5, a title many JRPG fans are familiar with, took the gaming world by storm when it first launched back in 2016 and 2017. Now with the Western launch of its re-release, Persona 5 Royal, on the horizon, how is this new version looking to stack up? So far so good, as I discovered playing
Square Enix and People Can Fly recently held a lengthy preview event for their upcoming shooter RPG Outriders. They gave us a first look at three of their four character classes, each of which felt incredibly powerful and distinct. If you want to read some impressions about the Pyromancer or the Trickster, see our other
Recently, Square Enix and People Can Fly flew out a bunch of press for an extensive hands-on session with their upcoming shooter RPG Outriders. We had a chance to jump into the early portions of the game and play around with three of the four playable character classes. I spent considerable time with each class;
At their preview event, Square Enix and People Can Fly gave us a chance to gets hands-on with three of the four characters classes for their upcoming shooter RPG Outriders. Of the three, the Trickster felt the most like a traditional damage-dealer. That isn’t to say the class feels basic, far from it actually. The
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