What is a fair price to play for a couple of hours of mindless or not-so-mindless video game escapism? For the price of less than a pound during one recent sale, Skull Rogue potentially offers hours of escalating dungeon battles and literal bang for a literal buck.
Should a videogame sequel be bigger, shinier and more of the same, or a bold new approach to gameplay and mechanics? The question seems pertinent with the release of the latest Monster Hunter game on Nintendo Switch.
Were you to strip Shadow of War of its Tolkien-inspired setting and story, what you would have is a fully functioning, highly entertaining spite simulator.
Despite its century-old origins, Monopoly is a surprisingly fresh online and family multiplayer game. That may well continue to be the case for the next 100 years and beyond.
Compared to other turn-based strategy games such as Vandal Hearts, Dark Crystal is a much messier and complex game to play through.
Videogames can often surprise when focusing on the everyday things that humans are capable of taking for granted be it comfort, the ground below us, or the very basic concept of staying on our feet and keeping on moving.
By Neil Merrett Ring Fit Adventure, released on Nintendo Switch in 2019, published by Nintendo Nintendo’s latest experiment with motion controls creates a turn-based fantasy adventure that takes a different […]
Surviving Mars is, at its heart, a game about planning for the worst and overcoming a literal planet load of problems. But what happens to the player’s view on the value of life when you chose to turbo charge the game’s difficulty with alcoholic refugees from earth with very little practical skills?
Is Monster Hunter World’s initial complexity and esoteric nature designed as a deliberate part of the game’s challenge, or unintended development choices? The answer is probably somewhere in the middle
Shock news… Golf Story is a great game. And it’s a great simulation of Golf. Sure it’s a fantastically off-the-wall RPG, but it also captures how golf ruins your life […]
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