The idea of playing a doomed videogame protagonist who spends real world hours and days on an entertaining and ultimately futile quest of violence can be a difficult concept to fashion into a satisfying interactive narrative.
Is it delusion, or a fair choice for the player to determine that their so-called ‘cult’ is actually a functioning and somewhat symbiotic community of individuals working and thriving together?
While essentially just providing a choice of swords, axes or bow and arrows, each of the dozen or so weapon types available in the Monster Hunter series effectively offer very different ways to play – as if they offer different genres of game to master.
Google’s experiment in hosting a purpose-built gaming platform is over. Yet predictions for what this means for the future of cloud gaming are not so clear.
What exactly makes a classic football anthem for gamers looking to live out their own bit of sporting glory of failure?
Although the 2022 Rocky videogame and Fitness Boxing 2 are completely different genres of game – both oddly understand the almost rhythmic appeal of putting together a perfect combo of punches and dodges.
Shoot-‘Em-Up Construction Kit serves as both a tool and piece of entertainment that lets gamers at least pretend they could be a developer.
Even after completing dozens of battles in triangle Strategy, the player may ultimately have to accept and come to peace with the concept that their compromised and somewhat downbeat conclusion is their true ending of the game.
The unpredictability of facing a potentially endless list of online human opponents – even for something as seemingly simple as Nintendo Switch Sports bowling – means true mastery of the game always remains a tantalising yet elusive possibility.
When it comes to trying to capture the decades old cartoony appeal of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the brawler game that was a staple of 90s arcades has always seemed like the perfect genre for recreating the appeal of these comic book characters. Yet with the recent resurgence in brawler games and the opportunity to now drop-in to a six player online turtle adventure on modern consoles, there is a satisfying rhythm and appeal to finding harmony in the fast kicking, kinetic chaos of Shredder’s Revenge.
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