I adore horror games. Well, I say adore but what I really mean is that I hate every second of playing them but then months later I remember them fondly. My absolute favorite series was Dead Space, with its tight corridors and twisted necromorphs. What really drove the horror in Dead Space home though was the isolation. You were in space and, if I may rip the back of the box tagline “There’s No Help Coming.” Knowing that you were alone and that no one is...
The Last of Us hasn’t been a game I’ve been eager to revisit from a single player perspective since I wrote my review. The campaign is dense and left me with a myriad of emotions. I’ve been chewing on how I feel about the way things ended and wrapped up with Joel and Ellie and have been listening to others on Twitter, podcasts and through reviews. There’s nothing good about the Last of Us in the way that it makes the player feel. It’s...
Dead Space 3 is an intense roller coaster ride from start to finish. There are a couple bumpy patches but the overall package is a glorious and fantastic triumph of solid design and gameplay mechanics. It has extremely high replay value and is worth playing for newcomers and veterans.
The latest trailer of I Am Alive gives us a few hints as to what the gameplay will entail. We learn some simple things like “Dust is poison” and “Get out of it.” Then there are the more subtle things that we can look at like the Grappling Hook that is shown for a quick second. While climbing is sure to be a big part of this game the Hook brings up the thought of a item barred adventure game, like Castlevania, where you have to backtrack after receiving an item. The...
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