Video Game Reviews, Articles
What is it? RAGE is a first-person shooter developed by id Software and published by Bethesda in 2010. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the world has been ravaged by a meteor strike. Pockets of civilizations, mutants and bandit outposts are…
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Over the years, we’ve been subjected to countless concepts for simulator games, from tending farms and operating public transport to causing wanton destruction as a goat. But what about being a parent in a post-apocalyptic world? Ciel Fledge: A Daughter…
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What is it? Shenmue III is the third in the Japanese action-adventure series that has now spanned twenty years worth of games. Kickstarted by fans, Shenmue III is a continuation of the story, picking up right where the series left…
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In a gaming landscape where ‘games as a service’ is a constant AAA developer mantra and the video games that don’t fall under that umbrella are (more often than not) exhausting open-world time-sinks, Journey to the Savage Planet is a…
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I try to keep the Video Game Almanac as politics-free as possible. Nobody really cares about other people’s political opinions, particularly when they’ve come to read about video games. However, that is going to be a bit challenging when I…
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Developer: Square Enix Publisher: Square Enix Release Date: January 29th 2019 Platforms: Playstation 4, Xbox One Kingdom Hearts 2 was released on December 2005 for the Playstation 2. Other games of the franchise were released after, but only in…
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Dark Cloud is the pinnacle of RPGs on the PlayStation 2. You might have heard of it way back in 2001, or maybe you’ve only just tapped into it with PlayStation 4’s PSNow. Dark Cloud was a great game, and…
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What is it? Pokémon Sword is the counterpart to Pokémon Shield, and together they form the eighth generation of the Pokémon series. In this version, you play as a child in the Galarian region of the Pokémon world, where Pokémon…
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Randomly generated? Tick. “Deep” stat driven loot system? Tick. Indie? Of course that’s a tick. That’s pretty much the big three ticked off for any rogue-lite game these days. Every indie seems to start off by creating a rogue-lite game,…
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When Shenmue III came across my desk, I offered it around to my other editors. It’s a game that, while I have heard good things, I’ve never actually played. This being the case, I felt it my duty to offer…
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What is it? Conglomerate 451 is an indie cyberpunk dungeon crawling tactical game that sees you play as a government faction that has the ability to clone soldiers into small teams that are needed to unify the section of the…
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What is it? Cat Quest II is the sequel to the original Cat Quest game, which sees you play as both a cat and a dog this time around, trying to restore order to the world that has been cast…
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What is it? Children of Morta is a game that sees you play as a member of the Bergson family, trying to oust the evil that has befallen the land in a hack and slash adventure. Platform(s) PC Pros Cons…
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What is it? BitLife is a text-based mobile game that puts you in the life of a random person who has just been born, and you play through their life, trying to make them as big a success as you…
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Lab Zero is best known for their fantastic crowdfunded fighting-game SkullGirls. Fantastic artwork, crazy combos and its wonderful cast of fighters has made it a very popular pick, especially in fighting tournament. Back in 2015, the team successfully fundraised a…
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