Introduction and Story Out of the depths of quarantine comes the first game I'm actually able to complete in recent months (thank a newborn for that). Shalnor Legends: Sacred Lands appealed to me for no particular reason other than it's $0.99 price tag. Yes, pixel art and yes, Zelda similarities, but that price... Famously in …
Introduction and StoryGoblin Sword has been my latest impulse buy from the Nintendo Switch eShop. Goblin Sword is actually an iOS game that was released way back in 2014 by Gelato Games which has now been optimized and re-released for the Nintendo Switch on February 20th, 2020. The general story of Goblin Sword is, well, general. …
Introduction Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King had been on my radar for a little while. It had the appearance of a sort of Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past clone, which was quite fine by me, but also a nice looking art style that differentiated itself from the Zelda series. Originally released back …
Introduction After playing through and completing more universally acclaimed indie games such as Axiom Verge and The Messenger, I took a gander into the Nintendo Store to see what was on sale. Amongst dozens of other titles, was this pixelated action game called Mana Spark. Originally developed by BEHEMUTT and Kishimoto Studios, then published by …
Introduction and Story Axiom Verge is developed by Thomas Happ Games and was originally released in 2015. It's a side-scroller action-adventure game, akin mostly in my opinion to a mix between the NES's Metroid and SNES's Super Metroid. The game kicks off with a scientist named Trace conducting some sort of experiment in a setting …
Introduction God of War was developed by Santa Monica Studio and released on April 20th, 2018; coincidentally celebrating it's one year anniversary just a few days ago. My history with the God of War series up to now has been spotty. I thoroughly enjoyed the first game of the series, then increasingly lost interest in …
Catquest is an action/adventure game developed by The Gentlebros and originally released in August 2017. The game features a large, interesting world of cats that's filled with puns, humor and great gameplay. For this review, I played on the Nintendo Switch.Story Catquest begins with the most serious in tone cut scene of the game, showing …
I could talk for hours about what Diablo II has done for me, starting as a young child and now carrying on into adulthood. It's a game that I re-visit frequently, and is still my go to when I want to dabble into the isometric Action-RPG genre. Over the years, I've spiced things up by …
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There's a lot of excitement swirling around The Witcher nowadays, and for good reason. Henry Cavill was cast as Geralt in the Netflix series, author Andrzej Sapowski released a second Witcher novel in two years back in May and we're coming off the success of The Witcher III: Wild Hunt. With any popular series, there's …
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition is developed by Koei Techmo Games Co., LTD which includes Omega Force and Team Ninja, and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. To put it lightly, Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition is a lot of game. I’ve been playing it extensively over the course of the past two weeks and I …
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