GosuNoob Video Game Reviews
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Review – One with the Force
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is the biggest and arguably the best title in the thirty-plus-year history of Lego games. It represents significant progress compared to most games bearing Lego licenses. Its scope is gargantuan, as it successfully puts the several decades of Star Wars mythos under one interactive, goofing roof. Episodes I to…
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Weird West Review – Ghost Riders in the Sky
Fantasy in the wild western frontier, as a pulp-cultural concept, has existed in some form since the late thirties. Numerous old comics, novels, TV series,…
The House of the Dead: Remake Review – Pulp Fiction
Picking up The House of the Dead: Remake, I allowed myself a short trip down the memory lane. Together with Resident Evil, The House of…
Kirby and the Forgotten Land Review – Now in Glorious 3D!
A sign of the shitty times we live in is that even Kirby went post-apocalyptic. That’s right, cute pink blob from countless games dating back…
Ghostwire: Tokyo Review – Black Hole Sun
In the post-war, apocalypse-themed Japanese fiction, Tokyo, the New York of the east, usually ends up obliterated by towering Kaiju. In Ghostwire: Tokyo, however, the…
Tunic Review – Fox’s Awakening
The best way to describe Tunic would be a cute mixture of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening and bits and pieces borrowed from the…
Triangle Strategy Review – A Song of Iron and Salt
Designed around a tactical module similar to Final Fantasy Tactics and visually sculpted to be almost identical to Octopath Traveller, Triangle Strategy sounds like an…
Shadow Warrior 3 Review – Offbeat Goofball
The idiot shooter must be recognized as a subcultural phenomenon to succeed commercially. Shadow Warrior games never quite managed to get there, but not for…
Elden Ring Review – Overwhelming
Elden Ring is From software’s first foray into a truly open world. Every Soulsborne game was “open” to some extent, offering vast, interconnected zones with…
Total War: Warhammer III Review – Chaos Undivided
I wouldn’t bet any serious money on it, but for a long time now, I had a feeling that Games Workshop beats Marvel in the…
Horizon Forbidden West Review – Solid Sequel
Almost a year and a half in the new console generation life cycle, Sony is confidently leading the platform exclusives race. Microsoft could only dream…
Sifu Review – The Way of the Dragon
In the Cantonese dialect, “Sifu “has the combined meaning of teacher, master, and father in the context of martial arts training. The most prominent Sifu…
Dying Light 2 Stay Human Review – Horrors of the Human Condition
You know the story. The artist releases an album that reaches the top of the charts, and now everyone expects something equally wondrous to happen…
Expeditions: Rome Review – Tempus Fugit
To a casual observer, my arrogant roman asshole “hero “is not worthy of any kind of justice or redemption. He’s bullish and always picks a…
Rainbow Six Extraction Review – Protomolecule Peril
In a world of tactical acronyms, REACT (Rainbow Exogenous Analysis and Containment Team) is really pushing it. That “E “feels forced, really. Why use “exogenous…
Monster Hunter Rise PC Review – World of Difference
Simpler than Monster Hunter: World and technically impressive for a handheld console exclusive, Monster Hunter Rise was a major hit on Nintendo Switch. It seems…
God of War PC Review – Evergreen
Five years ago, the prospect of porting major PlayStation exclusives on PC would seem implausible or even insane. It used to be that no dynasty…
Ready or Not Preview – SWAT 5
It has been almost seventeen years since SWAT 4, the last proper single-player simulator of Special Weapons and Tactics. Did the police go out of…
GTFO Review – Take a Deep Breath
I’m glad there are still developers brave enough to create multilayered hardcore experiences like GTFO. This co-op survival exploration shooter demands skill, grit, and extraordinary…
The Gunk Review – Two Broke Girls
I remember the great holiday seasons of ages past, full of platform exclusives, fanfare, and sweet torment of abundant choices. This stupid pandemic screwed everything…