Ever since the first Assassin’s Creed game came out people felt that playing as a Japanese shinobi would embody the assassin spirit perfectly. We waited…

For the last decade or so, I have been using the hapless Kingdoms of Amalur as a reference for the lack of imagination in RPG…

Has anyone seen Sid Meier lately? I can’t remember the last time he gave an interview, made an appearance, or even peeped something, gaming-related or…

What is a “niche” nowadays? In 2025, any and every oddity can count on widespread appeal. Twenty years ago, a hard-core, historically obsessive RPG based…

I’ve died seven times in the tutorial section of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. This hasn’t happened to me in years with any game. But…

Dragon Age series was started by a group of people that loved tabletop Dungeons and Dragons and wanted to translate the experience into a computer…

Star Wars Outlaws is the first AAA game not made under the supervision of Electronics Arts in more than a decade. Driven by corporate greed…

In the very early section of the main quest of Wuthering Waves I was tasked with following an NPC that moved slower than my run…

The second Prince of Persia game in 2024 represents a major lesson learned for Ubisoft from a publishing standpoint. If you shun Steam and insist…

Serum is a video game made by Polish developers called Game Island and they describe it as a survival adventure game. I like Polish game…

World War II shooters, point-and-click adventures, flight simulators… Many gaming genres and backdrops were proclaimed dead over the years; Some were resuscitated, some self-resurrected, and…

City/village building economic and social simulators focused on survival are dotting the gaming landscape, and it seems that people can’t get enough of them. Everyone…

For someone like me, that played every major Soulslike in the past 9 years and is a veteran of ARPG genre ever since the very…

Botany manor is everything I like in a game. It’s pretty original, it’s cohesive, it’s clearly the product of a singular vision shared by the…

The world didn’t end with a bang but with a splash. Gradually, then suddenly, the waters rose and drowned the civilization. The privileged weathered the…

Dragon Dogma 2 is a landmark game by many criteria, the shining jewel that will also be remembered for the embarrassing rift between development talent…

Rise of the Ronin dares to ask a very intriguing question. What if Japan resisted the Western gunboat diplomacy in the mid-XIX century and gave…

Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition states that Alone in the Dark from 1992 was the “first-ever 3D survival horror game”. Those sweet summer children forgot…

One of many stealthy gems that came out in 1999 – arguably the best year for PC gaming in history – was Outcast. This open-world…

Ever tried playing Yahtzee or Poker by yourself? You know when you draw cards or throw dice for both yourself and the opponent? Back in…