Tension builds from the moment you fire up Until Dawn, and by the end of the first few minutes, you know that it’s going to be a great game. From the absolutely gorgeous visuals to the campy teenage dialogue, it’s an instant classic that reinvigorates the genre.

It’s undoubtedly a good thing when Nintendo starts releasing older titles on the eShop that are otherwise fairly difficult to find or play. But does VS. Excitebike, originally only released on the Famicom Disk System in Japan in 1988, offer enough extra content compared to the original to justify a purchase?

Endless runners are a dime a dozen, but few take the time to flesh out interesting gameplay. Wind-up Knight 2 adds an extra level of polish and platforming to elevate the game above its colleagues, but not without stumbling a little along the way.

At the end of the day, Batman: AK is a good game. It features a huge open world with tons of interesting challenges, a good storyline, and of course Rocksteady’s super solid combat mechanics. Unfortunately, several layers of cheese taint the experience.

It’s not perfect, but Splatoon has a lot of things going for it. First off, most of the modes are not focused on killing other players, but on coloring the ground with your ink gun in a “turf war.” This surprisingly ends up being a lot of fun.

I went into Kid Icarus: Uprising with pretty low expectations. Sure, I enjoyed the original Kid Icarus on the NES, despite its crippling difficulty. But rebooting a franchise that hasn’t seen a new entry in over 20 years can be risky.

Platformers can easily fall into the trap of being just another boring repetitive experience. Uninventive mechanics, bland visuals, and lackluster design plague many games from this genre; thankfully, Ori and the Blind Forest suffers from none of these.

Shapes of Gray is a curious little creature. It’s a game that willingly eschews the colorful palette available for modern games in favor of, well, shades of gray. It’s a fairly simple game that starts out slow but eventually rounds the bend into an enjoyable experience.

Few games released in 2015 have generated the controversy, and in some cases, outright fury, than that of The Order: 1886. Blasted by countless media outlets for its short length, it hasn’t received the consideration it deserves; behind the problems […]

This game is one of the reasons I feel so validated in making the jump to Playstation platforms. I can’t remember a time I felt like such a badass – Velocity 2X simply rocked my world.

I tried to play this game about six months ago, and found that it too closely resembled a FPS for my liking. That doesn’t necessarily mean I won’t like it, but I don’t enjoy games that just turn into firefights, and […]

This game is just what I wanted from Resident Evil. I’ve never been too big of a fan of the old tank control games with pre-rendered backgrounds – this may be blasphemous to those […]

There are so many good things to note about this game that I’m not even sure where to start. First off, there’s at least some semblance of a plot, which is way more than I could say about most Mario games. As someone who […]

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse is a good game. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s stunning visuals and inventive gameplay design make it one that everyone should try at some point.

I remember seeing the trailer for this game. It was an overdose of gore, and a big turn off. I love scary games, but I don’t particularly enjoy bloody scenes unless they are bloody for a good reason. But […]