Going Old School - Brigand: Oaxaca Review
Have you ever asked yourself, what if we fused Morrowind, Deus Ex, and Fallout? Well, look no further, this game is… an experience alright, not meant for the faint of heart, very janky, its flat out unfair, player hostile, and with an engine barely held together by duct tape and elbow grease. This game, truly is the definition of an acquired taste. Brian Lancaster aka Laughing Coyote, part-time game dev, full time mad lad, managed to make this absolute gem of a game. I know nothing...
Xuan-Yuan Sword III: Mists Beyond the Mountains , Hidden Gem from Taiwan
Xuan-Yuan Sword III: Mists Beyond the Mountains was released in 1999 exclusively for PC's in Taiwan, 24 Years late in 2023 the game received a modern PC and Nintendo Switch port with English support. When it first released I was so happy to see this game finally received a English Port, before I had only seen screenshots of it but I had felt in love with it, specially because it reminded me of SaGa frontier one of my favorite PS1 games, but when the review of it came out, I was...
UNDERTALE YELLOW: A late anniversary gift to a great Fangame
Bakuma is sad, Undertale’s birthday is over, Deltarune doesn’t release chapter 5 until next year and even then, he can’t afford it, if only Christmas came sooner Bakuma: Who I have to shot to get more Undertale, with characters that feel like made by Toby, memorable plot and polished Gameplay? The moon shined… before dimming again Bakuma: Even I don’t know what was that supposed to… *Get Noscoped directly in the snout by a paperboy, the package is removed revealing a game box* Well… Wait...
X-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse; An Astonishing Sequel
Aliens, Terminator 2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Bride of Frankenstein. Diablo 2, Resident Evil 2, Batman: Arkham City. Second Edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Doctor Sleep. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Se- alright, do you get what I'm putting down here yet? I'm running out of off-the-cuff sequels. Those are all sequels that are considered at least equal to their predecessors, if not better than the original. Making a successful follow up to something already well received...
True Crime Hong Kong - Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition Review
Saw this one with a pretty hefty discount, since I remember liking the original game when I played it back when it was 1st released in 2012, and haven’t played the definitive edition, well, here we are. Originally meant as the 3rd installment in the True Crime series, with (at the time) Activision wanting United Front to give a little revival to the series after the financial failure which was True Crime New York City, with the game set to release as True Crime Hong Kong. Yet, Activision...
A Somewhat Grand Finale - Mary Skelter Finale Review
The time has come, to cover the grand finale to the Mary Skelter series, everyone knows that 3 is the magic number after all. If you are just joining… Weird that you start with the review for Finale, but you do you, I am reviewing the Mary Skelter series in the recommended play order, so, that means Mary Skelter 2, Mary Skelter Nightmares, and Mary Skelter Finale. This game did have some issues while in development, not too big, but worth noting, for instance, its the most censored one in...
The (Un)Welcomed Sequel (Not) Everyone Wanted
The 3rd Birthday is a third person shooter, action rpg that serves as the third entry in the Parasite Eve series. Some say it’s a sequel to some a spin-off and even a reboot but one thing is for sure it tore its fandom apart. But before we proceed please be advised that this retrospective may contain some spoilers and most definitely some cringe and whacked out theory or two from a certain fan(me) so please bear that in mind as you go on. Now that we have that one out of the way here we...
Jess Of Ancient Rome -- Caesar III & Me
I was in a very nostalgic mood the other day, the kind that paints everything in this kind of warm, ashen tone that makes everything ache just enough to feel real, the kind that makes you look back and realize that it was all worth the smiles and the hardships. And, so, I went digging for some tangible proof that it had all actually happened, diving head-first into boxes and plastic bins, across jammed drawers and wardrobes whose inner doors still have the "claw" marks of childhood, the...
X-Men Legends; An Uncanny Action-Slapping-RPG
This may come as a surprise, I've only brought it up like maybe 4 or 10 times throughout my very ongoing Marvel retrospective series, but originally my very first review on this site over a year ago now was going to be this game, followed by its sequel Rise of Apocalypse and spiritual successor to the series, Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Then for some reason against all sanity I decided to play every Marvel game from the 3rd to 6th gen leading up to X-Men Legends, and now here we are with this...