Do you know what I like? The noir genre/aesthetic/whatever you want to call it. I love me some trenchcoats and .45s, I tell you what, stories with a melancholic cynicism and stylish flair befitting some hard-boiled edge. On a completely unrelated angle, I also like the concept of bureaucratic monster hunter organizations, of things mundane combatting things of fantasy like it’s just another day at the office. I also love old school survival horror with fixed camera angles, and wonky combat...
Continuing from the previous review, I will now be reviewing the somewhat divisive sequel to Obscure.
Known as Obscure 2 in Europe, but, also known as Obscure The Aftermath in the US, even though I am playing the American version, I will be posting the European cover, why? The American cover has a massive spoiler in it.
Obscure 2 will be the last game developed by Hydravision, before being acquired by Focus Home Interactive, which will later force them to develop an extremely bad spin-off...
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Overview: A Sonic Spin-Off That Defied Convention
Knuckles’ Chaotix was released in 1995 for the SEGA 32X, a short-lived add-on for the Sega Genesis console. Originally conceived as Sonic Crackers, the game evolved into a standalone title starring Knuckles the Echidna and a new ensemble cast known as the Chaotix. This group included Vector...
We all know the memes: No games, giant enemy crab, the PS3 grill, Chad Warden, etc. For gamers of my vintage, these punchlines have been embedded into our minds like insects in amber. Sony's hubris leading up to the PlayStation 3 was staggering. And hell, why not gloat a little? The PlayStation 2 was an unprecedented success, dwarfing the previous unprecedented success of its predecessor. On the handheld front, the PlayStation Portable was the closest we had seen to portable console-quality...
Can you find the way to the end of this modern maze?
The first thing I really remember was a sudden chill creeping up my spine as the bus came to a stop in the middle of nowhere, and we were herded out by an annoyed driver who looked like he couldn't wait to put his vehicle in reserve and undo the whole trip.
My unlikely companions and I scrambled towards the loading area just to the side of the rust bucket that had taken us to that point and basically fought for our miserable luggage...
Last time, I covered a very 90s game, today, its going to be a very 2000s one, funny how things happen.
This game, is a quintessential example of cult classic, a game which didn’t garner much recognition at its time of release, scoffed at by snobby critics.
Yet, as time went by, slowly, people who gave the game a chance were met with quite the unique experience, in an era in which the classic survival horrors were becoming action oriented, this game was like a shinning beacon in the...
Prior to Undertale, the concept of an indie RPG was strange, alien even. There were a few here and there, of course. The most remarkable one was OFF, by Mortis Ghost, which had an extremely surprising story with one of the most insane plot twists I’ve ever seen. However, it was mechanically simple, not offering much in terms of mechanics or world exploration. It was, as the kids like to say, Just FineTM. Then came OneShot, by Eliza Velazquez and Michael Shirt. For the time, it was amazing...
We all know that the PlayStation is the home of some great games of its era. Sadly most of them never see the light outside the land of the rising sun. Like today’s game this one is a cool Japanese exclusive beat ‘em up based on a mecha anime
GEAR Fighter Dendoh for the PlayStation is a beat ‘em up game based on the anime series with the same name. Produced by Sunrise this anime is the first studio project that uses digital cel painting which was later be the standard beginning with...
Does Shining in the Darkness (SITD) shine bright today? I went into this not knowing anything about the shining series, learning this it the first one. I love trpgs and so will definitely check out other entries in this series, as others here on rgt have recommended ^_^ However, unlike the trpgs that would immediately follow (Force I and II on genesis, and Gaiden series on the GameGear), SITD is a first person turn based dungeon crawler (FPTBDC). This is a genre I really have no...