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Activision is back with another installment in the biggest game franchise in history, Call of Duty, this time with the remake of Modern Warfare 3 that pits everyone’s favorite black ops team, Taskforce 141 against the infamous Vladimir Makarov. I had some gripes in my review of the Modern Warfare 2 reboot, especially about how the levels were laid out. Did things improve? Meh, kind of? Maybe? Let’s talk about it. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has good graphics, sound, and voice acting. The controls are the same as they have always been, so returning COD vets like me will have no issue picking up the sticks. Overall when it comes to the game’s story, players familiar with the originals will be both surprised and not when it comes to the main story. There has been some improvement when it comes to the levels, in MW2 I felt there was no freedom to play as it was pretty scripted
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Stanisław Lem’s novel The Invincible explores humanity’s relationship with life on other planets and how the evolution of life on Earth does not mean it’s superior. Starward Industries and 11 Bit Studio have brought Lem’s work to life in the appropriately named game adaptation, The Invincible. The Invincible follows astrobiologist Yasna, who is struggling to regain her memories while at the same time trying to figure out what happened to her crewmates on the planet of Regis III and the mystery behind these strange organic metal structures the crew was investigating. The controls for The Invincible are thankfully not complicated as the game keeps prompting you of what button does what. The soundtrack and sound design are stellar! The soundtrack catches the retro sci-fi mood with a modern twist. The thing I love about The Invincible is the art. The atompunk look of the equipment and tools, and the interior of the ship and vehicles. When it comes to the
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Ten years ago, the first official game based on the internet sensation Slender Man, Slender: The Arrival, was released, and YouTube was never the same again. Now, new and old players of the game can enjoy it with updated graphics and extra content with the new 10th-anniversary version of Slender: The Arrival. Slender: The Arrival takes players to a mysterious forested area full of abandoned sites as Laura, a young woman searching for her friend Kate who has suddenly gone missing from her family home after her encounter with a mysterious Slender Man. Slender: The Arrival‘s controls are simple and more likely the same as they were back when the game first came out, I’ll admit I’ve never played it before. I will say, that I have seen clips and pictures of the original, and the graphics in this version are way better, but the lighting needs work; no matter what I adjust my gamma and flashlight strength to, it’s
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At Fear Fest 2023, attendees were given a surprise on the first day of the event, a game launch. That game was Pleasantly Friendly Games and Feardemic’s No Son of Mine. The game was first launched on PS5, Switch, and PC at the time but has recently been released on Xbox, and Feardemic was awesome enough to send over a copy (thanks by the way!). No Son of Mine is a first-person survival horror where you search for clues about your mysterious pursuer, a demonic child. No Son of Mine‘s controls are limited, so they’re simple to remember. The audio is decent and the soundtrack helps set the mood, especially when things get spookier. No Son of Mine‘s gameplay is relatively simple, you explore the map looking for clues as they help you progress, as well as offer you some insight into the story. You acquire a red lens that allows you to see things you can’t see normally as
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Looking at it at face value, Little Goody Two Shoes looks like weeb fodder that many gamers will steer clear of, but with a darker tone hidden between the bright and colorful anime appearance, it’s quite intriguing. Part fairy tale, part horror narrative, and part dating sim, I want to thank Astral Shift and Square Enix for the reviewing opportunity! Little Goody Two Shoes takes place in a fairy tale world where Elise, a young woman who was mysteriously found in the forest as an infant, yearns for a lavish lifestyle away from the village she now resides in. Lately, local superstition has been taking hold of the villagers, and with the discovery of red shoes on her property, Elise now finds herself torn between the life she knows, and a darker mysterious one awaiting her in the woods. Little Goody Two Shoes‘s controls are simple as most of what you have to do involves moving around and interacting with
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Robocop was arguably one of the best films in the 80s, with its kitschy premise (that can only work in 80s films), memorable moments, merch, and memes. Over the years, video games have been made based on the film series, but admittedly, some of them did not catch the true essence of the film. Teyon and NACON teamed up with MGM to make what is possibly the best Robocop game to date, this is Robocop: Rogue City. Robocop: Rogue City takes players back to the mean streets of Detroit where a new mysterious crime lord is setting up shop and all the gangs of the city are auditioning to be part of the new criminal enterprise by ramping up their crime sprees, and only Robocop can help stem the tide of crime. Now, onto the game itself! Robocop: Rogue City‘s controls are your standard FPS kind which makes it easier to learn and remember as you start playing the game.
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Happy Halloween! Nothing better to celebrate it than with a spooky game, am I right? Well, that was what I was hoping for with Jukai Studio’s and Versus Evil’s Stray Souls, a horror survival that I’ve been excited about since I was first told about it. I appreciate Jukai and Versus Evil for allowing this reviewing opportunity but, I’m sorry to say that this was a rough one to get through. Let’s get the positive parts of the game out of the way first. The soundtrack is possibly the selling point for the game with famed gaming composer Akira Yamaoka on board. The only issue is that while playing Stray Souls, I was able to make out at least two songs that were done by him, causing me to wonder if he only did a couple of songs for this game. Unfortunately, as a whole, Stray Souls was rough to play. The game had a lot of potential but in
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Sometimes you need coffee… who am I kidding, coffee is a necessity! Yeah, you can brew up your own, or stop off at your favorite coffee shop but there are times when you just can’t. Maybe you’re heading to a convention, pulling an all-night gaming session, hitting up some haunted attractions, Or taking the little ones trick/trunk-or-treating. Either way, you need your boost fast! Frazy is here to help give you that boost! Frazy takes the concentrated coffee game to a new level by personalizing it to your taste! With over 31 flavors of coffee and bubble tea, you can have your needed kick when you need it. Frazy was awesome enough to send me over some bottles of coffee to try (Thank you so much for that!). It’s pretty simple. You pick your coffee and you customize it to how you like it. With the coffees, you can select the kind of milk you want, the sweetness level, and
Continue reading →
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Indie game developer Keplerians saw their game Evil Nun: The Broken Mask become one of the most popular horror games on mobile devices. Thanks to Feardemic, Sister Madeline is coming to PC and Consoles! Evil Nun: The Broken Mask is a stealth survival horror that will take players to a religious summer camp at a Junior High School run by Sister Madeline. As it turns out, the Bride of Christ is anything but holy, as you’re locked in the building with her guarding it. In Evil Nun: The Broken Mask, players will have to explore the school to find and unlock new paths of exploration while trying to avoid Sister Madeline, use your head (before it’s bashed in) to solve puzzles, set traps or distractions to lure Sister Madeline, uncover the mysteries of the school. Beware, Sister Madeline is capable of following you into hard-to-reach places that usually provide comfort in other stealth-horror games! Evil Nun: The Broken Mask will
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The Walking Dead is, without a doubt, a popular franchise with many devoted fans, and many, like myself, stopped watching the show after it became clear that the show had a rinse-and-repeat plot that dragged on for far too long. Current and former fans can change things in AMC and GameMill Entertainment’s The Walking Dead: Destines. The Walking Dead: Destines is a third-person action-adventure where players can make choices that will change events in the story of the survivors trying to make their way during a zombie apocalypse. Players can make big choices that will affect the game’s story and the fate of other characters like picking who will survive the infamous faceoff between Rick and Shane. Players can build up a roster from over twelve characters from the show, manage resources, defend their camp, rescue survivors, and fight enemies stealthily or guns blazing. The Walking Dead: Destines will be launching digitally on November 17th and physically December 1st for
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Activision is back with another installment in the biggest game franchise in history, Call of Duty, this time with the remake of Modern Warfare 3 that pits everyone’s favorite black ops team, Taskforce 141 against the infamous Vladimir Makarov. I had some gripes in my review of the Modern Warfare 2 reboot, especially about how the levels were laid out. Did things improve? Meh, kind of? Maybe? Let’s talk about it. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has good graphics, sound, and voice acting. The controls are the same as they have always been, so returning COD vets like me will have no issue picking up the sticks. Overall when it comes to the game’s story, players familiar with the originals will be both surprised and not when it comes to the main story. There has been some improvement when it comes to the levels, in MW2 I felt there was no freedom to play as it was pretty scripted
Continue reading →
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Stanisław Lem’s novel The Invincible explores humanity’s relationship with life on other planets and how the evolution of life on Earth does not mean it’s superior. Starward Industries and 11 Bit Studio have brought Lem’s work to life in the appropriately named game adaptation, The Invincible. The Invincible follows astrobiologist Yasna, who is struggling to regain her memories while at the same time trying to figure out what happened to her crewmates on the planet of Regis III and the mystery behind these strange organic metal structures the crew was investigating. The controls for The Invincible are thankfully not complicated as the game keeps prompting you of what button does what. The soundtrack and sound design are stellar! The soundtrack catches the retro sci-fi mood with a modern twist. The thing I love about The Invincible is the art. The atompunk look of the equipment and tools, and the interior of the ship and vehicles. When it comes to the
Continue reading →
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Ten years ago, the first official game based on the internet sensation Slender Man, Slender: The Arrival, was released, and YouTube was never the same again. Now, new and old players of the game can enjoy it with updated graphics and extra content with the new 10th-anniversary version of Slender: The Arrival. Slender: The Arrival takes players to a mysterious forested area full of abandoned sites as Laura, a young woman searching for her friend Kate who has suddenly gone missing from her family home after her encounter with a mysterious Slender Man. Slender: The Arrival‘s controls are simple and more likely the same as they were back when the game first came out, I’ll admit I’ve never played it before. I will say, that I have seen clips and pictures of the original, and the graphics in this version are way better, but the lighting needs work; no matter what I adjust my gamma and flashlight strength to, it’s
Continue reading →
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At Fear Fest 2023, attendees were given a surprise on the first day of the event, a game launch. That game was Pleasantly Friendly Games and Feardemic’s No Son of Mine. The game was first launched on PS5, Switch, and PC at the time but has recently been released on Xbox, and Feardemic was awesome enough to send over a copy (thanks by the way!). No Son of Mine is a first-person survival horror where you search for clues about your mysterious pursuer, a demonic child. No Son of Mine‘s controls are limited, so they’re simple to remember. The audio is decent and the soundtrack helps set the mood, especially when things get spookier. No Son of Mine‘s gameplay is relatively simple, you explore the map looking for clues as they help you progress, as well as offer you some insight into the story. You acquire a red lens that allows you to see things you can’t see normally as
Continue reading →
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Looking at it at face value, Little Goody Two Shoes looks like weeb fodder that many gamers will steer clear of, but with a darker tone hidden between the bright and colorful anime appearance, it’s quite intriguing. Part fairy tale, part horror narrative, and part dating sim, I want to thank Astral Shift and Square Enix for the reviewing opportunity! Little Goody Two Shoes takes place in a fairy tale world where Elise, a young woman who was mysteriously found in the forest as an infant, yearns for a lavish lifestyle away from the village she now resides in. Lately, local superstition has been taking hold of the villagers, and with the discovery of red shoes on her property, Elise now finds herself torn between the life she knows, and a darker mysterious one awaiting her in the woods. Little Goody Two Shoes‘s controls are simple as most of what you have to do involves moving around and interacting with
Continue reading →
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Robocop was arguably one of the best films in the 80s, with its kitschy premise (that can only work in 80s films), memorable moments, merch, and memes. Over the years, video games have been made based on the film series, but admittedly, some of them did not catch the true essence of the film. Teyon and NACON teamed up with MGM to make what is possibly the best Robocop game to date, this is Robocop: Rogue City. Robocop: Rogue City takes players back to the mean streets of Detroit where a new mysterious crime lord is setting up shop and all the gangs of the city are auditioning to be part of the new criminal enterprise by ramping up their crime sprees, and only Robocop can help stem the tide of crime. Now, onto the game itself! Robocop: Rogue City‘s controls are your standard FPS kind which makes it easier to learn and remember as you start playing the game.
Continue reading →
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Happy Halloween! Nothing better to celebrate it than with a spooky game, am I right? Well, that was what I was hoping for with Jukai Studio’s and Versus Evil’s Stray Souls, a horror survival that I’ve been excited about since I was first told about it. I appreciate Jukai and Versus Evil for allowing this reviewing opportunity but, I’m sorry to say that this was a rough one to get through. Let’s get the positive parts of the game out of the way first. The soundtrack is possibly the selling point for the game with famed gaming composer Akira Yamaoka on board. The only issue is that while playing Stray Souls, I was able to make out at least two songs that were done by him, causing me to wonder if he only did a couple of songs for this game. Unfortunately, as a whole, Stray Souls was rough to play. The game had a lot of potential but in
Continue reading →
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Sometimes you need coffee… who am I kidding, coffee is a necessity! Yeah, you can brew up your own, or stop off at your favorite coffee shop but there are times when you just can’t. Maybe you’re heading to a convention, pulling an all-night gaming session, hitting up some haunted attractions, Or taking the little ones trick/trunk-or-treating. Either way, you need your boost fast! Frazy is here to help give you that boost! Frazy takes the concentrated coffee game to a new level by personalizing it to your taste! With over 31 flavors of coffee and bubble tea, you can have your needed kick when you need it. Frazy was awesome enough to send me over some bottles of coffee to try (Thank you so much for that!). It’s pretty simple. You pick your coffee and you customize it to how you like it. With the coffees, you can select the kind of milk you want, the sweetness level, and
Continue reading →
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Indie game developer Keplerians saw their game Evil Nun: The Broken Mask become one of the most popular horror games on mobile devices. Thanks to Feardemic, Sister Madeline is coming to PC and Consoles! Evil Nun: The Broken Mask is a stealth survival horror that will take players to a religious summer camp at a Junior High School run by Sister Madeline. As it turns out, the Bride of Christ is anything but holy, as you’re locked in the building with her guarding it. In Evil Nun: The Broken Mask, players will have to explore the school to find and unlock new paths of exploration while trying to avoid Sister Madeline, use your head (before it’s bashed in) to solve puzzles, set traps or distractions to lure Sister Madeline, uncover the mysteries of the school. Beware, Sister Madeline is capable of following you into hard-to-reach places that usually provide comfort in other stealth-horror games! Evil Nun: The Broken Mask will
Continue reading →
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The Walking Dead is, without a doubt, a popular franchise with many devoted fans, and many, like myself, stopped watching the show after it became clear that the show had a rinse-and-repeat plot that dragged on for far too long. Current and former fans can change things in AMC and GameMill Entertainment’s The Walking Dead: Destines. The Walking Dead: Destines is a third-person action-adventure where players can make choices that will change events in the story of the survivors trying to make their way during a zombie apocalypse. Players can make big choices that will affect the game’s story and the fate of other characters like picking who will survive the infamous faceoff between Rick and Shane. Players can build up a roster from over twelve characters from the show, manage resources, defend their camp, rescue survivors, and fight enemies stealthily or guns blazing. The Walking Dead: Destines will be launching digitally on November 17th and physically December 1st for
Continue reading →
