Author: .
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Steam Deck Review – An RPG Masterpiece
When Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth was revealed, I was actually a bit disappointed. I adore the series, but I was hoping the team would build on Ichiban’s story to take the franchise forward rather than bringing back Kazuma Kiryu after he had a great finale in Yakuza 6. If you’re new to the games,…
Read MoreTekken 8 Steam Deck Review – The Full Game Tested Online and Offline
As someone who grew up with the first three Tekken games on PS1, I didn’t enjoy Tekken 7 much at launch on PS4. It was quite a disappointment in many ways despite having competent gameplay, but I was hopeful for Tekken 8 when it was announced. I won’t lie, I was skeptical about it, but…
Read More
‘Metal Slug X ACA NEOGEO’ Review – A Redo of a Redo, But Still a Great Time
Alright, let’s do this one more time. Not the last time, mind you. We still have Garou left. But the age of my comparison reviews between ACA NEOGEO re-releases and the pre-existing (and still available) Dotemu-developed versions is just about at its end. Metal Slug X ACA NEOGEO ($3.99) is the latest release in Hamster…
Read More
What would an ideal esports tier list look like?
Just like sports fans arguing if Rugby or American football is tougher, everybody in esports has a different opinion on which title is the best. This has led to fans making their own tier lists where they rank major esports — however one thing these usually have in common is bias. Whether subconscious or not,…
Read More
‘Fatal Fury Special ACA NEOGEO’ Review – The Origin Of A Legend
The biggest successes SNK had in the early years of the NEOGEO platform were in the fighting genre. With Capcom’s Street Fighter II rocketing the genre into the stratosphere, even middling entries were enjoying disproportionate popularity. SNK had a few of those, but it also had one extremely powerful ace up its sleeve: Takashi Nishiyama.…
Read More
‘Disney Dreamlight Valley Arcade Edition’ Review – A Rift in Time, Switch and Steam Deck Comparisons, and More
Back in September last year, Gameloft released Disney Dreamlight Valley on consoles and PC platforms as an early access release only available as a purchase with different tiers of founder’s packs. It was initially planned to be a free-to-play release when it exited early access, and has been getting updated quite a bit on consoles…
Read More
‘River City Girls’ Mobile Review – A Good Port, but Needs Updates
After Apple Arcade and Netflix, Crunchyroll entered the game subscription service party (?) with its Crunchyroll Game Vault for mobile bringing premium games to mobile as value adds for subscribers. The launch games included some older titles now a part of the Crunchyroll Game Vault, and also WayForward’s River City Girls (Free) which saw its…
Read More
‘Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition’ Mobile Review – The Best GTA Game Returns, Again
I almost gave up hope on Rockstar Games’ remake/remaster of the classic GTA trilogy ever making it to mobile after multiple delays. When it was confirmed for mobile through Netflix Games, I thought Netflix would finally have its killer app despite the release’s issues on PC and consoles. Fast forward to a few days ago,…
Read More
Resident Evil 4 Remake iPhone 15 Pro Review
After releasing Resident Evil Village on iPhone 15 Pro and supported iPad models a few months ago, Capcom has released the superlative Resident Evil 4 Remake (Free) on not only iOS and iPadOS, but also macOS as a universal release for Apple platforms. Thanks to early access from Capcom, I played Resident Evil 4 Remake…
Read More
‘Metal Slug 2 ACA NEOGEO’ Review – Double the Action, Double the Slowdown, Double the Releases
I think Hamster and SNK might be speedrunning these now. Another week has passed, and we’ve got another ACA NEOGEO release that essentially replaces an existing app. That’s all well and good, since the older versions of these apps are over a decade old. They need to either be overhauled or replaced, and in light…
Read More