I said last year that NBA 2K18 lost a customer with its gross microtransactions nonsense. While voting with your wallet is an overrated concept sometimes, I’d like to think that losing a customer who bought every annual edition for more … Continue reading NBA 2K19: First Impressions, and the Issue of Microtransactions
You’re not seeing double — I covered a similar but different theme last year. But since I purchased a Nintendo Switch over the weekend (figuring the only chance I have to play games is with a system that’s portable), I’m … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Menu Theme (Ys VIII)
Danganronpa is a series that I’ve wanted to get into for some time. All I’ve heard about it is that it’s sort of like a deadlier, teenage version of Phoenix Wright — a visual novel with a courtroom aspect and … Continue reading First Impressions: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Slowly but surely, I’m working my way through games that I’ve missed in the last couple years. The backlog problem is a very real thing. One of those titles is Rise of the Tomb Raider, the sequel to the 2013 … Continue reading Early Impressions: Rise of the Tomb Raider
Tokyo Xanadu is a game that I thought about playing for a good chunk of 2017. Having been sucked into Falcom’s vortex through the Legend of Heroes series, tackling an action variant seemed like an idea that made a lot … Continue reading First Impressions: Tokyo Xanadu eX+
Shaun and Michaela have been playing Persona 5 recently, and that has rekindled my itch to dive in again myself. With my time for gaming getting cut down as I go deeper into my 30s, there aren’t very many games … Continue reading Persona 5, and the Rare Joy of Replaying Games
Horizon: Zero Dawn is among several contenders in a stacked 2017 for Game of the Year candidates. There are some years where Horizon would probably have been the clear consensus pick, but in a year with other titans like The … Continue reading Music to My Ears: Prologue (Horizon: Zero Dawn)
