If you haven't caught on by now, there's a special place in my heart for weird and obscure video games. However, in this age of rampant Indie development, it can be hard to find the good weird and obscure games. First and foremost, a game needs to be fun. If a game is just weird for the sake of being weird (or even worse, for the sake of "art"), then I have no interest in it. I … [Read more...]
Owlboy – “What If Platformer/Shooter… But With Owls?”
I was severely on the fence, when I was trying to decide to get Owlboy. The reviews were raving about it, claiming it was such a fantastic game. But I have been fooled by these gushing reviews of "indie darlings" too many times in the past (Golf Story, for instance). And when a game has a dev cycle of almost ten years, that usually spells disaster. However, I am happy to say … [Read more...]
Transformers: War for Cybertron – ‘Til All Are One!
Transformers: War for Cybertron (TWFC) is quite possibly one of my favorite games of all time. I'm just going to put that out there right now. I will try my best to avoid bias, and give the game an objective analysis, but seriously, I love this game. TWFC was an odd entry in the Transformers canon, as it was completely free of the wretched taint of the Michael Bay movies. … [Read more...]
Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017) – This Is Not the Game You’re Looking For
When Pandemic Studios introduced the world to the original Star Wars Battlefront in the mid 2000's, gamers rejoiced. They had never seen anything like it before. When they released Battlefront 2 a couple years later, it was even better. They had taken a solid idea and improved upon it exponentially. Sadly, Pandemic has been out of business for some time now, and everyone … [Read more...]
Costume Quest 2 – A Hollow Halloween Adventure
Considering that it is still October, and I just did an analysis of the original Costume Quest, I figured I might as well analyze the sequel while I'm at it. So, let's get to it. Costume Quest 2 (CQ2) takes place immediately after the events of Grubbins on Ice (the DLC expansion of the original CQ), literally. In Grubbins on Ice, the game ends with Reynold, Wren, Everett, … [Read more...]