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OpinionImpressionsPlayer Recreates The Dragon Ball Z Opening With No Man’s Sky Footage
The No Man’s Sky community is full of creative players doing interesting things with the game, like making a rudimentary version of Rocket League. One player used footage and assets from the game to recreate the classic opening for Dragon Ball Z, and it’s hilarious. While I am more familiar with the American dubbed version…
By Gita Jackson Published August 30, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsCatherine: Full Body Adds New Puzzles And Characters But Retains Old Flaws
Catherine: Full Body is a remix of sorts of Catherine, a 2011 puzzle game by Atlus that had strong visual novel elements. Full Body makes some additions to the original’s narrative and gameplay. We’ll discuss the narrative changes more in-depth next week. For now, Full Body’s addition of a new character and some slight changes…
By Natalie Degraffinried Published August 30, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Fonts In Control Make Its World Feel Way Creepier
There’s a lot to love about the wonderfully weird new Remedy Entertainment game Control, but the first thing that grabbed me were the fonts. Control is a game in which the extraordinary is treated as business as usual. In it, protagonist Jesse Faden has broken into the Federal Bureau of Control, which is a government…
By Gita Jackson Published August 29, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsNew Mobile Game Pokémon Masters Is More About People Than Pocket Monsters
In Pokémon Masters, out today for iOS and Android, players recruit famous Pokémon trainers from throughout the series’ 23-year history, creating teams of three and battling through an adventure that feels more like the cartoon than any game that’s come before. Pokémon games up to now have been mainly focused on the goal of becoming…
By Mike Fahey Published August 29, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsYu-Gi-Oh On Switch Is All The Yu-Gi-Oh I’ll Ever Need
Most of my experience with Yu-Gi-Oh, Konami’s long-running collectible card game/cartoon series, comes from video games. I’ve tapped more virtual cards than physical ones, and most of my matches have been against computer opponents. That’s how I like it, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution for the Nintendo Switch is all that and…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsHands-On With The Nintendo Switch Lite: Sturdy, Stylish, Comfortable
The Nintendo Switch’s gimmick is the ability to “switch” between playing on your television and handheld mode. The Nintendo Switch Lite is a cheaper but no less impressive console focused exclusively on portable fun. I enjoyed a hands-on demo in New York and walked away much more impressed than I expected to be. Viewed from…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 27, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsWorld Of Warcraft Classic’s Rocky Launch Is Kind Of Nostalgic, Sure
Overcrowded starting areas, login queues in the tens of thousands, rampant lag, server disconnects—oh yeah, I am feeling that old school MMO vibe in World of Warcraft Classic In the video below (mind the hot mic, it’s been a while) I take my first steps 15 years back in time. My gnome rogue, Gerbil, entered…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsModern Warfare‘s Alpha Has Me Feeling Good About The Gameplay
This weekend, Call of Duty players on PlayStation 4 are getting hands-on with this fall’s Modern Warfare. Activision has launched an early alpha of the new 2v2 “Gunfight” mode, and so far it’s mostly good vibes and fast-paced gameplay for Infinity Ward’s rebooted Duty Modern Warfare’s alpha was originally scheduled to hit the PlayStation store…
By S.E. Doster Published August 23, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsLife Is Strange 2‘s Fourth Episode Puts Its Hero Through The Wringer
By the end of the latest episode of Life Is Strange 2, the game’s protagonist Sean Diaz has nearly been broken, physically and mentally. But at least he still has his brother. The most recent episode is the fourth entry in the series, which will eventually be five episodes. Its story continues in the same…
By Gita Jackson Published August 23, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsRemnant: From the Ashes Is Quickly Becoming One Of My Favorite Games Of 2019
When I first saw a streamer playing Remnant: From the Ashes, I rolled my eyes. Boiled down to the most reductive pitch, it’s Dark Souls but with guns. So what? It looked like a knock-off. But now that I’ve played it, I can say that Remnant is one of the most interesting and entertaining games…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 22, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsA Player Made Rocket League In No Man’s Sky’s Creative Mode
Do you like Rocket League, but wish it were in space? A No Man’s Sky player has you covered. The prolific No Man’s Sky builder BoidGaming, who previously created a combination lock and a giant statue of Borderlands’ Claptrap, made a rudimentary but fully functional version of Rocket League in No Man’s Sky’s creative mode.…
By Gita Jackson Published August 22, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Sims 4‘s New Fashion Photography Pack Is Shockingly Good
I would never ordinarily recommend one of The Sims 4’s stuff packs. There usually isn’t much to them. But you know what? The Sims 4‘s Moschino stuff pack is good. There are three tiers of Sims 4 downloadable content. Expansion packs radically alter the game, adding multiple new mechanics and items. Game packs make smaller…
By Gita Jackson Published August 21, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsMetro Exodus‘ New Story DLC Feels Like It’s On Fast-Forward
The Metro series, in its best moments, is icky, verging on downright gross. Plenty of shooters try to capture a sense of place, but Metro bathes you in the grime and ichor that seeps from the clogged pores of its wounded world. The first level of Metro Exodus’ first DLC episode, “Two Colonels,” is no…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 21, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsNo Man’s Sky‘s Beyond Update Reveals The Game’s Real Potential
No Man’s Sky’s latest update, Beyond, makes the game both more complex and easier to play. What’s incredible about Beyond isn’t all the new features, like the new hub for multiplayer which has been looking quite lively after a few key performance patches. It’s that all of the old things have been reorganized to more…
By Gita Jackson Published August 21, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsVermintide 2‘s ‘Winds Of Magic’ Expansion Adds More Grind But Not Much Else
Developer Fatshark has called “Winds of Magic” Vermintide 2’s first expansion, but while it offers a completely new mode and progression system, it currently just seems like another DLC. On top of that, it feels unmoored from the strong lore and ambient apocalyptic mood that guided previous additions to the game. “Winds of Magic” opens…
By Ethan Gach Published August 21, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsI Am Hooked On Ancestors, A Tough New Survival Game About Human Evolution
I’ve exchanged some odd DMs with a colleague over the past week as we try to figure out an intriguing new video game about human evolution. He gives me tips about hugging. I give him tips about making sharp sticks. At one point, I told him, “I gotta figure out how to mate.” We are…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 21, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThe Uplifting Tale Of ‘Dildo Face’, A Sim Who Dared To Dream
Life is rough when your parents gave you the name “Dildo Face.” But why wallow in self-pity when you can engage in a little nominative determinism instead, and find ways to make the name Dildo Face work for you? NSFW Warning: Images of very large cartoon sex toys and assorted naked Sims. You see, my…
By Kate Gray Published August 20, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsNo Man’s Sky Player Builds Combination Lock
Thanks to the recent Beyond update, No Man’s Sky players are designing all kinds of new things. One player has figured out how to make combination locks. The Beyond update added new building tools to No Man’s Sky, including power inverters and automatic switches, as well as electrical wiring and batteries for generating power. One…
By Gita Jackson Published August 19, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsUpcoming Exploration RPG Greedfall Has My Attention
When I was first asked to preview Greedfall, an upcoming RPG by Spiders, I didn’t really know what to expect. Its vast world, packed with ruins and frontier towns, captured a sense of discovery but also evoked a strange apprehension in me. Greedfall brims with potential, yet even after playing it, I can’t tell if…
By Heather Alexandra Published August 19, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsThe New Grandia HD Collection Is Pretty But Really Needs A Fast-Forward Button
Grandia and its sequel, Grandia II, are both very good classic role-playing games, full of charm and adventure and spirit. They came out in 1997 and 2000, respectively. Even an HD remake isn’t enough to make up for that. Today, publisher Gungho Entertainment put out HD remakes of the first two Grandia games for Switch.…
By Jason Schreier Published August 16, 2019