Pay-to-win is a sad standard in games these days, especially free-to-play ones. But, for the most part, it’s fair if the content is good enough and there are no exclusive items only purchasable by real money. Games like Valorant and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive have demonstrated a perfect model where developers can profit without giving the … Read more
I’ve stated before how perspectives can influence the story-telling of a game. Although I enjoy third-person games now and then, I prefer non-linear games, specifically RPGs in a first-person format. Let’s face it, games like Half-life or Max Payne wouldn’t quite have the same impact if their perspectives were interchanged. There’s something about assuming the … Read more
I have always been fascinated with flying in video games. Whether it’s playing as Superman saving the city or using jetpack in San Andreas, the ability to use the Z-axis effectively in a 3D game is excellent, especially for action games since they allow more versatility in combat and grants players more venues for an … Read more
No RPG is complete without companions, an added element to the game to assist players in battle or other things; everyone remembers that in Skyrim, Lydia was best to carry equipment so as not to overburden the player character. Of course, NPCs are not the only companions in games, and pets have been around in … Read more
Guilty Gear as a game series has been around since the first game launched on PlayStation in 1998. Since then, several sequels have been released and each of these sequels has received its own upgraded version. To someone who isn’t familiar with the Guilty Gear series, just reading through the names of all these games … Read more
Danganronpa was initially conceived as a dark fantasy game with adventure and detective elements mixed in. The first game is still the best-selling one to this date, establishing the basic plot and gameplay loop for all subsequent games. Which is the best Danganronpa game though? Read This: Who Survived in Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair? In … Read more
How to best describe Twisted Metal? After all, modern gamers probably haven’t heard of this IP and it’s mostly 90s/ early 2000s gamers who have fond memories of it to this day. I like to think of Twisted Metal as a car brawler, it’s essentially Mortal Kombat with vehicles. And the vehicles in Twisted Metal … Read more
Human imagination is incredible and can come up with some of the most fantastic things. Through time, man has created myths that have a firm footing in their cultural beliefs at the time. Take the werewolf, for example. It’s believed to be a superstition that gained popularity through German poetry and fiction in the 15th … Read more
Base-building as a game mechanic has been around for a long time. It can be traced back to games like SimCity, which gave players control over an entire city, and players had to keep their city efficiently running and citizens happy. More recently, though, games like Satisfactory and Valheim have expanded a bit more on … Read more
I was first introduced to the mechanic of gathering ingredients and crafting potions/armor in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. The game encouraged players to explore the wilderness for herbs and scrap to craft the most powerful items in the game. This tradition has since carried on, and in Skyrim, players could only access some of … Read more
MMORPGs is a relatively new genre that has burst into popularity thanks to the advances in internet technology, allowing players to connect from across the world. However, interestingly, we can trace the genre’s roots as far back as 1974 with the title Mazeware. Those games weren’t strictly MMORPG (keyword being massive); they were as Multi-User … Read more
I have always believed that the perspective a game chooses to play in can dictate the content of the game and the visual detailing it offers. Take, for example, Age of Empires, a 2D title with a top-down perspective. The game offers 39 unique civilizations, each with types of army units and buildings so forth. … Read more
There are two types of games, those who prefer keyboard and mouse, and those who prefer controllers. Honestly, both have pros and cons; I like controllers for racing games and keyboard and mouse for first-person shooting games. Let’s face it, aiming and flicking are better with a mouse and driving a car is better with … Read more
Crossout is what you’d get if you combined the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max with the vehicle combat of Twisted Metal. It’s an online action game in which you build your own custom ride and battle against other players. The goal is to survive and be the last man standing, much like a battle royale. … Read more
Finding games like War Thunder is a rather difficult task because few other games manage to seamlessly merge air and ground combat as it does. Some like World of Tanks offer a similar tank-driving experience while others like World of Warplanes have the air combat nailed down. However, War Thunder is truly unique in the … Read more
It’s not controversial to say that Macs don’t excel at gaming; they aren’t built around that. While PC users get a choice of what kind of specs they’d like, whether they want a four-core CPU or a sixty-four one is entirely the users choice. While some PCs struggle to run the latest games at 30FPS, … Read more
Since Doom came out in ’93 and revolutionized the FPS genre, I have always gravitated towards games that used guns instead of magic or swords. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t dislike games without guns; Dark Souls is the first title that comes to my mind that I enjoy a lot but doesn’t have … Read more
Our culture has a significant impact on our taste and preferences, evident in what kind of media we choose to consume. Hollywood, for example, has been churning out Superhero movies by the number since 2008 more than any other movie industry. Now that’s not to say that people not from America have a tough time … Read more
It might seem counterintuitive to look for 2D MMORPGs in 2021 when even our phones are more than capable of rendering beautiful 3D games. But you can’t deny that even though technically 2D is a downgrade, some games more than make up for it with their aesthetically pleasing art style and deep, complex mechanics that … Read more
Mabinogi is a Korean MMORPG developed by Nexon and released in 2004. Being an almost twenty-year-old game, the market for MMORPGs was very different and experimental at the time. The game had a unique take on the genre; instead of limiting stats to certain races or classes, players were free to level up and invest … Read more
