Games

Horror, like comedy, is subjective. What scares one person will not necessarily be scary for the next. Oxenfree is a horror game that I did not find scary. Do not be alarmed the title is not a typo, Oxenfree sets out to be a horror game, and while personally, I was unphased it doesn’t speak … Read more

I’d like to think that there are some of you out there who vaguely remember the dawn of the flash games – games like N, Bloons TD and Canabalt. That was a different time for games, and as we kids went from computer to computer in our school to install these flash games on all … Read more

After the success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, many developers shifted their focus from the World War setting to a more realistic and contemporary one. Squad is one such game; it pits two teams against each other on huge maps (up to 16 X 16 km) to achieve various objectives (King of the hill, … Read more

The roots of the RTS genre can be traced back to 1981, and with refinements and evolution of technology, we now have Northgard. Northgard is rooted in the Norse Viking mythology, where you command one of the three clans and its people to a new unexplored and harsh world. The player must start with building … Read more

Elsword is a unique take on the MMORPG genre, considering that it’s 2-D. This free to play title was released in 2007 by KOG; however, there’s no meteoric rise to talk about; the player base is small but loyal.  There are plenty of games like Elsword. However, none have made decisions so detrimental to their … Read more

Before Nintendo DS and PSP were a thing, players used to rely on the good old GBA for their portable entertainment, most will remember the GBA for the Pokemon or Final Fantasy titles as that was what the console did best (in my opinion). Golden Sun is a lesser-known title for the GBA, developed by … Read more

Hollow Knight is a game with jaw-dropping level design, quirky NPCs, amazing musical scores, and a combat system that is simple to learn but hard to master. Simply put, it is the best Metroidvania game of the last decade (or ever). There are tons of hidden secrets locked away inside rooms filled with monsters, bosses … Read more

My first ever Assassin’s Creed experience was in the form of a JAVA game on my old Nokia. It was a 2D platformer built by Gameloft around the limitations of mobile devices of the time. They indeed found success creating more and more ports for AAA games on mobile devices. As technology developed and mobile … Read more

7 days to die was released in 2013 on Steam. It is one of the very few titles that managed to retain a positive rating while being an early access title for nearly 8 years now. Developed by The Fun Pimps, a small-sized indie studio that found success in catering to a niche audience that … Read more

Nier: Automata is an Action RPG, Hack and slash game with an anime art style with an excellent soundtrack and atmosphere. Set in a dystopian world, you play as an android battling it out with other machines, but the story is much deeper than that.  While Nier can get repetitive in terms of its gameplay … Read more

Detroit: Become Human is one of the most underrated successes in modern gaming, it offers a multi-choice narrative that asks tough questions based on morality. Exploring the themes of transhumanism, artificial intelligence, slavery, and what it really means to be human- this game is a narrative masterpiece unlike anything else. It’s more of an interactive … Read more

Studio MDHR’s September 2017 title, Cuphead, was an instant classic. The gameplay is centered around continual boss fights with intermittent levels. All the worlds featured in this game include a mausoleum in which the player must counter ghosts. Victory in this challenge awards the player with a “Super” move. This is all occurring because Cuphead … Read more

Gloomhaven was originally a board game before it was developed into its highly-popular digital version by developer Flaming Fowl Studios and publisher Asmodee Digital in July 2019. In this card-based game, tactical role-playing and dungeon-crawling meet up and have a wonderful, challenging time. Its structure as a video game was heavily inspired by other older … Read more

Darkest Dungeon is a roguelike-esque turn-based RPG developed by Red Hook Studios and published by the same studio, as well as by Merge Games for the physical copies of the game and Degica for the Japanese version. It is a dungeon-crawler in which the player explores dungeons and fights the monsters that are found in … Read more

Saints Row is an internationally famous game series, created by Volition and published by THQ and Deep Silver. It follows a gang called the 3rd Street Saints, originally operating out of the fictional Saint’s Row district. After the first two games were labeled Grand Theft Auto clones, the developers made the bold decision to expand … Read more

Suikoden is a Japanese RPG series originally created by Japanese game designer Yoshitaka Murayama and developed and published by Konami, Hudson Soft, and Rabbit and Bear Studios. Related Read: Suikoden Games Ranked From Worst To Best After playing through the five main games and the six spin-off games, fans of the Suikoden series often ask … Read more

The Stronghold strategy games developed by Firefly Studios focus on the expansion of a militaristic and economic superpower, but after playing through all eight Stronghold games, it’s time for a change. In this article, we explore 17 games that are similar to Stronghold, either through their management system or the battle system. 1. The Age … Read more

The Battlefield games are a first-person shooter series that allows you to play online in large-scale multiplayer battles with both long-range weapons and melee combat. With 11 games and 12 expansion packs, this series has established itself as a timeless classic. If you enjoy playing these games and you want more of the FPS militaristic … Read more

Little Nightmares is a horror adventure puzzle-platformer in which the player to play as Six, a young girl who must escape an iron vessel called the Maw. Throughout the game, the player solves puzzles to progress through the world, all while relying on stealth to avoid death, as the player character has no attack abilities … Read more