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Birth by Sleep, originally released for the PSP, is a great prequel that excels when it comes to expanding the Kingdom Hearts’ universe and lore, even though it never quite succeeds at justifying its burdensome narrative structure: there’s this great expression in Portuguese, which can be translated literally to “forcing a friendship,” that is basically how anyone feels about the …

Resident Evil: Revelations is a game of two halves: the first one offers a claustrophobic environment immersed in a carefully built horror atmosphere, while the second offers mediocre action sequences with endless amounts of similar, shallow enemies. The story begins when Jill Valentine and Parker Luciani – two agents working for a counter-terrorism group – are tasked with investigating a …

Wolfenstein: The New Order is a game of extremes that goes, in a matter of seconds, from brilliant moments of thrilling action and engaging character development to some boring scenes rife with cliché. Its level design suffers from the same problem, sometimes being inventive, sometimes being repetitive. It’s an FPS with good and bad ideas that marvels with its inconsistency. …

Sleeping Dogs is a decent open-world game with a compelling premise and some interesting mechanics that give the whole experience a cinematic flair. However, it could have used just a little more ambition, especially regarding its structure: Sleeping Dogs is a bit too safe, too predictable. The story follows Wei Shen, an undercover cop who infiltrated Hong Kong’s triads to …

Pierre, the purist, doesn’t like change. Once, his favorite Italian restaurant went under and, in its place, opened a fast-food joint. Instead of spaghetti carbonara, they made cheeseburgers now, with fries deeply drenched in oil. There were some chicken nuggets, too. People loved it, but Pierre, as you can expect, wasn’t exactly thrilled. So, he did what anyone would do …

When it was released back in 2010, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow shook the franchise to its core, switching genres while rebooting the entire storyline. For instead of being a Metroidvania, focusing on the exploration of a labyrinthine environment, the game followed the old God of War approach of creating awe-inspiring set-pieces punctuated by brutal action. Naturally, Pierre, the purist, was …

Developed by Starbreeze Studios, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a poignant adventure that combines dramatic and fantastical elements to tell a captivating story. With a simple control scheme that’s brilliant in the way it reflects the relationship between the main characters, A Tale of Two Sons fails only at one precise moment: the twist that leads to the …

This review contains some general spoilers. Batman: The Telltale Series offers a great take on the Batman mythos, focusing its attention on Gotham and the role the Wayne family has in shaping it as a hopelessly corrupt and violent city. Despite following Telltale’s uninspired formula, the game’s story shines by framing politics and wealth disparity as the core reasons for …

The following review comments heavily on the events of 358/2 Days. Beware of spoilers, for they’re coming. Kingdom Hearts 2 is a bigger, bolder sequel that goes all out in everything it does, delivering a more complex story and an action-focused combat system. It has its obvious share of faults – at this point, it wouldn’t be Kingdom Hearts without …

No one develops underbaked, bloated, and poorly written open-world games quite like Ubisoft. But even among many illustrious peers, such as * checks notes * most Assassin’s Creed games, Watch Dogs is special: taking place in a modern setting, focusing on the use of technology, the game is an even bigger mess than usual. The story follows the quest for …