Author: David Carter
Based on my brief experience with it, Enginefall’s strongest point is that it lacks the instantly recognizable characteristics of survival, extraction, and battle royale games that it seems to be emulating. You might not get as far as you would in other games right out of the gate if you have a Tarkov or Fortnite experience. The quantity of small things you’ll need to learn to make wise decisions is daunting, yet this early learning curve is also a result of creative systems that produce a faster and more hazardous pace than others. The beginning of each Titan Train run…
The multiplayer action in Battlefield 6 revolves around layers. There is the infantry layer, where groups of soldiers engage in foot-to-foot combat; the land vehicle layer, where tanks and armored vehicles reshape the front lines with formidable weapons that can destroy infantry and bring entire buildings to the ground; and the sky layer, where a few flyers control the air and can destroy ground forces. In addition to being incredibly unique, each layer is also incredibly well-made, and they all seem to blend harmoniously. Although it takes a bit too long to obtain the better equipment that makes your loadouts…
Cecil is the seventh playable character in Invincible VS. Intelligence agent Cecil Stedman was unveiled in a gameplay video below by Quarter Up, the company behind the 3v3 tag combat game based on Robert Kirkman’s Invincible. To learn more about Cecil’s operation and the Invincible VS story mode. Following Cecil’s statement, we now know that eight playable characters in Invincible VS have voices provided by the actors who portrayed those characters in the wildly successful animated series on Prime Video. They are Atom Eve, Bulletproof, Thula, Rex Splode, Battle Beast, Omni-Man, Mark Grayson (Invincible), and now Cecil. The official Cecil…
Bloober Team, the developer of Cronos: New Dawn and the remake of Silent Hill 2, is working on several new projects, such as Layers of Fear: The Final Masterpiece Edition, a disorienting horror game for the Nintendo Switch 2, and several smaller games from its subsidiary Broken Mirror Games, including an enigmatic Switch-only game codenamed Project M. Although the year is almost over, the Masterpiece Edition is still listed as coming in 2025. However, according to the company’s most recent investor briefing, it is a “complete edition,” which likely includes the base game along with new content and the updated…
Even with all of their antiquated problems, I still have a thing for 3D platformers, which comes out whenever a game like Super Mario Odyssey manages to ingeniously revitalize the genre. Although Yooka-Replaylee, which remixes a platformer that was already drenched in nostalgia, falls well short of that standard, it does manage to elevate the adorable but unmemorable journey of Yooka-Laylee from 2017 to a more capable level. In addition to removing a lot of bloat and unsuccessful ideas, the original has addressed my main complaints, which included camera problems, clumsy controls, and a lack of quick travel. However, this…
Many of us occasionally experience recurrent nightmares, such as the one in which we go to school in our undies, the one in which all of our teeth fall out, or even the one in which we go to school in our undies and all of our teeth fall out. But Little Nightmares 3 isn’t the kind of nightmare that keeps coming back to haunt you at night. The only notable change to this puzzle-platforming sequel is a co-op mode, but it doesn’t really alter the structure and instead seems like a disappointingly uninspired retread of the two shadow-soaked adventures…
I grew up watching a lot of monster-taming TV series, including Digimon, like many other youngsters from the 1990s. Even though George, then eight years old, loved Digimon World 3 on the PlayStation 2, it was Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth (2015) and Hacker’s Memory (2017) that rekindled my interest in the series. Playing it brought back memories, and its distinct evolution mechanisms set it apart from Pokémon’s ubiquitous dominance in the genre. Ten years later, Digimon Story Time Stranger expands on a similar framework, but this time it features a much more daring plot that succeeds and a cast of…
Frontier’s prehistoric series always seemed like a younger sibling to their other park-builders, Planet Zoo and Planet Coaster, even though I’ve spent countless hours creating my ideal dinosaur park in Jurassic World Evolution 2. Many characteristics that were absent from the first two Evolution entries are present in those two games. The fact that Jurassic World Evolution 3 now seemed like a full-fledged member of the Frontier flock, along with the really extensive customization and personalization elements I’ve grown accustomed to from the studio, was what most delighted me when I got to play it. Yes, and the baby dinosaurs…
Sequels offer the chance to either improve on an earlier work and push the envelope, or to take what was already excellent and present it with greater concentration. Developer Sucker Punch widely favored the latter strategy in Ghost of Yotei, which led to more engrossing open-world gameplay and incredibly striking visuals throughout. It stays quite close to 2020’s Ghost of Tsushima overall and doesn’t attempt to reinvent the wheel. Still, I don’t mind if that means it can add important elements and provide a more succinct encapsulation of the samurai fantasy that was initially promised. Few games in recent memory…
The ship was burning. While I fought half a dozen Legion vessels, my crewmates were off-ship, taking the neighboring defense cannons to support our fleet. I wasn’t sure how long I could stay by myself, but the fire would get me if they didn’t. After locking in cruise control and pointing our C-3 Catamaran’s bow away from the battle, I exited the pilot’s seat and turned to see that the majority of the top level was on fire. Not much better were the lower decks. I snatched up the nearest extinguisher and ran across the ship to put out the…