Permadeath As I said before in my XCOM 2 article, I'm a huge fan of permadeath. If you still haven't tried any game that uses this mechanic, we have five recommendations that make good use of it. Most games specified on this list are turn-based strategy games, where in my opinion they are best used, but…

PSN Trophies Functionally speaking trophies and achievements are the same thing. You do a thing, a notification flashes up on your screen and your profile for that system will now tell all who view it that you did the thing. There are a few differences between the PSN Trophies and Xbox Live Achievements however which,…

The World Ends With You You know what's awesome and underrated? The World Ends With You. This action-RPG game came out in 2008 in PAL regions and North America on the Nintendo DS and has since became a bit of cult hit. There has been very little murmurs in this potential franchise since the games…

WTF Hideo Kojima’s incredible Metal Gear Solid series is known for a lot of things: tense and exciting gameplay. Ornate, sometimes overly elaborate, plot twists and turns. The mixing together of absurdism, conspiracy drama, camp, anime tropes, and political commentary. Cinematic cutscenes and meta-narrative weirdness. All of these things are elements of what make the…

No Man's Sky One of the most talked about games that smacked fans upside the head at last year’s E3 was No Man’s Sky. Developed by a four-man development team, Hello Games pitched their game in the most nonchalant manner possible. They promised a universe but showed just a sliver of it. Now, a year…

Yooka Laylee Ex-Rare developers, now part of Playtonic Studios, recently revealed their spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie. This was the chameleon and bat duo Yooka-Laylee. Straight away for many it was love at first sight. This was proven by 73,206 backers that pledged £2,090,104 to help bring this project to life. Now with the studio having smashed all…

Super Mario It bothers me that everyone wants an HD remake of Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2. We just had those, what’s the rush? You slide those games into either your Wii or Wii U and they still look great! They don’t even run in native 1080p but they look like they do! If…

Final Fantasy XIV With the extremely successful launch of its first expansion, Heavensward, in the rear view mirror, Final Fantasy XIV has become one of the fastest growing MMO subscriber bases in the current era of MMO's today. Square Enix proudly announced that they have surpassed two million active subscriptions and are likely well on…

XCOM 2 I must confess that I’m a huge fanboy of games that use permadeath, especially the strategic ones, like XCOM or the Fire Emblem series. I think it is not needed to say that I’m really anxious about their next installments, Fire Emblem: Fates and XCOM 2, respectively. Although both of them are showing great…

Early Access Opinions are usually mixed when it comes to Early Access games and the truth is that some of the games that make the Early Access step offer so little in terms of content or the pace at which developers bring in new content and features that the entire concept suffers. However, not all…