Summer Of Sting - Part 3: Yggdra Union

Summer is officially over, but ZombiePie didn't let that stop him from discussing another Sting "classic!" If you want to see where the studio started to lose their marbles, read all about Yggdra Union!

Article · zombiepie

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Hours Played: 29:00 A sequel that perfectly iterates upon and improves from the original. It captures the same elusive balance of wonder and tension of the first Hollow Knight (and most other great Metroidvanias) while improving the pacing and quality of life of the combat and exploration. Did it frustrate me at times? Yes, absolutely. I think I was up for the abuse though and solving some of the tougher boss fights…

Review · piston

Pragmata

It's a solid idea, distracting you from a slow-moving third person shootout with a hacking grid that grants buffs and debuffs, but it just isn't kept fresh enough, even throughout its disciplined runtime of about 10-12 hours. A number of things could have brought this up a few notches for me: a better story, more control over the numbers and modifiers, some kind of planning phase for your loadout, more varied…

Review · gamelord12

Indie Game of the Week 486: The Invincible

It's Indie Game time again and with this first-person adventure game adaptation of the Stanislaw Lem novel, Mento makes the unfortunate discovery that "hard" sci-fi doesn't mean what he thought it means.

Article · mento

Halo: Campaign Evolved

Halo Campaign evolved is like meeting an old friend who spent years of their time apart from you eating better, working out, and maybe a bit too much plastic surgery. The good times are there and while they may look a bit different - beautiful in some ways and off-putting in others, you can't help but enjoy sharing the same old stories.

Review · Michael_Reilly

Control Resonant

Only an hour in, but this feels like Mega Man and Infamous had a baby and then raised the kid on SCP literature. I'm not even in the open world yet and I can't wait to go back.

Review · ericmbee