It’s been three years since we last saw a Tekken game, but almost 12 years since the last Tag installment. The series itself has been considered one of the best 3D fighters available on the market. With the critical acclaim of the last two games in the series and the overall hype of the game surrounding the release of Tag Tournament 2, would this game live up to the expectations that everyone had for it?
Definitely. READ MORE
Playing with Transformers toys was a big part of my childhood. I don’t know what generation mine were, but turning Megatron into a space shuttle and Optimus Prime into a semi was great. It got me interested in figuring out how things work. They were fun to play with from an engineering perspective, and they were fun to play with in conjunction with G.I. Joes, Centurions and Ghostbusters. My house was home to some great mash-ups between my brother’s and my differing tastes. As I grew up, Transformers became less prevalent and I forgot about them. Then Michael Bay started making movies, and they came back into popular culture prominence. Thank goodness he did because, while the movies aren’t great, some of the games that have come to fruition as a result are. READ MORE
When you think about what made the Double Dragon series great, it’s hard to come up with anything that would really work by today’s standards. With rare exceptions, beat-‘em-ups don’t really have much of a place in gaming today simply due to the nature of the genre’s mechanics. They are a relic from a much different time in gaming history, and because of that, new games in the genre almost never succeed. WayForward, a developer with experience in the ways of bringing back old franchises, presents us with Double Dragon: Neon, a game that attempts to revive a once-beloved series with mixed results. READ MORE
Borderlands was all about over-the-top weapons and characters. The folks at Gearbox didn’t try to sell you on anything except for having fun taking down baddies with ridiculous weapons. Borderlands 2 takes what made the first game great and applies it to some of the bits that didn’t stand out the first time around. Weapons were great before and feel even better now, grenades are much improved and the locations are more varied. In most of the ways that matter, Borderlands 2 is an end-to-end replacement of the first game. The additions to 2009’s formula fit the universe wonderfully, and the returning vault hunters from the original game make for a story that I was actually invested in instead of one that only pushed me from quest to quest. READ MORE
There are many stealth games I hold near and dear to my heart, and yet there haven’t been too many recent examples that capture what I love about the genre. This is where Klei Entertainment, the team behind the colorful and brutally violent Shank series, steps in with their take on the genre. Mark of the Ninja is a game that manages to make the familiar feel fresh and exciting again, and one that shows off the developer’s talents the best way possible. READ MORE
