Operencia: The Stolen Sun (PC, Xbox One) Developer: Zen Studios Publisher: Zen Studios Release Date: March 31 on PS4, Steam, GoG Nothing beats the nostalgic feeling of a classic dungeon crawler where players build up their team and gain experience to defeat tougher and tougher foes. I have been waiting for a game that lets me feel that sort of thrill again, and Operencia: The Stolen Sun delivered exactly that! Operencia: The Stolen Sun is a classic dungeon-crawling rpg set

In the 41st millennium, there is only war and now that war has stretched across the furthest reaches of space. From BigBen and NeoCore Games comes Warhammer 40K: Inquisitor – Martyr, a deep and involving Action-RPG that tasks player with defeating the darkest enemies of the Galaxy. Despite a rough interpretation on consoles, it is a fantastic and engaging action experience that is great for players, regardless of their familiarity with Warhammer. The Imperium of Man wages an

The 1980’s are often described as the decade of endless dreaming and self-individuality. A plethora of the greatest films, shows, and music artists were born out of the decade. However, most notable and most influential were the cartoons that took command of tube-televisions sets across the country. Everything from Transformers to GI Joe to Jem and the Holograms to Heman, Fraggle Rock and Ducktales were shows that inspired generations of children, with some having legacies so

Wizard of Legend PS4 Review By: JoPa Writes Sometimes a game comes along that comes along which lets you sit down with a friend and lose track of time as you battle through levels together. Wizard of Legend is exactly that for me as I sought to overcome the various challenges to win the Chaos Trials. Each time we fell, we got a bit more gear to test out in the attempts to perfect our strategies together. Proceeding solo was also quite engrossing as I felt the combinations fal

Warhammer: Vermintide II – Hands-on with the Beta by: Reign With just a day left until launch, Fatshark’s sequel, Warhammer: Vermintide II, has many players chomping at the bit for more Skaven slaying action. Several hours were spent taking in all that the beta had to offer. While limited in scope, it gave a good overview of what someone can expect in this chapter of the series. The Skaven are back in their innumerable glory, and this time, they brought allies. The legions of

Sometimes to fight in the darkness is the only way to keep the light glowing. When a mysterious darkness falls upon Tokyo, and shadowy creatures begin consuming humans, a war takes place. Men and women battle in the shadows, on the streets affected by the mysterious darkness, for control and order. there are those that seek to stop the chaos and those that seek to take advantage of it. From Arc System Workers and Aksys Games come Under Night In-Birth: Exel Late [st]. Under Ni

Rock and Roll go great with apocalyptic destruction and vampire-like humans. Bandai Namco recently released a brand-new trailer for their upcoming action JRPG, Code Vein. The trailer, as shown above, showcases new gameplay footage, showing the unique abilities the character possess as they slay various monsters across a dystopic world. Additionally, the trailer also showcases new music and animation. The rock and roll track that plays in the trailer is called “Underworld” fro

When You’ve Done It All In The World of Warcraft, There’s Still Stuff To Do by Andy Stetzinger The World of Warcraft has an interesting dilemma it has to deal with; as characters in the game grow in strength, stature, and power, the surrounding environment, monsters, and big bosses do not. After a while, what was once a formidable foe becomes nothing more than a wet paper towel to the player. To entice players to continue to play through the older content, Blizzard adds vario

You’ve fought hundreds of monsters. Your health is low. You don’t have a lot of resources left. Your chances of survival are looking grim. But you are a dungeon explorer, so you do what is best and explore One More Dungeon. Form Ratalaika Games, the makers of a variety of flamboyant titles, such as Blasting Agent and Two Robots, comes One More Dungeon. Ratalaika games are putting their spin on the first-person shooter with a game reminiscent of the early 1990’s shooters, such

Ever wanted to do a little dungeon crawling, but didn’t have a full group around? Maybe, you didn’t feel like dragging out all the books, and rules that make most of our fantasy RPGs work. Not to worry as One Deck Dungeon has you covered. This past PAX Unplugged a few of us Red Shirts had a chance to sit down and play One Deck Dungeon hands on and it did not disappoint. The game begins with the simple premise of entering a dungeon with the intent of exploring it for adventure

To say that I was not interested in Miitopia for the Nintendo 3DS upon reading the initial descriptions of the game would be a vast understatement. Another role-playing game, pitting good against evil in order to save a kingdom…how very cliché. I had at least a dozen of those already. The downfall came one night after work, while I was half asleep and perusing the E-shop. Less than twenty minutes after acquiring the demo and the full game was in my system library. My biggest

The Fire Emblem series has always been amongst my top-ranked favorites and this was no different for Fire Emblem Warriors, their newest title for the Nintendo 3DS. My only mistake here was that in my excitement, I tried to play after work one night and I was too tired for it to work out very well for me. This is due to the fact that Fire Emblem Warriors is not exactly like its predecessors. They were all tactics games for the most part while Warriors is a hack and slash due t

Its been quite a successful journey for the team at Defiant Development and the Hand Of Fate 2 team.  Since the announcement of the game, the team at the studio have been working extremely hard, crafting an engaging, gripping experience that will appeal to fans both old and new. Hand Of Fate 2 has made appearances at PAX SOUTH,  PAX EAST, and PAX WEST, from 2016 to 2017. The team also successfully kickstarted a board game of the same name, crushing its goals and paving a bran

When it boils down to it, money is everything. Money is what makes the world go round as well as makes the impossible a reality.  This is most especially true in space exploration. We see space as a massive venture for discovering new worlds and opening new chapters that explain the very fabric of human existence. However, as is inevitable in human nature, it is another place of conquest and an opportunity for financial greed. This is the world of Vostok Inc a hybrid twin-sti

“How come everything today has involved things either coming in or going out of my ass?“ – Eric Cartman “Cartman Get’s an Anal Probe” South Park Season 1 I couldn’t help but echo Cartman’s sentiment during my playthrough of “The Fractured but Whole” the newly released follow up to the “The Stick of Truth”. Once again strange things are afoot in the quiet mountain town of South Park Colorado and once again it is up to you as the New Kid with the power of your gaseous bowels to

Courageous. Brave. Tragic. Heartbreaking. These are just some of the words I would use to describe most role-playing games on the market. But, Utawarerumono from Atlus Games, becomes something rather different. Words I would use to describe the game would be engrossing, immersive, and extremely rich in its world, but also, a game that is meant to be delved into and not just played. Part visual novel and part strategy game, Utawaremono: Mask of Deception is an engrossing exper

In Hob, you play as….a…hob? A thing named Hob? One of the first issues with Hob is the story is told through in-game, in-engine cutscenes, all in a nonsensical fairy language. You’re forced to parse out what is happening in Hob’s beautiful game world through context clues and environmental storytelling only. And what I’ve been able to piece together is that your world full of magical golems and gorgeous rolling hillscapes is being corrupted by some dark poisonous power. Witho

I had looked forward to Ever Oasis since I heard the first announcements for it. The Legend of Mana was one of my all-time favorite games and the same creators were doing Ever Oasis and these were also the same ones who had redone many of the Legend of Zelda games for the 3DS. I was far from disappointed and the wait was more than worth it. You start out with a tutorial as a young seedling helping your brother with his oasis that doesn’t feel much like a tutorial at all which

Starting Up in Egypt Thanks to Ubisoft and Stack Up I was able to get my hands on Assassin’s Creed Origins gameplay on the Xbox. As Bayek I rode into an ancient Egyptian realm on a horse towards my next mission. As I was playing I had the ability to ask questions to a Ubisoft and Assassin’s Creed Origins developer about what I was interacting with. The first new item he explained to me was about the new autorun feature. If you press and hold A (on Xbox) the horse you are on w

Every wonder what it would like to be a deer? Probably not, a there are many reasons as to why being a deer would be a very bad experience. Not only are they hunted on a yearly basis, but they are also massacred on roads and are best known for a tragic Disney movie, Bambi, in which Bambi’s mother gets shot. However, if you are fascinated by deer and their seemingly tranquil life in the woods, look no further than The Deer God, a new game by Crescent Moon Games. Don’t let its