Pokemon Legends: Z-A Is Reinventing Pokemon Battles And I Couldn’t Be More Thrilled
I love Pokemon's turn-based battle mechanics. For nearly 30 years, Game Freak has tuned its rock-paper-scissors style combat to near perfection. Different generations have added new mechanics and gimmicks to…
Code Vein 2 Seeks To Expand The Souls-like Genre Without Reinventing It
After the 2019 release of Code Vein, Bandai Namco staked its claim in a genre it helped popularize as the publisher of games like Dark Souls. Code Vein married that…
Liminal Horror Games Like Dreamcore Are Reinventing The Walking Sim
People who are into games today generally know the term "walking sim." It seems to have cropped up around the time of Dear Esther in 2012, a first-person adventure game…
Mortal Kombat 1 Is Preserving Its History As Much As It’s Reinventing It
Mortal Kombat has morphed and changed many times in its 30 years of existence. But through its various iterations--from 2D to 3D, with beat-em-up spin-offs and even a reboot in…