Category: Reviews
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The Sweet Satisfaction of Unicorn Overlord
Vanillaware is a developer that constantly puts out amazing games but somehow always manages to fly under the radar everywhere outside of Japan. While most of their games get rave reviews they never seem to break into the mainstream. Save for Dragon’s Crown which only got its time in the lime light because one character…
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No, seriously. Stop making Silent Hill Games.
So if you tuned into last week’s podcast, first of all thanks for doing that and second of all you probably heard me rant for awhile about how Silent Hill hasn’t been good in ages and Konami just needs to stop making them at this point because it’s clear they really have no idea how…
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You missed the most Horrifying Game of 2023
2023 gave us a ton of amazing horror games to play! Games like Dead Space, Resident Evil 4, Killer Frequency, and Alan Wake 2. However, I’d argue that 2023’s most horrifying game went overlooked by many when it first released in October, myself included! Which is a massive shame since in terms of pure horror,…
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SIGNALIS: Surpassing your Inspirations
It’s kind of crazy to think about how many once great and massive franchises are now dead in the water, seemingly forgotten by those that hold the rights to them. Series like Mega Man, F-Zero, Kid Icarus, Star Fox, Punch-Out, Dino Crisis, Darkstalkers, Killer Instinct, Banjo-Kazooie, and like everything made by Konami. Lots and lots…
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Alan Wake: A Light in the Dark
When looking back on the history of horror games, I feel like one generation is often over looked and not because it was an underrated era or anything, but because it was easily the darkest time for the genre. And not even in a spooky scary way either! I’m talking about the 360/PS3 generation which…
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Killer Frequency: A new tune for Horror Games
I always like to talk about smaller horror games that go under the radar, like Mundaun and Fatal Frame, because they can sometimes offer some unique experiences or their own brand of horror. And as you probably guessed from the title of this post, Killer Frequency does both! Released earlier this year in June, I…
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Fire Emblem Engage – One step forward, one step back
If you’ve been listening to the Games for Thought podcast for awhile then you may already know that I haven’t been too interested in Fire Emblem Engage since it was first announced in a Nintendo Direct back in September of last year. While I’m not the biggest Fire Emblem fan, having only gotten into the…
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Mundaun: A true Hidden Gem
Now, I did not plan this. When I reviewed Layers of Fear and talked about how terrible of a game it was, I did not plan to review another indie horror game right after it. This is just a happy accident. A very happy accident because Mundaun is an amazing game and the perfect thing…
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Review: Layers of Fear is this year’s greatest sleep aid
2023 has been an amazing year for games! We got great remakes like Dead Space and Resident Evil 4, awesome sequels with Tears of the Kingdom and Street Fighter 6, and even games being localized for the first time like Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse and Like a Dragon: Ishin! And while we’ve…
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Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse – The game we were robbed of…
If you’ve been following my blog for awhile you’ve probably noticed that I really enjoy survival horror games. And you’ve also probably noticed that I really enjoy Fatal Frame in particular when it comes to that genre! So you can imagine just how excited I was when it was announced that after nearly 15 years…
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