Category: Reviews
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The Mess of Frank Stone
I’ve talked in the past on both the podcast and in blog posts that I really enjoy the game Dead by Daylight! It’s one of, if not the only, live service game that I continue to come back to, even if I take long breaks between playing here and there. It’s a fun game that…
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The Simply Charming Fun of Crow Country
I’ve said this in the past but sometimes games do not need to be innovative to be good. You don’t need to reinvent the wheel every time you make a car. Sometimes just sticking to what works and doing a really good job at that is more than enough to catch someone’s eye and that’s…
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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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