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Tomb Raider: Just Another Average Reboot? "This iteration of Lara Croft is young, inexperienced and at many times, out of her depth."

2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider was the harbinger for a slue of video game adaptations that failed to set the world on fire. Doom, Ratchet and Clank, Resident Evil, and Assassin’s Creed are all examples of critically panned video game … Continue reading Tomb Raider: Just Another Average Reboot? “This iteration of Lara Croft is young, inexperienced and at many times, out of her depth.”

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Need for Speed Payback // Review Need For Speed Payback moves in a fairly positive direction, with some unique and interesting ideas. Unfortunately, some of these ideas backfire.

Payback introduces both marked improvements and missteps in its overall narrative. In the shift from the live action first person cutscenes of Need for Speed 2015, Payback improves the flow of its story. The problem is that while it is … Continue reading Need for Speed Payback // Review Need For Speed Payback moves in a fairly positive direction, with some unique and interesting ideas. Unfortunately, some of these ideas backfire.

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Party of Two? Chaotic Action-Comedy “Niddhog 2” for PS4 There is something special here that neither eclipses, nor is eclipsed by, its predecessor, but instead sits alongside it as something unique.

●●●○○ Nidhogg 2 is the follow up to the multiplayer, critical darling of the same series. In many ways it seems to be the full realisation of developer Messhof Games’ original vision. The simple fencing game in which players would … Continue reading Party of Two? Chaotic Action-Comedy “Niddhog 2” for PS4 There is something special here that neither eclipses, nor is eclipsed by, its predecessor, but instead sits alongside it as something unique.