Life is Strange: Heatwaves is a love letter to the franchise it heralds from, but fails to fully recapture the fanfare of the story it is continuing. Brittney Morris clearly respects and cares for the franchise, but caters to a constricted page count and fans who have history with the franchise.
Even with good gameplay design, the legacy of Silent Hill seems to be too much for Silent Hill: A Short Message. With weaker performances and weaker story, A Short Message comes up a bit short.
With massive shoes to fill, Suicide Squad Kills the Justice League manages to stake it's own claim in the Arkham Universe, despite some issues cropping up here and there. With fun new gameplay mechanics and a cast of loveable, unloved unheroes, The Suicide Squad is here to stay
With a long and illustrious legacy to uphold, the re-release of Persona 3 is just as astounding as its name suggests. Adding new features and loads of content, Persona 3 Reload is just as memorable and outstanding as it always has been.
Elijah, Blake, Aaron, and Ian predict what games will bring home trophies at the 2023 Video Game Awards.
With a stunning new artistic direction and a plethora of inventive power-ups and abilities, Super Mario Wonder is a marvelous addition to Nintendo's 2D Mario lineup. Adding a host of new ideas, Nintendo captures the wonderful wackiness of imagination.
With innovative level design and a healthy amount of new gameplay, Sonic Superstars is a solid addition to the legacy franchise. Borrowing the better elements from past titles, the new Sonic game feels refreshing and familiar all at the same time.
Kennedy and Riley break down the Golden Joysticks awards.
Despite poor performance on launch, Jedi Survivor proves itself as Star Wars quality. With exciting gameplay, expanded universe, and all the customization your heart could want, the Jedi sequel sets itself above the competition.
Barton and Elijah break down the new release of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and what the gameplay and customization features may look like for fans.
Graham and Barton break down the releases of a revamped Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened and Tron: Identity.
Barton and OK break down the Assassin's Creed games, and the announcements of new releases.
Boasting a legedary cast and the surreal genius of Justin Roiland, High on Life delivers a masterful gaming experiences. Despite a short playtime, it can brings smiles without a hefty triple A cost.
Sonic Frontiers breaks the modern mold of Sonic releases, offering not only a new vision of the familiar title, but also an enjoyable gaming experience. With lofty highs, Sonic Frontiers can't however seem to achieve its full potential.
This is a fantastic game, full stop. It might not be doing anything groundbreaking or revolutionary, but it’s still crafted with a level of polish I don’t often see in games.
Game Freak mixed up their Pokémon formula to create a less than satisfactory game with Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
Landen and Riley break down the removal of Activision/Blizzard from this year's Game Awards.
On this special edition of How It's Played, we dive into the nominees of the 2021 Game Awards and make our selections for what will be crowned "Game of the Year."
Blake and Graham break down the disastrous remaster of the original Grand Theft Auto trilogy.
