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Watch the Review in 3 Minutes for Sea of Stars, a gorgeous and heartfelt RPG from Sabotage Studios that’s heavily inspired by the classics of the 16 and 32-bit eras like Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG.

This review contains some spoilers for episode 3 of Ahsoka, “Time to Fly” Episode 3 of Ahsoka, titled “Time to Fly,” leans heavily on that classic Star Wars model of referencing its own past. When done well, it builds upon our decades of fandom and succeeds in George Lucas’ goal of having the series rhyme, like poetry. When done poorly, it makes us question why a given show or movie even exists in the first place. I’m looking at you, Book of Boba Fett and Obi-Wan. I’m happy to say that so far, Ahsoka’s flavor of self-reference falls more in […]

Spoilers for the opening 10 hours of Sea of Stars. Sea of Stars is one of the best games in a year filled with so many of the best games. And while its gorgeous world, energetic battle system, and 16-bit inspirations are all wonderful, it’s the individual moments along the adventure that really stick with me. And few have landed quite as powerfully as the reveal of where the Great Archives are, and how its Archivist is linked to the adventure at the heart of the story. Upon starting the game, the very first shot we see is a slow […]

This review contains spoilers for the Ahsoka episode 6, “Far Far Away.” The Ahsoka ride has definitely been a strange one so far. The amount of homework that feels required is indicative of a larger Disney problem with nostalgia as a whole. But as someone who has spent hundreds of hours watching The Clone Wars and Rebels, I’ve been enjoying what ostensibly feels like a new season of the animated series, and “Part 6: Far Far Away” doesn’t change that. In fact, it delivered a handful of moments that were among my favorite of the series so far, alongside one […]

This week on the Slightly Something Else podcast, Yahtzee and Marty discuss whether or not video game violence has jumped the shark, and if any games have anything interesting to say about it.

No Sun To Worship is a bite-sized, minimalist stealth game from solo developer Antonio Freyre. Through six stages dripping with atmosphere, you’ll hide in shadows, crawl through vents, and sneak up on guards, hopefully without being spotted. It’s a wonderful, stripped-down take on Metal Gear Solid’s excellent VR Missions, and while you can finish the game in a single sitting, I’ve been still thinking about it almost daily since I rolled credits. The story here is more about mood and vibes than a cohesive plot. The description on Steam reads, “We painted the sky ashen gray. Burned the heavens to […]

Spoilers for the Resident Evil 4 Remake Separate Ways DLC ahead. When it comes to new game releases, it feels like 2023 hasn’t given us a chance to breathe. Since we hit the ground running with the surprise reveal and release of the excellent Hi-Fi Rush back in January, there’s been no slowing down in terms of games across the AAA, indie, and remake spaces, with Resident Evil 4 Remake hitting two of those categories back in March. And while I adored what Capcom did to one its most-beloved games ever, I had to quickly move on to covering the […]

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Gold Saucer is going to financially ruin me, and I can’t wait for it to happen. The recent deluge of Rebirth footage showered us in details on the upcoming game, including our first glimpse of other characters and locations like Vincent, Cait Sith, Cosmo Canyon, Costa del Sol, and so much more. But it was our first look at the Gold Saucer that stood out to me most, and really solidified why Rebirth is my most anticipated game of 2024. My personal relationship with FFVII I has been a strange one. Like a lot of folks, […]

The following piece contains spoilers for the first hour of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, as well as the opening to other first-party PlayStations games like The Last of Us, God of War, and Ghost of Tsushima. The opening hour of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is a fantastic and mesmerizing jugging act of spectacle, character, tutorial, and technical wizardry in a way that’s somehow become expected from so many of Sony’s first-party PlayStation games. And though I haven’t rolled credits on the story yet, the first mission is an overwhelmingly impressive reintroduction to this version of New York City and its Spider-Men. From […]

We went hands on, literally, with the upcoming SNES Classic. Atualizado 20 de Julho de 2017 às 15:03 Publicado 7 de Dezembro de 2023 às 15:17