Bottom Line: Nintendo indecisively throws its hat in the ring,
then realizes it has to box its own shadow for supremacy.
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REVIEW: Postknight
Bottom Line: Postknight is the kind of low-intensity cute fest that mobile apps are stuck with, but if that’s the kind of timekiller you’re looking for there’s no reason to avoid it.
Octopath Traveler Demo Thoughts
With Octopath Traveler I think Square Enix has a potential system-seller on their hands. It’s an old-school RPG coming out for the Nintendo Switch next year, but it uses the Unreal 4 engine to make everything fancier looking. It’s the most intriguing game coming out for the Switch in my opinion, because it demonstrates the hybrid console/handheld mentality that I hoped to see more of. The Switch is in a perfect position to deliver a tidal wave of SNES/PS1/DS reminiscent games that work on either the big screen or the little one, combining 3D graphics and pixels for a blast of nostalgia that doesn’t feel dated.
DUAL REVIEW: NieR Automata & Breath of the Wild
3 REVIEWS: Jamestown, Duck Game, Creepy Castle
REVIEW: Resident Evil 7
Bottom Line: Although Capcom begins with a graceful leap from the high diving board, they end up missing the deep end, only to land on a metal floor covered with black slime.
Revisiting Game Genres
UPDATED: Added a fourth genre!
The problem of how to categorize games has plagued the industry since its earliest days. Is there a solution that can reorient our thinking and help us escape the counterproductive conventions of the past? In this article I propose new genres to help better simplify and explore game design.
REVIEW: Hitman (2016)
Bottom Line: IO Interactive brings polished professionalism to dirty work — and then keeps the hits coming.