Cameron has been holding a controller for about as long as he can remember, developing a special love for The Elder Scrolls and Halo at a young age. When he isn't playing virtual games, he can most ...
Though games like Dark Souls and Cuphead have been criticized for being difficult for the sake of being difficult, there’s true merit in a game that feels impossible to beat when you first pick it up.
The art of building a quality roguelite is in the sleight of hand. In order to finish the game, the player needs to improve their skill. But that is a tedious and laborious process. A good roguelite, ...
First released on the PlayStation 5 back in 2021, Housemarque’s AAA roguelike, Returnal, blew my expectations out of the water with its blend of hard-hitting action, strategic depth, and an atmosphere ...
Housemarque’s new game follows what first appears to be a relatively simple premise on the surface level. You play as Selene, a practical, steely astronaut who crash lands on the planet Atropos with ...
Returnal’s core conceit is about breaking the cycle. Selene crashes her ship on the mysterious—and dangerous—planet of Atropos, and every time she dies, she is returned to the crash site. The world ...
For a video game set on a shape-shifting alien world overrun with bioluminescent monsters and littered with copies of your own corpse, there’s something weirdly familiar about the life-devouring new ...
Returnal has started receiving its first reviews nearly a day before the review embargo is set to official end and they are just as expected. Earlier today, publication Fextralife was spotted (via ...
Returnal PC review. Representing an astounding evolution of developer Housemarque’s signature arcade action into the third-person action adventure genre and with some natty takes on the roguelike ...