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Released alongside Nintendo’s biggest commercial failure, the Wii U, ZombiU managed to remain one of the best examples of its console’s unique features until the end of its lifetime. It uses the Wii U’s gamepad to great effect, providing a tense and unnerving survival horror experience that largely succeeds in turning zombies – gaming’s most popular cannon fodder – into fearsome creatures.
We play as a random survivor during the zombie apocalypse. In the game’s brief intro, this survivor comes across a safehouse in London, where a mysterious man, who calls himself “the Prepper”, speaks over the intercom, trying to offer some advice. At first, the Prepper acts like a guide, [...]
Metroid Fusion is a game designed around secrets: as Samus explores a dangerous space station, finding secret passageways and items, she is also uncovering the truth about the place, shedding new light on the hidden agenda of her employer. It’s a tense, suspenseful adventure, packed full of dark corridors, somber music, and a scary double with piercing, empty white eyes that hunts Samus down relentlessly.
Fusion begins with the protagonist, bounty hunter Samus Aran, recounting the general events of the previous games. The Galactic Federation hired her to commit genocide on SR388, killing all surviving metroids on the planet, since they’re dangerous creatures that suck the [...]
Resident Evil: Revelations is a game of two halves: the first one is effective in building a horror atmosphere in a claustrophobic environment, but the second offers mediocre action sequences with endless amounts of similar enemies to be defeated.
The story begins when Jill Valentine and Parker Luciani – agents working for a counter-terrorism group – are tasked to investigate a drifting vessel on the high seas, a luxury ship named “The Queen Zenobia”. Bizarre carcasses carrying a devastating virus have appeared on a nearby beach and their colleagues, Chris and Jessica, have gone missing: their last know location is on the Zenobia. When Jill and Parker arrive on the [...]
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag builds on the foundations of its predecessor to set its story in the Caribbean and put the focus on pirates and naval warfare. Black Flag’s many mistakes are old ones in the franchise, with the game being dragged down by clunky stealth, weak combat, and a repetitive mission structure, but this time the story could have used a little more ambition as well.
The protagonist this time is the pirate Edward Kenway, who one day gets stranded on an island with the rogue Assassin, Duncan Walpole. When Edward learns Walpole is carrying money, a quick chase and a furious brawl follow, which end up with Walpole’s death. Edward, then, decides it’s a good [...]
Affordable Space Adventures is a puzzle-adventure game that manages to make better use of the Wii U gamepad than any of Nintendo’s own titles on the system. Telling a story that confronts the exploitative practices of large corporations while offering innovative mechanics that create unique puzzles, the game only falters when it comes to its difficulty curve, which falls sharply during the climax.
The game aptly opens with a commercial: Uexplore invites people to participate in its exploration program to the planet Spectaculon, showing lush green landscapes, magnificent waterfalls under a striking rainbow, and dolphins jumping out of the water at sunset. The video promises [...]
Paper Mario: Color Splash is deeply influenced by the reception of the previous title, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, which was released for the 3DS. Since Sticker Star was heavily criticized for its barebones story and strange combat system, Color Splash tries to present a more developed narrative and some additions to its core design to shake things up.
Color Splash‘s story begins with Mario traveling to Prism Island, where he discovers that the place and all its inhabitants had their color drained by Bowser’s minions. The goal, then, is simple: with the help of a can of paint called Huey, Mario needs to rescue six special stars to return life to the [...]