Review: 🎮 Dead Space (Remake), thanks to Motive, gives EA a second chance not to screw up a defining entry in the survival horror genre 🎮

Isaac Clarke is an everyman engineer on a mission to repair a vast Planet Cracker-class ship, the USG Ishimura, only to discover something has gone horribly wrong. The ship’s crew has been slaughtered and Isaac’s beloved partner, Nicole, is lost somewhere on board.

Now alone and armed with only his engineering tools and skills, Isaac races to uncover the nightmarish mystery of what happened aboard the Ishimura in hopes of finding Nicole. Trapped with hostile creatures called Necromorphs, Isaac faces a battle for survival, not only against the escalating terrors of the ship but his own crumbling sanity. Continue reading Review: 🎮 Dead Space (Remake), thanks to Motive, gives EA a second chance not to screw up a defining entry in the survival horror genre 🎮

Review: 🎮 Phantom Liberty puts spy thrillers on notice 🎮

V receives a call from the mysterious Songbird who promises she can save V’s life. Running out of time and options, V can’t refuse, travelling to the city within Night City of Dogtown. If Night City stands ready to chew you up and spit you out, Dogtown stands ready to show it how true torture is done.
V knows they’re grasping at straws, but they can’t even begin to fathom the lair of secrets and lies they’re about to enter: from saving the President to rogue AIs beyond the Blackwall.
Being a merc in Night City is one thing, but espionage and shadows might be too much for V to handle, and all for a cure that might not even exist… Continue reading Review: 🎮 Phantom Liberty puts spy thrillers on notice 🎮

Review: 🎮 Alan Wake 2 is undeniable art under threat from its own narrative’s ambitions 🎮

13 years after bestselling writer Alan Wake went missing, a string of ritualistic murders occurs in the town of Bright Falls, Washington. Saga Anderson, an FBI agent, is sent in to investigate the killings, where she finds herself tangled in a supernatural horror story rewriting reality. Continue reading Review: 🎮 Alan Wake 2 is undeniable art under threat from its own narrative’s ambitions 🎮

Review: 🎮 Control is a masterclass in both storytelling and third-person action 🎮

Jesse Faden experienced a horrific, unworldly event as a child, an event that led to the disappearance of all the adults in her town of Ordinary. Separated from her brother by a shadowy government agency, Jesse, now an adult, is guided by a mysterious force to the Oldest House, the current residence of the Federal Bureau of Control. Intent on finding out what happened to her brother, Jesse will have to contend with a house in disarray as a malevolent force known as The Hiss corrupts and spreads, aiming for a world that has no idea such a threat even exists. Continue reading Review: 🎮 Control is a masterclass in both storytelling and third-person action 🎮

Review: 🎮 Alan Wake’s light can’t quite pierce the darkness of its age, but its shining narrative exudes a bright future 🎮

Troubled author Alan Wake embarks on a desperate search for his missing wife, Alice. Following her mysterious disappearance from the Pacific Northwest town of Bright Falls, he discovers pages of a horror story he has supposedly written, but he has no memory of. Wake is soon forced to question his sanity, as page by page, the story comes true before his eyes: a hostile presence of supernatural darkness is taking over everyone it finds, turning them against him.

He has no choice but to confront the forces of darkness armed only with his flashlight, a handgun and what remains of his shredded mind. His nightmarish journey to find answers to the mind-bending mystery he faces will lead him into the terrifying depths of the night. Continue reading Review: 🎮 Alan Wake’s light can’t quite pierce the darkness of its age, but its shining narrative exudes a bright future 🎮