Category: Previews
Isaac dated survival horror. Then he started coming home late, his space miner’s suit smelling like a different genre, and still survival horror stayed quietly by his side. He’d been fooling around with action horror. It never got bad enough… Read More »
It’s been two years since we’ve last seen Sam Fisher dealing out some stealth justice on terrorists, drug runners, militants, and a corrupt Third Echelon. With his former organization of espionage obliterated, I worried just a little that we’d seen… Read More »
Heavy Rain taught us that the mundane can become the humanizing. Remember putting away the Mars family groceries, buying a balloon, checking into a motel? Probably not, but the emotive effect sticks like a bad habit. These are people, we’re… Read More »
“Mature” and “Nintendo.” Two words that haven’t meshed in a long time. There have been mature games on Nintendo platforms, MadWorld, Dementium: The Ward, and No More Heroes come to mind, but the middling quality and distance between releases make… Read More »
Usually in video games, the enemies I dispatch are deserving of their virtual punishment. Merciless soldiers, vicious mercenaries, hostile aliens, violent ninjas, destructive demons, and more; all of them attack me without hesitation or care. If I’m the aggressor, they… Read More »
Back when Capcom revealed that DmC would be Dante’s origin story, and that the muscular, white-haired demon was to be portrayed by a skinny, black-haired dude who looked like he came from 1970s punk rock, fans became a little upset…. Read More »
If there’s a bright center to the God of War IP, Ascension‘s multiplayer is the mode that it’s furthest from. That’s not to say that the melee-focused brawler isn’t a joy to play. In fact, movement and combat controls are so… Read More »
Capcom had a surprise up its sleeve for attendees of the publisher’s behind-closed-doors Resident Evil 6 presentation at E3 this year, leaving the GamerNode editors plenty impressed and ready to see more of the game. While gamers were already well… Read More »
After eight years of vague comments, fruitless rumor, and strained patience, Nintendo is finally taking fans back to the land of Pikmin with Pikmin 3. Wii U will have a strong first-party title right out of the gate, but does… Read More »
Back in April, PAX East offered me an introductory course to the basic improvements, enhancements, and general feel of Borderlands 2. Through it I got a taste for the new guns, wildlife, and expanded leveling system that are being offered… Read More »
