Blockier graphics, no native multiplayer mode, and a bunch of extra bullshit thrown in to compensate. Yep, this is definitely a PSP version of Tekken 5. To be fair, the new characters and game modes are fun, but unless you're a lonely fuck who only plays fighting games by yourself, you're better ...

This game is an utter enigma to me. The foundation behind it's gameplay formula is solid despite being a hodgepodge of ideas that really shouldn't work, so this could've been one of the all-time greatest NES games. That is, if only it wasn't such an absolute, unrelenting ASSHOLE from start to fin...

This is one of those games I feel like everyone needs to play at least once, not only for the historical value with just how important this game was... but also to see exactly how bloody far adventure games have come since this archaic relic. It's a stubborn old goat, but still one worth taking a...

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This right here? This is some good ass Tekken. It may be just a more refined version of the classic Tekken gameplay, but while I'm not at liberty to wax lyrical about all the different minor balance changes and the like compared to Tekken 4, this game definitely FEELS like some good ass Tekken. W...

Yep. This is definitely a One Piece Musou game. Haven't played 1 or 2, but as with most Musou games, let alone by the creators of the sub-genre, this is exactly what I'd expect. And with how often the...

If there was one game that made me want a Switch 2 more than anything else, it was this game. Having finally played it a year later, I can say with full certainty that my intuition was VERY astute, be...

Tropical Freeze is just Country Returns, but “more”. And since I already really like Returns as much as I did, that’s a very good selling point. Almost as good as the Funkier game mode advertised on t...

At the risk of having something resembling a “hot take”, I think Donkey Kong Country Returns is more fun than ALL the original DKC games in a lot of ways. Though there’s a lot of room to improve, and ...

So I'm finally here. Playing this game. I even completed it, because I might be insane. So put your hands together, if you wanna clap, As I take you through this game's bullcrap! (HUH!) D! K! Donkey! ...

I'm shocked. Genuinely, shocked. After Arkham Origins Blackgate left such a bad taste in my mouth, how is it that LORDS OF SHADOW got a 3DS Metroidvania spin-off/sequel that's not only GOOD, but someh...

For as long as I've really known this series, Tekken 4 always seemed like it was the black sheep of the series, and I had many questions as to why. Having played it, I can clearly see that's because o...

Mhm. Yep. This is indeed another Donkey Kong Country game. And much like the others whose issues still prevail here (though not to that great an extent), I'm not 100% sure if this trilogy of classics ...

This game was intended as a "return to form" for Mega Man after his (first of many) long absence(s), and for better and worse that is exactly what it says on the tin. After a whole decade of radio sil...

In much the same vein as the first few Dragon Quest games, the original Final Fantasy definitely feels like a first draft. More accurately, it sets the table so that every game that came after it can ...

Castlevania Lords of Shadow is a dark and gritty western reboot of a beloved Japanese gothic horror series made in the early 2010's for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 that "takes inspiration" from God...

This game feels like a damn fever dream. Which while being to this games credit alongside being a surprisingly great-controlling platformer, the strive to be wacky above all else leads to some pretty ...

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Very unfortunate subtitle in today's age aside, this game is a prime example of "second verse, slightly better than the first". I definitely liked it more than the first game, but being so similar mea...

This is basically just Tekken 3, but with more characters, a 2v2 gimmick, a shiny coat of paint and a MUCH weaker soundtrack. And also a bowling minigame. For some reason. Nothing says "Tekken is a se...

If Pizza Tower was Wario Land 4 mixed with Sonic, this game is Wario Land 4 mixed with Crash Bandicoot. That is to say, this is equally a VERY solid 2D platformer, even if it's not without it's frustr...

I'd been wanting to play this one outta morbid curiosity for months. At first glance it looked like a wacky, jank 90's mascot platformer that you'd played as a kid, but all the buzz about it made me t...

As the original grand finale to the Arkham series, I can say with certainty that Arkham Knight ends on a high note. It's just not AS high of a note as it probably could've been, but I think that every...

It feels very weird to finally be playing a new Mario Kart game after playing the same one for over a decade, but despite a couple of very strange design decisions, I feel Mario Kart World does just e...

I'm not 100% sure if it's funny or impressive that one of the quintessential Star Wars games of all time is a cheesy Lego adaption from 20 years ago, but I think it's a testament to it's staying power...

You know those games that are "revolutionary for the time, but painful to go back to in the modern age"? This game is the absolute EPITOME of that shit. Pokémon Gen 1 may have birthed the single most ...

This is one of the all-time classics of the 7th Generation, easily one of the best games on the Wii, and anyone who claims otherwise would soon be caught with their pants on fire. I'd also be lying if...

The early 90's were rife with mascot platformers trying their best to rip-off Sonic, to varying degrees of little success. At best, this game feels like a PARODY of those games. At worst? It's an unco...

Tekken 3 is easily the best of the original PS1 trilogy. On top of looking and sounding way better than the last 2 games, the gameplay has been refined to a crystaline state and basically all the rust...

I'll say right off the bat that the controls just felt faster and more responsive in Tekken 2 than the first game, so it's a marked improvement on that basis alone. I don't know if it's the game, some...

We all gotta start somewhere, and for such a storied fighting game franchise like Tekken, that start was one of the clunkiest things this side of Jack and his anchor arms. Makes sense, since 3D fighti...

I've heard a lot of good things about this game over the years. I can tell it's objectively a good game, and I can definitely see so many people hold it close to their heart, but... I don't know. It j...

This game revolutionised 3D gaming back in the late-90's, and it was a pioneer for both the genre and medium. A fact that's VERY obvious looking back on it with the three entire decades of advancement...

I like to think of Mega Man & Bass as something like a very spiteful Hydra. For everything in this game that I actually kinda like, there's at least two other big, glaring issues that sour the ent...

This was a charming little safari tour, even if it doesn't take more than an hour or two to see everything. Funny how this is technically an "on rail shooter", simply because it's a CAMERA shoot inste...

This is peak classic Donkey Kong, and I really don't think there's much room for argument. Not only does it come with a remake of the OG DK as the prologue, but it's just a much bigger, much more fulf...

It's an early 80's Arcade platformer, one of the first of it's kind. And boy is it obvious. You die from an ankle-breaking 1 meter drop, and the only power-up is a power-down because JUMPman can't JUM...

This is one of those games I decided to check out due to morbid curiosity if nothing else. I'd be lying if I said I didn't know exactly what I was getting into, and I was initially going to write it o...

Having now played the entire NESTS Saga of King of Fighters, it's pretty telling that easily the best of the lot is the one that plays nothing like any of the other games in the Saga. And also just so...

I've never really had much interest in these kind of long-haul Co-op adventure games before. Chalk that up to not really having other people to co-operate with, but once a friend on Discord convinced ...

Man, this era of Flash games holds a special place in my heart. Even if most of them were cheap and/or kinda shit, they were way more interesting than whatever they were actually trying to teach us in...

...Hm. For what is supposed to be the start of "a new saga" in the series, KoF '99 plays as well as any other King of Fighters game, but outside of like one additional mechanic it doesn't really feel ...