Tagged PlayStation 4
Jul 29 2020
Persona 5 Royal Puts a Cherry on Top of a Favorite Past Release
The original Persona 5, released back in 2016 on the PlayStation 3 and 4, welcomed gamers to the mundane and everyday activities of your typical Japanese high schooler: hanging out with friends, studying for exams, and of course changing the hearts of corrupt and selfish adults. Since then, the Persona…
Mar 11 2020
The Final Fantasy VII Remake Demo Gives Players Their First Taste of a Long-Awaited Game
It’s taken us a delayed release date, seemingly inevitable leaks, a branded tie-in candy bar that is a pretty grotesque contrast to the themes of the original game, and five years since the official announcement of the Final Fantasy VII remake to get to this point, but here we are. Square Enix has…
Jun 21 2019
My Time at Portia Offers an Indie Option for Fans of Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing
My Time at Portia finds itself in a very opportune position: releasing far enough after Stardew Valley but still a year before Animal Crossing gives the game an opportunity to fill the void in which many simulation fans are currently stuck. But with so many options on the table, as well as the genre’s…
May 04 2019
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Is FromSoftware’s Most Challenging, and Linear, Game to Date
As far back as 2009, FromSoftware has been doing one thing very well: making games that push you to the very limits of your abilities as a gamer. From Demon’s Souls through the Dark Souls trilogy and Bloodborne, the developer created a brand-new genre and fine-tuned it to perfection, much to the…
Jan 06 2019
5 of the Best Gaming Moments of 2018
Video games aren’t perfect. Bugs can break an immersive experience, 13-year-olds can wreck a 20-player kill streak, and one small line of code can disrupt an entire sequence that a developer worked for years to get just right.
Video games aren’t perfect, but moments can be. When done…
Dec 05 2018
Red Dead Redemption 2 Shows What Video-Game Storytelling Can Do
Regret is powerful. And while it affects everyone differently, it’s how we deal with our regrets that defines who we are today and who we will be tomorrow.
In a medium known for virtual killing and dying without consequence, regret is a theme almost never explored in video games. It happens to also…
May 02 2018
Stardew Valley’s “Just One More Day” Mentality Keeps You Playing for Hours
From FarmVille to Rune Factory to Harvest Moon, the farming-simulation genre is one that many gamers have been familiar with at one time or another. But Stardew Valley manages to take this formula and run with it, making for one of the most charming and addicting gaming experiences I’ve had recently.…
Apr 23 2018
Vermintide 2 is the Co-Op Game We’ve Been Waiting For
A charnel bell tolls in the distance. It signals the death of a world and the coming of the vermintide. Four heroes face the endless hordes of ratmen. Just another day as the world rips itself apart around you. A sequel to 2015’s surprise hit Warhammer: End Times—Vermintide, Vermintide 2 is set in Games…
Apr 18 2018
Far Cry 5 Is a Tasty Dish Best Enjoyed with Friends
If you are familiar with the Far Cry formula, then there are a few things you know you can expect with the release of a new entry in the series: an exotic location, a large sandbox to explore, and a lot of things to shoot. Far Cry 5 maintains that same formula, but instead of an exotic location like the Himalayas…
Nov 24 2017
Help or Hinder a Murder Case with Your Friends in Hidden Agenda
Game developers have been experimenting with interactive drama on PlayStation for some time now, from the early days of Indigo Prophecy on PlayStation 2 to the very successful Heavy Rain and the polarizing Beyond: Two Souls of recent years. Hidden Agenda takes this one step further by adding in a group…