Gamers' Temple

A short but mostly enjoyable experience in the realm of cozy renovation.

Directive 8020 is definitely up there with some of the better Supermassive Games releases. It has its faults, but it introduces some great new additions, such as the text dialogue and the stealth gameplay segments. The Turning Point flowchart is excellent for replays also! The game is very tense at times and the overall story dealing with a shape-shifting organism is very fun to follow. Fans of The Thing and fans of other Dark Pictures games need to give this game a try.

Darwin’s Paradox is a solid platformer that gambles on the movement of a new mascot, risk that pays out as the Octopus is an easily lovable one. Worth having an eye for a sequel as potentially all ingredients for a very good IP legacy are there.

Even with the Demonschool’s flaws, this game has a very solid combat system and is overall quite fun. I could keep going through the same battles with possessed students and other supernatural enemies over and over and not get bored with it. The combat is flashy and rewarding once you get the hang of it and that counts a lot for a tactical RPG. I’ve only ever played Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne and Digital Devil Saga, so I don’t know what Persona is like, but if you enjoy the SMT games, be sure to check out Demonschool, since it has the same feel to it.

Even with its barebones modes, this game is really good. It would be so ultimate with a better story mode a few more single player modes. If you’re a fan of Invincible, you owe it to yourself to check out Invincible VS. Fans of fighting games, especially Killer Instinct (2013) and Marvel VS Capcom need to give this game a try. It borrows a lot from other fighters as well, so really just about any type of fighting game fan will find enjoyment in it.

Whether you buy John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando to play online or offline, you can’t go wrong. If you liked the single player in World War Z (like I did), I think you’ll really like this game’s single player mode as well. The game has the same overall feel of World War Z for the most part. It gives you satisfaction through constant leveling up whether you are victorious or suffering defeat in each stage. Besides the faulty AI teammates, the main thing I found lacking is that the game has no other modes besides the campaign. With some extra DLC, this game could be just as good as World War Z. I’m really hoping that Toxic Commando gains a cult following like World War Z to where Saber will keep supporting it for a few more years. For a value price game, it has a lot to offer!

Ground Zero is a game that I really want to enjoy, but it is too mechanically demanding for my tastes.

F1 25 is a polished, confident, and highly enjoyable Formula 1 game. It doesn’t reinvent the franchise, but it refines it where it counts—especially in driving feel and presentation—while expanding its appeal through story modes and F1 World.

Monster Hunter Stories 3 allow the series to grow up and it’s truly a refreshing experience. It’s still very much on par with the past two games – it doesn’t do all that much outside of them, but you can definitely tell that the series is now on more powerful systems. I feel that this game will please both longtime fans of the Stories series and newcomers. If you didn’t like the past games, you may want to give this one a try and it might change your opinion on the franchise. It doesn’t change the gameplay that much at all, but visually, it all looks so much better this time around.

Even though the gameplay concept is pretty basic, the challenge is not. If you’re expecting something akin to those simple mobile games featured in the ads that you see while playing other mobile games, you may find it frustrating that you can’t breeze your way through this game. If you like a little challenge, though, you’ll appreciate that there is actually a spot the differences game that will actually test your powers of observation a bit.