Josh Tolentino Wants to Live By Writing (It's a Journey)

RPG Site • 28th October 2024

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Review | RPG Site

"Dragon Age is back." I never expected that I'd have to wait so long before being able to say that sentence again, but I can now, thanks to Dragon Age: The Veilguard, BioWare's continuation of the series. It comes out nearly a decade after Dragon Age: Inquisition, and while the game's long, protracted, and by all accounts very rough development period shows all over The Veilguard, the end I came away with the feeling that almost in spite of itself, The Veilguard is a worthy follow-up to its pred...

RPG Site • 22nd February 2024

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Review | RPG Site

"This is a homecoming."This phrase is thrown around a lot in the back half of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Though the line itself has a specific context, the reference to "homecoming" leaves me thinking about how much the concept of "home" runs through the second installment of Square Enix’s multi-year attempt to revisit Final Fantasy VII, arguably one of its most beloved and influential games.Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s focus on home and homecoming makes for an interesting contrast to the previou...

Siliconera • 20th February 2023

Picking the Best Nikke Characters for Your Squad

Not all Nikke characters are built equally. Team composition is a particularly important factor in Nikke‘s shooting-based combat system, so you may want to take advantage of your first free rolls to target a character that’ll make your early-game life easier. To that end, we’ve come up with a quick guide on who best to shoot for when building out your Nikke roster.

Siliconera • 8th February 2023

Forspoken is Trapped Between Story and Open-World

Playing Forspoken feels like playing two games. More accurately, it feels like playing a game and watching a movie at the same time. The game is about running freely around a vast fantasy playground full of monsters, challenges, and wild landscapes. Meanwhile, the movie is about a young woman struggling to survive in an unfamiliar land full of strangers. Though both parts of the experience are contained within Forspoken, they don’t really meet all that often. That’s ironic, considering Forspoken‘s central dynamic is that of an odd-couple bond between Frey, its heroine, and her talking vambrace, Cuff.

GameCritics • 15th February 2022

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Review

When is mecha fiction not mecha fiction?

One might say “when the mecha in question aren’t robots,” but that would be too simplistic. After all, mecha are just framing devices for all kinds of science fiction and fantasy stories. The mecha themselves are just a part of what makes mecha fiction unique.

Destructoid • 15th February 2022

Outer Wilds Review

A freshly minted astronaut from the tiny world of Timber Hearth, I took a bit too long admiring my spiffy new spaceship on the platform, before accidentally stepping off the edge and falling to my demise.

Esquire Philippines • 15th February 2022

The Girls from Brazil

"You might not think of Manila as a place to be rattled off alongside the likes of Paris, New York, and Tokyo as a prime destination for the professionally beautiful..."

Siliconera • 4th July 2020

Learn More About the History Behind Ghost of Tsushima

Sucker Punch‘s Ghost of Tsushima will debut on July 17, 2020, but it’s heir to a long and illustrious tradition of samurai-themed video games.

Siliconera • 26th April 2020

Learn More About Sakura Wars With These Games and Anime Series

Sakura Wars is back, and though Graham has the scoop if you’d like to learn about the upcoming PS4 exclusive, there’s plenty more Sakura Wars where that came from. That’s where I come in, with Siliconera’s quick primer on the franchise as a whole.

Esquire Philippines • 1st February 2012

What Were You Thinking? Six Weeks in Kabul

"At least it beats looking for a job."