Our Genshin Impact review goes in depth on what sets this free-to-play online RPG apart from Breath of the Wild and why it stands on its own.
Genshin Impact Review: Is This The Best Free RPG?
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Breath of the Wild
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Might Just Get Me Into Musou Games Again
All right, I'll admit it. I don't really like Musou games that much. Outside of the Dragon Quest Heroes games, I've never played one. Mosou, or Warriors-like if you prefer that term, have never really appealed to me all that much. I mostly liked Dragon Quest Heroes...
We can dance if we want to: On music and rhythm in games
I've always considered myself fortunate to have been in college during the Guitar Hero / Rockband craze. I loved playing Guitar Hero II competitively against friends and Rockband cooperatively with them. It seemed like every party had a Guitar Hero room where drunk...
Is it a party or a battle? Genre conventions, Smash Bros. and you
Earlier this week I saw a few twitter threads about how Smash Bros. isn't a fighting game, but rather a party game. Other people disagreed and many online discussions were had but very few minds were changed. Now I'm not out here to be some keyboard warrior for my...
On constructing a good video game town
Video game worlds can usually be divided up into three fairly clean categories: overworlds, dungeons and towns. Dungeons get a lot of love, it’s true. But nothing quite makes me fall in love with a game or setting like a really well made town, city or village. I love...