Tag: Namco Bandai

Preview: House of Ashes

House of Ashes is Supermassive Games’ newest title in the Dark Pictures Anthology, a series of interactive horror movies. Where previous titles featured ghost ships and haunted towns, House of Ashes heads in a more visceral and action-packed direction, with the player taking control of a special forces team at the tail end of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.


Twin Mirror Review

My Mind Is A Safe

HIGH Fantastic writing and production…

LOW …hampered by distracting lip-sync issues.

WTF How was I in the minority when it came to making that choice?? 


Code Vein Review

Soulsborne: Anime Edition

HIGH Yakumo. Or maybe Eva? Nah, it’s gotta be Yakumo.

LOW The combat’s just average, and there’s a ton of it.

WTF Who thought walking through dozens of memories at a snail’s pace was a good idea?


Dragon Ball FighterZ review

Chillin’ With Krillin

HIGH Blowing enemies away with super attacks, then seeing the result from outer space.

LOW That’s one insufferably drawn-out story mode.

WTF Android 21 has one hell of an eating disorder.


Namco Museum Review (Switch)

Pictures Without An Exhibition

 

HIGH Solid emulation quality and a wealth of configuration options.

LOW No supplemental museum-style content, HD rumble is uneven, challenge modes aren’t interesting.

WTF Why let players rotate the display without rotating or reorienting the controls to match?


Tekken 7 Review

Lucky Chloe Seven?

HIGH Scraping out a win during a nail-biting slow-motion finish.

LOW The online still needs serious work on PC — connection issues are way too common.

WTF The reason for Akuma’s inclusion in the main storyline is weak.