Like Super Mario Maker and LittleBigPlanet, Media Molecule’s Dreams is a game creation tool that allows players to create their own interactive worlds, and share them with other players. But instead of the side-scrolling platforming featured in those two games, Dreams gives players a much larger canvas to play with, encompassing “games, music, art and everything in-between, and beyond.”

Dreams has been available to download as an Early Access title through the PlayStation Store since last April, and in that time, the game’s community’s has filled the “Dreamiverse” with a huge selection of custom creations. And last week the developer launched the full version of Dreams for the PS4 through the PlayStation Store and as a retail disc release.

Critics have been extremely positive about the possibilities offered by Dreams and they had a lot of good things to say about it… Continue reading →

The Darksiders franchise first launched in 2010, and over the last ten years it’s told an apocalyptic tale about the end of days across three interconnected games. Now, publisher THQ Nordic and developer Airship Syndicate have expanded the game’s world with a prequel, Darksiders Genesis, for the PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.

Unlike the third-person camera found in the numbered entries in the series, Darksiders Genesis is an Action RPG with a top-down viewpoint that should conjure up comparisons to Diablo. But Genesis isn’t an exact copy of Blizzard’s franchise (which, coincidentally enough, also revolves around an apocalyptic battle between humans, angels, and demons), and players will instead find a game more focused on big brawls with various demons and some light environmental puzzle elements.

Will this spinoff receive the same warm welcome that Darksiders and Darksiders II got? Or does it track more closely with the muted response that critics gave Darksiders III? Would you believe that it’s both… Continue reading →

Journey to the Savage Planet is the debut game from Typhoon Studios, and it’s best described as a space adventure with a colorful art style and a whimsical sense of humor. You might see a passing resemblance to Hello Games’s No Man’s Sky and Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds in the game, though some critics point to Nintendo’s Metroid Prime as another inspiration.

Players will explore a mysterious (and, presumably, savage) planet as a newest employee of Earth’s “4th Best interstellar exploration company.” Cataloging animal life, exploring alien ruins, and battling slimy boss monsters are all on this space jockey’s to-do list.

Critics are split right down the middle on this budget game (it’s priced at $29.99), but all of them had at least a few positive things to say about it… Continue reading →

Tokyo Mirage Session FE was a wild mashup of the Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem franchises that was originally released during the waning days of the Wii U in 2016.

At the time, few people knew it existed and even fewer played it. But Tokyo Mirage Session FE has built up quite the cult following in the years since it first launched, and now Nintendo has brought the RPG back in an enhanced re-release for the Switch as Tokyo Mirage Session FE Encore.

Are critics still in love with a game that combines musical adventures with interdimensional monster hunting? They most certainly are… Continue reading →

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot launched today for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and it’s the latest game adaptation of the popular anime series from publisher Bandai Namco.

Kakarot offers players the chance to “experience life in the Dragon Ball Z world.” The massive RPG asks players to “fight, fish, eat, and train” as it attempts to retell the entire saga of Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, and all the rest. Because it’s so big, most critics have opted to publish “Review In Progress” articles with their impressions, and so far the game has garnered a wide range of opinions.

Here’s what the critics had to say about it… Continue reading →