Review: Crash 4: It's About Time

Review: Crash 4: It's About Time

It was a fascinating choice to model the narrative in Crash 4 after a goofy Saturday morning cartoon. On the surface, it makes sense, sure, because crash bandicoot is an adorable animated character and a legendary gaming icon. Not to mention Toys for Bob, developer of crash 4, also made the Spyro reignited trilogy and Skylanders. Both games were a huge success with a younger audience. The interesting thing here is anybody under the age of 15 is going to get their asses handed to them. This was a fairly tough game for me and I am a 34-year-old man (allegedly) who plays games for a living! Crash 4 makes some important strides to move the franchise into the modern era but the overall package is a bit too frustrating and overwrought.

Review: Mafia: Definitive Edition

Review: Mafia: Definitive Edition

It’s 1931, jazz is crackling over the radio of your glossy convertible, and you’re on your way down to the bar to meet with Paulie and the boys about your next big score. Such is the life of Tommy Angelo, Lost Haven resident, and cabby turned gangster. Mafia: Definitive edition serves as a reminder of how far America and the open-world genre have come in eighteen years. While it mostly succeeds at reimagining the Mafia series’ best story, the gameplay elements of a bygone era leave it feeling uneven in spots.

Review: Paradise Killer

Review: Paradise Killer

Paradise Killer is a game about being a detective that refuses to hold your hand. That’s probably the best part about it. Usually, games focused around a detective story are incredibly guided; Paradise Killer starts you with a short handful of leads and turns you loose to explore them at your own pace. At the end of your adventure through this cyberpunk satanist utopia, you get to examine all the evidence and testimony you’ve gathered and prosecute the culprit of a sadistic killing spree.