Articles with Sci-Fi tag
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Split Fiction Review

As a fan of two-player co-op games, I was very excited to see Hazelight Studios putting out their third game, Split Fiction, in the spring of last year. As a gamer severely lacking a budget for games, I immediately decided to wait a year or two for a good sale. I suppose the asking price wasn't too awful, especially for a high-quality game with strong voice acting, excellent sound, amazing graphics with interesting world design, and some rather unique gameplay elements thrown in here and there. And, just like with A Way Out and It Takes Two, the game supports local

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The Outer Worlds 2 Review

This is not the usual type of game review I do, since I largely focus on indie games, so this review will be somewhat different and more comprehensive (aka long) than typical. There is a lot of game and a lot to discuss and it deserves a lot of attention.The Outer Worlds 2 was developed by Obsidian Entertainment, who brought you not only the first in this series, but also Fallout: New Vegas, the Pillars of Eternity series (one of my favorites), Knights of the Old Republic 2 (another favorite), Pentiment, South Park: Stick of Truth, Neverwinter Nights 2 (another favorite),

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Somber Echoes Review

Somber Echoes is a platform heavy side-scrolling Metroidvania with progressive mechanics and an extensive interconnected maze of a world to explore. It feels a bit like playing Ori, if Ori was set in a dark, mostly destroyed spaceship and had multiple endings, each with their own boss battle. Co-developed by Norwegian based indie Rock Pocket Games and Lav Games, it’s part sci-fi, part post apocalyptic, and also draws from Greek and Roman mythology for both the story and impressive 2.5 D visuals built in Unreal Engine 5. It was originally released for PC on January 21st and later on PS5 and Xbox

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DEADZONE: Rogue Review

Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelike FPS that takes you into the depth of space. Waking up with no recollection of who you are, or even WHERE you are, make your way through waves of enemies both mechanical and biological to figure out what the hell has happened and why you're here. Both developed and published by Prophecy Games, they've come into the FPS Roguelike space with guns blazing. As a massive fan of the genre, I was eager to sink my teeth into this one, and what I thought I was walking into did NOT end up being what I walked

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Nemezis: Mysterious Journey III Review

Nemezis: Mysterious Journey III is the third game in the Mysterious Journey game series developed by Polish developers, Detalion Games.Detalion, their original name, started making games in 1999 with "Reah: Face the Unknown", their second game being the 1st of the mysterious Journey series in 2001, using their own made V-Cruise Engine. The 2nd in the series was in 2003 and in 2005 they stopped developing under that name after just 6 games but some members teamed up with City Interactive to work on other things. 16 years later in 2021, some of them got back together and released this game