In this episode, Carlos is away so Brad holds it down on his own! He covers:   Broken Roads W40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters Death Trick: Double Blind Stitch Hellstuck Hero’s Hour Pepper Grinder The Kindeman Remedy   …And more! You can also hear the show on iTunes and Spotify! Please send feedback and mailbag questions to SoVideogamesPODCAST (at) gmail (dot) com, or post them in the comments section below. Thanks ..read more

Finish The Story? It’s Just Getting Started. HIGH The controls and character models have never been more lifelike. LOW Rope and aerial maneuvers occasionally look a little janky. WTF Bayley should sue the game designers. They did it. After the last two WWE 2K games flirted with greatness, the developers listened. They learned. And now? They made the most enjoyable wrestling title since gamers held three-pronged N64 controllers. With better visuals, tighter controls, and impeccable spectacle and immersion, WWE 2K24 is an absolute monster. Not only is this a must-buy for die-hard grappling fans ..read more

 IT’S PRONOUNCED BAR-THE-LOH-NAH HIGH Parallel parking like a boss. LOW Police AI is asleep at the wheel. WTF Hitting pedestrians only costs 100 Euros! In the hectic streets of Barcelona, My taxi driver’s journey unfolds in Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator — a simulation that promises both realism and adventure. Taxi Life puts the player in the shoes of a business owner starting a taxi company in Barcelona. The objective is to grow the company by completing fares, purchasing new vehicles, upgrading said vehicles, hiring drivers and sending them out to complete even more ..read more

Birthing Loads Of Updates HIGH New gameplay mechanics updates and characters. LOW What story mode? WTF Divide! 2nd Clause! Immortalize! It’s the standard Arc System Works word salad. As a fan of the original UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH, I was curious to see how UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes changed up the formula. UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes (UN2) takes the captivating universe of its predecessor and amplifies it with new characters and enhanced mechanics. It also feels like an incremental update over the original, now with less story, though it ‘finishes’ some plotlines the prior left ope ..read more

Return Of The King HIGH Pranking monsters in hilariously lethal ways as the Trickster. LOW Dropping below 30fps is borderline unacceptable at this point. WTF Dragonsplague. Holy yikes. The interesting thing about Dragon’s Dogma 2 is just how much like the original Dragon’s Dogma it is. When crafting a follow-up to a cult classic like that one, there’s always the chance (and indeed, the fear) that a sequel will shed the things that made it unique in order to appeal to a wider audience. Hiring Hollywood screenwriters, shoehorning in online co-op, trying to tap into current political and pop cul ..read more

In this episode, Carlos & Brad cover: StoryBlocks: The King Terra Memoria Yet Another Fantasy Title Stacklands FF16 20 Minutes Till Dawn Broken Roads Fallout 4 …And more! You can also hear the show on iTunes and Spotify! Please send feedback and mailbag questions to SoVideogamesPODCAST (at) gmail (dot) com, or post them in the comments section below. Thanks ..read more

Grand Blue Sky Of Possibilities HIGH Combat, quests and core gameplay. LOW Enemy variety, difficulty, and lack of story co-op. WTF Why can’t I play the campaign with my friends in a co-op focused game? I’ve been anticipating Granblue Fantasy: Relink (Relink for short) since I first got my hands on it for a preview last year. It’s the new realtime Action RPG game by Cygames and it feels like a mix of Final Fantasy XIV and Monster Hunter — yet as much as I want it to, in its current state it doesn’t surpass either. The director, Tetsuya Fukuhara, has worked on seve ..read more

Sail The Boring Seas HIGH This final fight is very different than the one in 1993. LOW Wait, THAT’s the warehouse safe combination? Seriously? WTF Pretty sure that’s Jeremy talking to the game’s developers right there. It’s impossible to overstate Alone in the Dark‘s influence on Survival Horror — it invented that specific mixture of spooky adventure and punishing combat before Resident Evil made the genre’s name famous just a few years later. In fact, the two series are so inextricably linked that as I watched the opening cutscene’s camera fly over a gorgeous rendering of Louisiana swampland ..read more

In this episode, Carlos is away on assignment so Brad’s holding it down on his own. He changes it up a bit this week by answering a TON of listener questions before getting to the usual weekly games coverage, including: Stellar Blade Sandland 20 Minutes Till Dawn OTXO A Void Hope Gord …And more! You can also hear the show on iTunes and Spotify! Please send feedback and mailbag questions to SoVideogamesPODCAST (at) gmail (dot) com, or post them in the comments section below. Thanks ..read more

CHOP TILL YOU DROP HIGH Hitting a huge group of goblins with the wand for the first time. LOW The final third feels like a letdown. WTF The musical mid-game box battle. With a return to their mid-’90s roots, first-person shooters have had something of a renaissance in recent years. These retro-styled titles are a welcome shot of adrenaline for a genre that has long become tired and stale. Chop Goblins is the distillation of this genre down to its most potent elements. With an average playthrough lasting only 30 minutes, there is no room for Chop Goblins to slow down. Upon starting a new game ..read more