Tales of Berseria is a JRPG developed and published by Bandai Namco in 2016-2017 for PS3, PS4 and PC. In the Holy Midgand empire, a land beset by a demonic plague, Velvet Crowe is living a peaceful life caring for her sick little broth...

Tales of Xillia 2 is a JRPG developed and published by Bandai Namco for the PS3 in 2012-2014. Following the end of the Schism and the unification of Rashugal and Auj Oule, the countries of Rieze Maxia and Elympios are struggling to coe...

Ever played a video game? Then you've probably slapped together monster giblets with some sparkly rocks and somehow ended up with a magic halberd or something. This month's topic is crafting systems. Love 'em, hate 'em, they're here to...

Thief (2014) (AKA Thief 4) is an immersive sim developed by Eidos-Montréal and published by Square Enix for PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in 2014. Vaguely following the ending of Deadly Shadows, the titular master thief Ga...

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is a first-person shooter with 3d platforming elements developed by Oddworld Inhabitants and published by EA on Xbox in 2005. It has since been re-released on PC, PS3, Vita and OnLive (why?) in 2010-2012, iOS...

After going through like 150 hours of JRPGs back to back at the end of last year, I was kinda tired of commitment, but I still wanted the satisfaction of getting games out of my backlog at a steady pace. So instead of my usual MO of al...

Alpha Protocol is an Espionage RPG developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Sega on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2010. The titular organization is an American black-ops institution so secret the rest of the government doesn't kn...

Sleeping Dogs is a crime sandbox game developed by United Front Games and published by Square Enix in 2012 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. It later recieved a definitive edition for PC, Xbox One and PS4 in 2014. In the city of Hong Kong, und...

Beyond being a personal shit-show of a year, 2020 was also the year of Trails for me. This was the year where I finally dove back into the series by playing 4 whole games and went through the first two games again by having a friend of...

Prince of Persia (2008) is an action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in 2008. It features a new continuity where the titular Prince (who doesn't seem to be a prince) gets l...

Tomb Raider (2013) is a third-person shooter action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix in 2013 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. It also received an enhanced port on PS4 and Xbox One in 2014, plus a port ...

The Japanese know what's up, the number 4 really is cursed. This year has been both my fourth year writing reviews on Destructoid and also my worst experience as a human being yet. And that's ignoring the general 2020 shittiness that y...

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (or Ratchet & Clank 3) is a third-person shooter with platforming elements developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony for the PS2 in 2004. It was also shoddily ported to PS3 in 2012 by I...

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters is a third-person shooter with platforming elements developed by High Impact Games and published by Sony for the PSP in 2007 and PS2 in 2008. Sometime after or inbetween the PS2 games, the titular duo ...

Unlike the stereotypical prepubescent boy, I wasn't interested in chasing after mature content when I was a kid. In fact, I'd say I had a bit of an aversion to the stuff. Back then, I got the chance to be interviewed by my local newspa...

Resistance: Fall of Man is a first-person shooter developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony for the PS3 in 2006-2007. Following in alien invasion in Russia, creatures known as the Chimera begin conquering all of Europe. It goe...

Uncharted: Drakes Fortune is a third-person shooter developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony for the PS3 in 2007. It was later remastered by Bluepoint in 2015 as part of the Nathan Drake Collection, which was released on PS4 in 2...

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a horror game developed and published by Frictional Games for the PC in 2010. It was later ported to PS4 in 2016, Xbox One in 2018 and Nintendo Switch in 2019. The story stars Daniel, a man who finds himsel...

MediEvil: Resurrection is a remake of the original MediEvil developed by SCE Cambridge Studio and published by Sony for the PSP in 2005, 7 years after the original. The story is largely the same, focusing on the redemptive adventure of...

Siren: Blood Curse is a survival-horror game developed by SCE Japan Studio and published by Sony for the PS3 in 2008. It's a remake of the original Siren that goes through the same basic plot with the addition of a bunch of new America...

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly (AKA Project Zero II) is a survival-horror game developed and published by Tecmo for the PS2 in 2003-2004 and for Xbox in 2004-2005. It was later remade as Project Zero 2: Wii Edition for the...Wii in ...

I believe it was my sister who once accused me of only hanging out with classmates in order to play their video games. I felt insulted hearing that, but it has stuck with me all these years and I can't completely deny it. From about th...

Patapon 3 is a rhythm-action RPG developed by Pyramid and published by Sony for the PSP in 2011. After venturing into a new land, the Patapons stumble upon a strange box. Ever the curious creatures, the Patapons open the box and unleas...

Ape Escape is a 3D platformer developed by SCE Japan Studio and published by Sony for the PS1 in 1999. It was also remade for PSP in 2005. The game begins with an amusement park monkey named Specter getting his hands on a Peak Point He...

Tales of Xillia is a JRPG developed by the Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco Bandai for the PS3 in 2011 and 2013. The story follows a medical student named Jude and the human incarnation of the lord of all spirits, Milla, who h...

Patapon 2 is a rhythm-action RPG developed by Pyramid and published by Sony for the PSP in 2008-2009. It later received a PS4 port in 2020. Following the defeat of the Zigotons in the first game, the Patapons built a great ship to trav...

Since time immemorial, people have been able to showcase their video game achievements to others indirectly. Be it through high score lists, crappy photos of end screens mailed to gaming magazines or by showing someone their memory car...

Shadow of the Colossus is an action-adventure game developed by Team Ico and published by Sony for the PS2 in 2005-2006. It was also remastered by Bluepoint Games in 2011 for the PS3, with a full remake helmed by them being released fo...

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is an action-adventure game delevoped and published by Ubisoft in 2003-2004 on Game Boy Advance, PS2, Xbox, GameCube, PC and mobile devices. It was also remastered on PS3 in 2010 alongside the two other ...

Being two of the greatest games ever made, both directed by Shinji Mikami and published by Capcom within one year of one another, it should come as no surprise that there are similarities to be found between Resident Evil 4 and God Han...