I have not played any of the earlier Tomb Raider games, except for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, which is a spin-off game from the main series. I did however, play all three of the Uncharted games, that big elephant in the room which Tomb Raider will unavoidably be compared to. The similarities [...] Read more »
NGNT writers Edward and Amos both managed to watch Wreck-It Ralph, a movie about videogames that features cameos from a few popular videogame characters. How does the film fare? Is it another Scott Pilgrim or another King of Fighters? Since Edward watched the movie on his birthday, he’s decided to edit his review to appear [...] Read more »
Recently, I have been slammed with work and haven’t had much time to game on my PC or PS3. Then I discovered Punch Quest on the iOS. And somewhere in-between, after leaping past the 163th spike pit and punching my 934th skeleton, I realised that Punch Quest had now filled that gaming void in my [...] Read more »
Ask me to summarise XCOM: Enemy Unknown in 10 words or less, and I’ll call it, “the Dark Souls of turn-based strategy games”. Both games take pleasure in making players fail in the most spectacular manner, and yet, we keep coming back for more because of the enjoyable frustration, the perfect balance of addictive fun [...] Read more »
As far as sequels go, most games would usually move the plot forward, or focus on fleshing out the backstory. Darksiders II chooses to advance the storyline, taking place during the same time in which War, from the first game, is sent to Earth. We follow Death as he goes about discovering the true motivations [...] Read more »
The North American release of Persona 4: Arena is just a few days old, and the game has already been out for over a week here in Asia. I’ve played it quite rigorously the past week, and here are my thoughts of this highly anticipated fighting game (FG) adaptation. Read more »
War is hell. The death, the screams of agony, the blood. There is no sugar coating war; even if one has the best intentions. Its horror turns the boldest of men into shells of their former selves. War is hell. And Spec Ops: The Line aims to thrust you headfirst into that hell. Read more »
The visual novel has been around for almost two decades, played mostly by the Japanese and anime-gaming communities. And unfortunately, it is not a genre that every gamer likes, its linear and text-heavy overdose of narrative proving too tiresome for many. Analogue: A Hate Story is developer Christine Love’s attempt to evolve the genre to the next [...] Read more »
Looking for another time sink to while your time away? Look no further! Korean MMO developer, Nexon, announced that Cloudstone, a point-and-click action role-playing game, is now available in open beta on Facebook. Read more »
Day 1: The Past The whirr of wings and a lifetime of training had me hitting the floor before my brain had even reacted consciously. A good thing, too, with the sound of splintering wood informing me that the metal canister shot from Sanctuary had just impacted the wall behind me. After dusting myself off [...] Read more »
