No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way is a first-person shooter developed by Monolith Productions and published by Sierra Entertainment in 2002 for PC, with a port for OSX being published by MacPlay in 2003. With H.A.R.M stil...

Prey (2017) is an Immersive Sim developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda in 2017 on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The player takes control of Morgan Yu, one of the executives of the interstellar corporation Transtar, who finds the...

A little while back, I wrote a bit about how different games use crafting systems. So with the 10-year anniversary of Dark Souls inching ever closer, I thought it prudent to do the same for lore. I can't say I've seen much discourse on...

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege is an action game developed and published by Capcom in 2004 on PS2 and on PC in 2006-2007. Following a self-induced exile to master the Oni arts, Samanosuke Akechi returns to fight his nemesis, the Genma Lord No...

The Operative: No One Lives Forever is a first-person shooter developed by Monolith Productions and published by Fox Interactive in 2000 on PC, with ports for Mac OS and PS2 being released in 2002 published by MacPlay and Sierra Entert...

Welcome back to my Tales retrospective! In case you wandered your way here without reading the first half of the retrospective, you can find that here. There you can read about how I got into the series and my thoughts on the 16 games ...

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...