One of these days, someone really ought to release a game called “Metroidvania” and retire on the never-ending residuals. That superlative; the Reese’s Peanut Butter cup-style fusion of two great things – in this case Super Metroid and Castlevania; is usually all an action-adventure fan needs to hear to know their money is well spent. Those titles certainly hit a sweet spot for people who hunger for games that reward methodical exploration with carefully doled out abilities that open new, exciting reaches of whatever castle or labyrinth they happen to be exploring. A few years ago, Chair Entertainment (a subsidy of Epic) took the “Metroidvania” formula and married it to the spy genre; churning out one of the better titles that year, Shadow Conspiracy. And while the wait for that game’s sequel continues, we now have Recoil Games’ Rochard to scratch the itch as their PSN exclusive aims to send players scrambling through a variety of interstellar installations solving puzzles, chasing down new pathways and keeping the “Metroidvania” dream alive.
Join Amras89 Brendan, Tina, and Hardlydan for game talk and fun! This time, The Gamesmen have an interview with Brendan and Tina about updates to Predestination; they also talk about a tutorial play of Cuphead, a government block because of Fight of Gods, the Equifax data breach, The Binding of Isaac’s mod team, and a man shooting at Irma. Games discussed are Superhot, Steam VR Lab, Need for Speed: No Limits, Predestination, inFamous Second Son, Child of Light, Drunken Bar Fight, Gorn: Visceral Reality, Lone Echo, Eleven Ping Pong, Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, Rocket League, Castle Crashers,The Last Tinker: City of Colors, Rochard, and Hey! Pikmin.
Join Hardlydan and Amras89 for game talk and fun! This time, The Gamesmen talk about the re-release of Street Fighter II, a Nintendo lawsuit payout, the DRM behind Sonic Mania, more games coming to Nintendo Switch, and saying goodbye to Miiverse. Games discussed are Rocket League, Monster Hunter Stories Demo, Hey! Pikmin, Sonic Mania, Destiny 2 Beta, and Rochard.
Join Amras89 and Hardlydan for game talk and fun! This time, The Gamesmen talk about Star Citizen’s facial recognition tech, Final Fantasy XV getting mods, ReCore Definitive Edition, no more original Xbox One, Fist Of The North Star, and PUBG being a big thing. Games discussed are Rocket League, Splatoon 2, Need for Speed No Limits, Monster Hunter Stories Demo, Rochard, ARK: Survival Evolved, and PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS.
