By Saniah Etienne Assassin’s Creed Black Flag: Resynced expects you to be a pirate before you’re an assassin. And that’s simultaneously the beauty of it and the biggest hurdle to overcome. Assassin’s Creed was one of the first videogames I played growing up, so I was very excited to dive into this new version. As…
By Jatin Gundara When I first saw the promotional materials for Alkimia Interactive’s Gothic 1 Remake, I had a feeling that I knew what I was getting myself into. With the poster showing a conventional group of RPG protagonists (what seem like a mage, warrior, etc) surrounded by hordes of enemies in a red hellscape,…
By Theresa Afful If you are an old-school fan of Pokémon, you might know of the RPG games FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version which was released on January 19th, 2004 on the Gameboy. The 2004 remake was of the 1996 RPG Pokémon Red and Green developed by Game Freak. The game was finally released…
By Khloe Wilkerson Most people imagine the future of AI as either a technological utopia or a dystopian nightmare. Developed by Marumittu Games, D-Topia is a single-player puzzle adventure game set in an Al-managed society where every system is designed for human happiness, comfort, and ease. While everything appears perfect on the surface, the game…
By Mary-Ellis Ryan Are you tired of slow-paced mobile RPGs with endless, unskippable cutscenes? Maybe it’s time to jump straight into the fun with Dicero. In this game, instead of using traditional weapons, your battle power is determined by your luck and strategy with the dice. You roll a set of five dice at the bottom…
By Zhya Colon This was my first experience ever playing a Star Fox game, and might I say, I was heavily disappointed. I am aware that this game is a remake of a Star Fox game made back in 1997, so perhaps this is most likely targeted to older Star Fox enjoyers. But I am…
Editor’s Note: In a Critics Circle first, we are running two reviews of former contributor Shawn Alexander Allen’s Beatdown City Survivors. The first is written by our newest NYVGCC intern, Osaze. And the second (below) is Kimari, who is one of our longest running contributors. By Kimari Rennis Native New Yorkers will confidently confirm the existence…
Editor’s Note: In a Critics Circle first, we will run two reviews of former contributor Shawn Alexander Allen’s Beatdown City Survivors. One will be by our newest NYVGCC intern, Osaze. And the second is by Kimari, who is one of our longest running contributors. Here is the first review. By Osaze Okungbowa In a world…
By Harold Goldberg In late May, I received a message from author Kathy Z. Price. She wrote that she was curating an exhibit at the Woodstock Artists Association Museum (WAAM) upstate, and she wanted to know what student work from our Playing With Purpose program might be appropriate for the show, which would begin on…
By Linette Marte A colorful, sci-fi world. Running and gunning weird and grotesque creatures. There’s no time for slowpokes in the high intensity rougelite, Saros. You are dropped into a planet called Carcosa where creatures are hostile and intense and a solar eclipse could mean your possible death. You control Arjun, a determined but also…