By Saniah Etienne Resident Evil Requiem was one of my first experiences with horror games. I scare easily, so at first I was nervous but excited to take on the challenge. You play as two different characters, Leon S. Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft. The game begins when Grace is kidnapped and taken to Rhodes Hill…
By Isaac Espinosa Street Fighter has been a household name since it hit the arcades in 1987. And even though it didn’t truly take off until Street Fighter 2 came out in 1991, the series has stood as a kind of cornerstone of the fighting game genre to this day, decades later. The most recent…
By Kimari Rennis In the thick greenery of the Scarlet Forest where the treetops block your view of the sky and the area around you feels alive, I found the Doshagamas, massive bear-like monsters with the face of a hairless, droopy mastiff, scratching tree trunks and leaving clumps of fur on the forest floor. Hidden…
The Circle sent two of its writers to a recent Apple games showcase. Here are Ronald’s and Karila’s impressions. By Ronald Gordon and Karila-Monique Warner Ronald Recently, Apple has been doing a lot to improve the quality of mobile gaming far beyond what people expect. From their rapidly expanding Apple Arcade roster to the various…
As the year winds down, we are looking at some of the great games we missed. We thought Resident Evil 4 Remake is the perfect story for the Halloween season. By Ronald Gordon Game remakes used to be a little hit or miss. Yet recently they’ve begun to vastly improve on the experience of the…
By Theresa Afful Are you a Pokémon Go fan or a Monster Hunter fan? If you are a fan of either of these two iconic series, you will enjoy the immersion of the new mobile offering called Monster Hunter Now, which was released on September 14. It has the same dynamics as Pokémon Go, where…
By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome once again to the Roundup! An entire article dedicated to gathering up stories inside and outside the Circle to give them a boost. Over the weekend, I had the chance to go to one of the first NYC-hosted gaming events revolving around Minecraft and how it can be used…
By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome back to the Roundup! It’s Critics Circle’s method of gathering up stories from interns and members alike, and giving them a shoutout. This week we’ve got news on a showcase of Apple’s new gaming capabilities, the PS VR2 and how it plays, a review of Fire Emblem: Engage, and…
By Ronald Gordon Hello again and welcome back to another Roundup, the New York Videogame Critic Circle’s look into what’s been going on in the world of Video Games and what our writers have been up to as of recently. Plenty of good things have happened both inside and outside of the Circle, including a…
By Ronald Gordon Although I may not be a die hard fan of the franchise, Resident Evil still holds a special place in my heart when it comes to games that know just how to plant a seed of terror into their players. And after playing through the whole game, I can confidently say that…