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My Gamer Confession: I’m a Loot Goblin and I’ll Play Anything with Loot.

(AfroGamers.com) Earlier this year, my brother and I were heavy into Outriders which had a lot of good stuff there. Two problems it had was a lack of consistent and engaging content and mediocre motion. Outriders simply wasn’t the most fluid game as far as movement. You have to be hyper-aware of where you were as far as the enemy’s position, obstacles and walls. Two years ago, my brother wrote... [Read more of this review]

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Warframe Still Has Life to It 13 Years.

(AfroGamers.com) For a couple of months, I got back into Warframe, a third-person shooter from Digital Extremes. The game came out in early 2013, over a year before Bungie released the first Destiny game. I mention Destiny because Warframe comes off as something of a third-person version of Destiny—which is kind of inaccurate because Warframe came first but it’s definitely not the better-known... [Read more of this review]

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How Do We Finally Get a New Entry in the EverQuest Franchise.

(AfroGamers.com) EverQuest is one of Sony’s longest-running franchises and pretty much the only one that has always been active. It’s an older MMORPG meaning it’s a truly living game. As long as enough of a player base exists, so will it. Currently, EverQuest (1999) and EverQuest II (2004) are still being played but the franchise also had one other game under the EQ banner. We’re going to look... [Read more of this review]

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Judge Dredd and America’s Last President: Robert Booth

(AfroGamers.com) When you first dive into Judge Dredd, you’re treated to a late 21st century where crime still occurs even though the Judges are a trained and feared paramilitary force. They tend to hold ultimate control wherever they are because they upkeep the law and are supposed to be incorruptible. As for the citizenry, they tend to live comfy lives with severely reduced work hours because robots... [Read more of this review]

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Pac-Man Was the Peak of Using Your Imagination While Playing.

(AfroGamers.com) Nowadays in gaming, the need to use your imagination while playing the game isn’t particularly necessary. Visually and sonically, video games have become interactive films and television shows where you can either experience the story as the protagonist or create your own adventures as the hero or villain. The stories told now are very detailed and well-told—even the mediocre stories. Honestly,... [Read more of this review]

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The First Two Episodes of Speed Racer Really Set the Pace for the Series.

(AfroGamers.com) In 1967, the landmark anime Mach GoGoGo. aired in Japan. The one-season series proved popular enough domestically that an English dub was produced and released in the U.S that summer—mere months after it began airing! Known as Speed Racer here in the States, it was one of those super old-school anime series like Gigantor and Astro Boy and tokusatsu series like Godzilla and Ultraman... [Read more of this review]

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There’s Just Something About Ubisoft Games.

(AfroGamers.com) In 1979, the Eagles released “I Can’t Tell You Why”. The song was a hit off their album The Long Run. That statement comes to mind when wondering what it is I love about Ubisoft games. They’re a studio in my Big 3 along with Nintendo and Bethesda as far as titles I’ll return to even if they released on older consoles years or decades ago. However, there’s something a little... [Read more of this review]

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The Mixed Reaction Around Assassin’s Creed III was Always Interesting.

(AfroGamers.com) Ubisoft’s 2012 release Assassin’s Creed III is a title with a mixed reaction and while I typically don’t check impressions on a game until I’ve finished it, ACIII was an interesting case because early on many were annoyed by the game. Now, I tend to enjoy any Assassin’s Creed game and I’m usually satisfied with the ending but even I was a bit turned off by the end. While... [Read more of this review]

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The Cruis’n Series Would be Out of Place Among Modern Racing Games.

(AfroGamers.com) A game I often think about are 1990s Cruis’n games from Williams. I knew Williams more from its titles being more arcade-y and typically published by Midway Games. Cruis’n USA and World. At that time Midway was doing very well with some cutting-edge arcade series like Area 51, Mortal Kombat, Cruis’n, Duke Nukem 3D, Killer Instinct, NBA Jam, NBA Hangtime, Gauntlet and Rampage—all... [Read more of this review]

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Shark Action RPG ‘Maneater’ is a Truly Unique Game.

(AfroGamers.com) The year was 2020 and one of the games I wasn’t paying attention to was Tripwire Interactive’s Maneater. I remember seeing Maneater on the PSN and not being particularly interested in playing an action game featuring a shark. I didn’t even think it was about hunting the shark, just playing as one didn’t seem interesting at all. Honestly, a lot of the titles Tripwire worked... [Read more of this review]

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Cool Spot is a Truly Enjoyable Platforming Experience Then and Now.

(AfroGamers.com) You know, a 90s series that I often pontificate about is Cool Spot. It was released and developed by Virgin Games in 1993. This was a platformer and adaptation of the old 7 Up commercials from the time featuring the Cool Spot mascot. A Lot of Work for a Playable Commercial Now, it’s basically a super-involved tie-in for the soda. You’re playing a long commercial here but it’s... [Read more of this review]

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Remembering Legend of the River King on Game Boy Color.

(AfroGamers.com) We’ve touched on the Harvest Moon games while getting into Stardew Valley and it got me to thinking about a game developed by Natsume Inc. in the late 1990s: Legend of the River King. It’s the fourth in the franchise and is unique in that it’s a fishing RPG. Now, I haven’t played the first three in the franchise but when I stumbled upon this on Game Boy Color, it was an interesting... [Read more of this review]

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