REVIEWS 29 Oct 2024­ by L Coulsen

Black Myth: Wukong

Journey to the West is one of the most adapted works of literature ever. You may only be familiar with a few of them, myself growing up with the 70s Japanese adaptation Monkey/Monkey Magic. But when I say there are a lot more, be aware that that is an understatement of proportions so epic, it…
REVIEWS 16 Jan 2024­ by L Coulsen

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

The Like a Dragon (nee Yakuza) series has been around for close to decades, by this point. With as many games, factoring in all of the spin-offs and remakes. More, even. And we have even more due in the immediate future. But today, we’re here to look at the most recent, to date. Supposedly the…
REVIEWS 11 Jan 2023­ by L Coulsen

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

At time of release, Yakuza 6 was intended to be the final hurrah, the closing chapter, in the story of Kiryu Kazuma. One last adventure to put a definitive pin in the trials and tribulations of our favourite blunt force brain surgeon. More recent developments have caused the Ryu Ga Gotoku team to reconsider this,…
REVIEWS 31 Oct 2022­ by L Coulsen

Yakuza 5 Remastered

Ahh yes, Yakuza 5, the series’ swansong for the PlayStation 3. Sort of The final part of the remastered trilogy, it was then first time the series saw a new engine in almost half a decade. An especially impressive feat since it came only two years after the previous mainline entry, not to mention the…
REVIEWS 02 Aug 2021­ by Jay Shaw

Streets of Rage 4: Mr X Nightmare DLC

Eagle eyed readers might have noticed that we here at PixelJudge absolutely love Streets of Rage 4, it’s a near perfect sequel that captures what’s great about the series and builds on the classic gameplay in a way that respected but still advanced the formula. Well, it’s now been a year since the base game…
REVIEWS 05 Jul 2021­ by L Coulsen

Yakuza 4 Remastered

The second of the PlayStation 3 trilogy, Yakuza 4 is the first game that really defined what the series would come to be known for. Mostly, at least. Building on everything that came before it and aiming to iron out all the kinks, it was a real push for something larger than the sum of…
REVIEWS 19 Apr 2021­ by L Coulsen

Yakuza 3 Remastered

Just a few, short, years ago, the idea of SEGA’s highly lauded, niche appeal Yakuza series ever hitting the PC was a pipe dream. But now look at us. We have the entire, mainline, series just ready and waiting for us to go tearing through the streets of Kamurocho. And tear through I have…so we…
REVIEWS 05 Feb 2021­ by L Coulsen

Star Wars: Squadrons

It’s been a while since we’ve had a full-blown, Star Wars flight sim.  Battlefront II had a robust, arcadey space battles mode, of course.  But, well, it was arcadey pick-up-and-play, and part of a larger game.  So when EA announced a new, multiplayer focused dogfighting game, many of us were skeptically optimistic.  Then it was…
REVIEWS 11 Dec 2020­ by Jay Shaw

Project Wingman

Project Wingman is an Ace Combat clone from developers Sector D2 and Humble Games. For those not familiar with Wingman‘s inspiration; Ace Combat is a long running arcade style flight combat game where player jets carry hundreds of missiles and you’ll probably end up chasing at least one cruise missile. Full disclaimer, I’m a gigantic…
REVIEWS 01 Dec 2020­ by Jay Shaw

Watch Dogs Legion

It’s November once more, that time of year when Ubisoft dumps several flavours of open world on us and populates them with a stupid amount of tiny little dots on the map to lead to near meaningless little distractions. First out of the gate this year is Watch Dogs Legion, taking the US-centric hacking series…
REVIEWS 04 Nov 2020­ by Jay Shaw

Drone Swarm

Drone Swarm is an RTS game from stillalive studios that puts you in command of a futuristic psionic space ship and its swarm of thirty-two thousand drones in a hostile galaxy where you can’t help but trespass, antagonize, and battle vicious alien races who couldn’t care less about making friends. Having met the crew of…
REVIEWS 20 Oct 2020­ by L Coulsen

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning

When it first released, almost a decade ago, Kingdoms of Amalur struggled to find its audience. Though received with a generally positive response, the praise from critics and players like struggled to translate into units sold. An all too familiar story, really. One that often ends in tragedy. But sometimes, like this time (hopefully) it…
REVIEWS 27 Aug 2020­ by Jay Shaw

Wasteland 3

Wasteland 3 from inXile is their second attempt at a 3D Wasteland game that breaks away from the original formula a little and breaks out into regions outside of a mutant and machine infested Arizona. The new setting, Colorado, breathes some new life into the series but is it enough to be engrossing for the…
REVIEWS 27 Jul 2020­ by K-putt

F1 2020

It’s here. Rather late, but considering the circumstances, we surely understand. Besides, it actually arrived earlier than the actual F1 season for once. 2020 is a weird year. And it doesn’t stop at the new F1 game. The actual real world season is a weird one with races getting announced a month before they actually…