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MonsterVine’s Favorite Star Wars Games

To celebrate the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, members of the MonsterVine team decided to reminisce on what Star Wars games bring them to that galaxy far far away. - Read more at MonsterVine. 

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Sword Art Online: Lost Song Review

Sword Art Online: Lost Song Developer: Namco Bandai Price: $59.99 (PS4), $39.99 (PS Vita) Platforms: PS4 and PS Vita (reviewed)

Sword Art Online: Lost Song is a reflection of the show it adapts in nearly every way. Though the game is fast, fun, and enjoyable for the first half, it becomes repetitive and less interesting as it goes on. - Read more at MonsterVine. 

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Freedom Planet Review

Freedom Planet Developer: GalaxyTrail Price: $14.99 Platforms: Wii U (reviewed) and PC

Freedom Planet combines the solid and fast fun from the original Sonic games with new and invigorating speed-based mechanics, and an overall enjoyable story, to make a nostalgic and fun platforming experience. - Read more at MonsterVine. 

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Transformers Devastation Review

Transformers Devastation Developer: PlatinumGames Price: $50 Platform: PC, PS4, and Xbox One MonsterVine was supplied with a PS4 code for review

It’s been awhile since we’ve had a good, lighthearted Transformers game and of course PlatinumGames would be the ones to do it right. - Read more at MonsterVine. 

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Review

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Developer: Treyarch Price: $60 Platform: PC, PS4, and Xbox One MonsterVine was supplied with a PS4 copy for review

It’s time for this year’s Call of Duty game to drop and while Treyarch has usually been pretty solid on all points with their releases, Black Ops 3 stumbles a little. - Read more on MonsterVine. 

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Life is Strange Review

Life is Strange Episodes 1-5 Developer: DONTNOD Entertainment Price: 19.99 USD Platform: PS4 (Reviewed), PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC

Life is Strange is a emotional rollercoaster from start to finish. In five acts, developers DONTNOD manage to craft a truly engaging episodic narrative causing anxiety and anticipation with each successive release. - Read more at MonsterVine. 

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Rock Band 4 Review

Rock Band 4 Developer: Harmonix Music Systems Price: $60 (PS4) $80 (XB1 w/adapter) $130 (new guitar bundle) $250 (band bundle) Platform: PS4, XB1 MonsterVine was supplied with XB1 code for review.

Rock Band 4 brings the structure of a familiar music rhythm game from last gen onto new consoles, albeit leaving a few things behind. - Read more at MonsterVine.

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Albert and Otto – The Adventure Begins Review

Albert and Otto – The Adventure Begins Developer: Nikola Kostic Price: $4.99 Platform: PC MonsterVine was supplied with PC code for review

In an industry awash in puzzle-platformers does Albert and Otto – The Adventure Begins do enough to differentiate itself from the rest? - Read more at MonsterVine. 

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Disney Infinity 3.0 Review

Disney Infinity 3.0 Developers: Avalanche, with additional work by Ninja Theory, Sumo Digital, United Front, Studio Gobo. Price: $64.99 Platform: PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U (reviewed), PC MonsterVine was provided with a review copy of the game, as well as the Twilight of the Republic disc set, Toybox Takeover, and additional figures of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda.

Disney Infinity 3.0 is as much of a video game as it is a giant playground. Through the combination of physical figures and the ridiculously expansive Toybox, Disney Infinity 3.0 aims to make the enormous universe of Star Wars an accessible and customizable experience in a way that no game has before. These efforts are not in vain, as Disney Infinity 3.0 manages to be a completely unique and fun Star Wars experience. - Read more at MonsterVine. 

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Skyshine’s BEDLAM Review

Skyshine’s Bedlam Developer: Skyshine Games Price: $21.99 Platform: PC MonsterVine was supplied with a PC code for review.

Combining the map-spanning simulation of Oregon Trail with simple but enjoyable tactical gameplay, Skyshine’s Bedlam makes trekking a brutal post-apocalyptic wasteland a unique and enjoyable experience. - Read more at MonsterVine. 

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Zenzizenzic Review

Zenzizenzic Developer: bitHuffel Price: $9.99 Platform: PC A review copy of Zenzizenzic was supplied to us by bitHuffel

Zenzizenzic is a hellish twin-stick shooter developed by first-time game creator Ruud Koorevaar, but you would never know. The amount of joy, polish and challenge that this game presents have been long awaited by fans of the genre. If I had to summarize my experience of the game in a sentence I’d say that I felt more powerful than I have in a long-time while playing this game, but never have I been more overwhelmed. - Read more at MonsterVine. 

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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Review

Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Developer: The Coalition Price: $40 Platform: PC (TBA) / Xbox One MonsterVine was supplied with an Xbox One code for review

Microsoft returns once again with another remaster that shows the competition the proper way to do one of these. - Read more at MonsterVine. 

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Q.U.B.E. Director’s Cut Review

Q.U.B.E. Director’s Cut Developer: Grip Games, Toxic Games Price: $10 Platform: XB1, PC, PS4 MonsterVine was supplied with a copy for review

First released at the end of 2011 on PC with a more definitive edition, The Director’s cut,  was released back in 2014 on PC which added ten speed-run trial levels, an new original soundtrack, and Oculus Rift support on PC. - Read more at MonsterVine.

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The Flock Review

The Flock Developer: Vogelsap Price: $17 Platform: PC MonsterVine was supplied with a PC code for review

If you frequent any game site I’m sure you’ve come across news in the past about The Flock, a multiplayer horror game that’s now out. Because checking off the boxes for “multiplayer” and “horror game” aren’t enough, it also features a gimmick where each player death will tick down a global counter. The idea is that once the massive pool of lives is spent the game will cease to work since there won’t be any lives left to use to respawn. It’s definitely an interesting idea, thinking about the death of your game before it’s even alive, but the confidence of this idea doesn’t match how uninspired the game itself actually is. - Read more at MonsterVine. 

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Guild of Dungeoneering Review

Guild of Dungeoneering Developer: Gambrinous Price: $16.99 Platform: PC and Mac MonsterVine was supplied with a PC code for review.

Guild of Dungeoneering is as much of a tabletop RPG as it is a dungeon crawler. Although the tabletop style is all too rarely used, developer Gambrinous went forward with it, while simultaneously aiming to break the mold of the dungeon crawler genre in having the player play as the dungeon master, rather than the plunderer. It’s this unique approach, combined with a sharp sense of humor, that makes Guild of Dungeoneering different than any predecessors. - Read more at MonsterVine. 

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RymdResa Review

RymdResa Developer: Morgondag Price: 11.99 USD (10% Launch Discount) Platform: PC (reviewed) MonsterVine was supplied with a PC code for RymdResa

After playing RymdResa for a considerable amount of time, I’ve come away with two very distinct thoughts. One, RymdResa is incredibly unique, and two, RymdResa is insanely difficult. - Read more at MonsterVine. 

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Why The Taken King Is The Perfect Time To Return To Destiny

Year one of Destiny felt like an extended early access period instead of a finished product. Bungie has taken all of the user feedback and with the release of The Taken King next month offers a much more cohesive and respecting experience for players new and old. The Taken King is the perfect time to return to Destiny, or to jump in for the first time. - Read more at MonsterVine.