No words, … it’s Gears!!! (The Coalition, 2016)
Month: December 2016
Video Game Tourism E05: Rise of the Tomb Raider’s astounding beauty
Having played Uncharted 4 (Naughty Dog, 2016), it is hard to dive into an action-adventure game without expecting too much from it. But Rise of the Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics, 2016), surprisingly, gets the job done—though with a different focus. The game involves the player in the role of Lara Croft venturing on a most…
Video Game Tourism E04: Nature and the Sublime in Firewatch
Firewatch (Campo Santo, 2016) is video game narrative whose experience is something rarely achieved in video game fiction. It begins in the form of a classic text-adventure to then move into the realms of modern versions of the genre. The game, thereby, sets the player into the role of Henry, who struggles with personal issues…