Nintendo recently sold over 20 million units of the Switch; congratulations! That's definitely a far cry from the sales numbers of the Wii U, which is probably the worst-selling console next to the Virtual Boy. Hell, we're not sure if we should even count it in this grand scheme of equations. No disrespect to the late-

About a year ago, Mass Effect Andromeda was released and it was almost universally regarded as one of the biggest disappointments of the year. Three years before that, Dragon Age Inquisition came out and despite being critically acclaimed, the game was considered by many fans to be nowhere near as good as the first gam

You've seen the news and coverage about the big titles of E3 like that one Halo Infinite game and that one action game with Nero and his mechanical arm. But what about the smaller indie titles or the quirky games that were on the show floor? We're going to miss out on a lot of them; it happens, right? Have no fear: we

Let us go back to the way-back-when machine, during the early and late 2000s. Before From Software became synonymous with Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and "goddamn tough-but-fair JRPGs with so much goth & despair", they used to make a ton of action games. https://youtu.be/MfPmRnheQKY?t=14m31s Action games with mythica

After that bombastic last-minute reveal of CD Projekt Red's sci-fi techno opus during the Microsoft Xbox press conference, we were all ready to proclaim Cyberpunk 2077 as "Witcher 3 but sci-fi, fast cars, and androids". We might have been premature with our claims, but we were half-right: it's an RPG where you control

Figured I get this out of the way: before I started contributing to good ol' Kakuchopurei, I played a LOT of Assassin's Creed Origins and its two expansions. I dug the RPG aspects of it, its charismatic protagonists Bayek and Aya, the ancient Egyptian setting during Ptolemy's rule, and the second expansion's foray into

It's now Day 2 of E 2018, and Microsoft just finished their Xbox press conference. While it initially feels like a repeat of 2017 where they announced a ton of games but only few exclusives, keep in mind that Xbox's Game Pass idea kinda makes all of this sounds tempting. We'll do a quick breakdown, then get back to th

Platforms: PS4, PC Genre: Action, Beat-Em-Up, Licensed Tie-In In case you couldn't tell by my previous Netflix and anime writeups, I really, REALLY adore Little Witch Academia. From its humble Kickstarter beginnings to its culmination into a 26-episode anime that gives closure to many of its viewers and its Studio Tri

This feature is still in development; we have a new TCSS podcast coming up to cover the bottom topics, so stay tuned for those videos! Also, we're going to be streaming our live reactions on our Facebook page. Join us in the wee hours of the morning during the many E3 presentations! So now that we have a schedule to

The next Pokemon game returns to where it all began, in the Kanto Region as Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! hits the Nintendo Switch come November 16 this year. However, it should not be confused with the 'core Pokémon RPG' for the Switch which was teased

Platform: PS4 Genre: Adventure, Dialogue Flowchart, David Cage Production One instance I'm a clean-cut pleasant-sounding android detective trying to solve human murder cases with my gruff cop partner voiced by Lex Luthor/Mr. Krabs in the mean streets of Detroit 2038. The next, I'm in the shoes of a maid android

I used to slag on virtual reality, since the concept sounds like a big gimmick. But then we see games like Moss, which can change our perceptions by a tiny bit. Immersion is important in games, and if it's pulled off right, your VR game is made all the more entrancing. What used to be exorbitantly-priced is now mad

We're in a crazy age where Twitch.tv streamers determine whether a game is worthy of being played by the masses, as well as determine what you should be entertained with. Yes, we know guys like Dr. Disrespect and Ninja are living it up with their streams of Fortnite. We know of the phenomenal streaming powers like PewD

Good news, retro enthusiasts. Sega is back in the console-making market, sort of. The Japanese branch announced its upcoming Sega Megadrive Mini, which is basically a tiny emulator system that plays old Sega games stored inside in its original resolution. https://twitter.com/SEGA_OFFICIAL/status/984972055777918976 Cl

Update (11 May): Added in more tips on building & loading out mechs.  We had a taste of the new Battletech PC strategy game recently, and it is glorious! It looks great, and it plays like a dream if you're into managing a mercenary group of four Battlemech pilots trying to scrounge up cash doing the odd mercena

Last year, Tekken 7 and Marvel vs Capcom Infinite had single-player story modes that, for better or worse, felt a little different and tried to be a little cohesive with its made-up lore. Where did they rip the "play as different characters in the game's narrative" concept off from? Well, from the Injustice series of

While the Xbox One may be light on exclusive games, it is nonetheless doing its own thing: building a long-term platform where past, present, and future Xbox games can run through the power of its possibly game-changing Game Pass. And now Xbox is adding in a huge number of backwards compatible games in the mix. Here i

The Blue Bomber himself, Mega Man, is the de facto Capcom mascot back in the late 80s when 2D platformers were all the rage. The titular original series was groundbreaking stuff. Its pick-any-order stage selection process was novel, its weapon-stealing mechanic was innovative, and its challenge level was brutal yet

Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One Genre: Action, FPS, Cult-Bashing Simulator I'm sure many have been asking: Is Far Cry 5 as good as Far Cry 3? Some reviewers have chosen to focus on the story and how it doesn't live up to the initial premise marketed by Ubisoft. Others even say that the game's "political inclination" o

Platforms: PS4, PC At first glance, Ni no Kuni 2 is an innocent tale of an innocent deposed king named Evan who wants to build his own kingdom called Evermore. But looking back at the story so far, this little kid is a dictator in the making. The story is framed so that everyone who comes into contact with him swear