Evan Norris's Reviews
The opportunities for creative puzzle-solving few and far between, but it's fine for low-stakes couch co-op action.
Difficulty spikes and repetitive mission design prevent it from joining the ranks of From Software's modern-day masterpieces, but altogether it's a competent mech action game.
A nice one-stop shop for the most important adventures of the franchise.
This is a game worth trying—just not on Switch.
Streets of Rogue combines the experimental elements of Deus Ex with random world generation and permadeath to create a winning top-down rogue-lite.
Hyperlight Ultimate is a fun little non-shooter.
Super Mutant Alien Assault might be the Citizen Kane of Super Crate Box clones, but in the larger scope of video games it's more of a summer popcorn flick—diverting, good-looking, but ultimately lacking the depth to become a classic.
If you adore Contra, you will absolutely love this game.
Once again, ACE has taken two incompatible genres and merged them into a solid product.
A competent, corny role-playing game with a lively battle system, dozens of recruitable characters, some narrative woes, and too many game-ending crashes.
The Contra collection finishes Konami's 50th birthday bash in style.
By combining the legal proceedings of Ace Attorney with the visceral combat and open-world hijinks of Yakuza, developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has turned in a new, but familiar property.
Gato Roboto is everything you'd expect from a Metroidvania and, importantly, everything you'd want.
It's not as refined or as well-paced as some of the stalwarts of the genre, and its story mode is a let-down, but it's still a clever puzzle-fighting hybrid with many different modes.
Taken as a whole this second part of Konami's year-long birthday celebration is a worthwhile trip to the past.
Redout is a decent racing experience overall, chiefly for fans of moribund franchises like WipEout and F-Zero.
A serviceable sandbox shooter with wasted potential.
Shakedown: Hawaii has a lot to do and see, and maybe even more to say.
There's a lot to like here, for folks who crave cerebral strategy, reflex-based racing, and a good sense of humor.
Mortal Kombat 11 is an outstanding fighting game with new, more deliberate mechanics, a spectacular story mode, and loads of online and offline content.