Back in 2016, ID Software’s reboot of their flagship series offered a tetanus shot to the increasing malaise of the FPS genre–and to its own franchise. Coming out of nowhere, the game managed to ‘glory-kill’ (see what I did?) the [...]
I reviewed Supergiant Games’ latest masterpiece earlier in 2020. Hades is a Greek mythology-based action roguelite, placing you in the role of prince Zagreus attempting to escape the realm of his father Hades (yes THE Hades, ruler of the [...]
Modern video games have come a long way from their relatively primitive ancestors in terms of design and complexity. Just compare the differences between the original DOOM and the latest entry, DOOM Eternal for instance; how the latter not just modernizes [...]
Cyberpunk doesn’t really need any more hype. It already has all the attention needed by everyone involved; not ignoring all the faux journalism (Sensationalism?) surrounding the game’s political correctness. In all seriousness though, this [...]
Ultrakill is hands down one of the most fun action games I have played in a while. I don’t remember the last time I spent 15 hours on a game that has content that is barely 3-4 hours long. It is brutal, it is extremely fast-paced, it is visceral and [...]
We here at Gaming Purists are no strangers to indie dev Supergiant Games’ works of passion and creativity. When the California based studio announced back in 2018 that they’re working on a brand new game based on Greek mythology, I HAD to get [...]
It’s always nice to see a passion project come to life, and VirtuaVerse is one of those games. Developed by Theta Division, a small team of artists and adventure game enthusiasts one can see that a lot of work and passion went into this game. [...]
Good, pure-blooded action games are a dime a dozen, and Furi is definitely up there among the best of the bunch. When it released back in 2016, it became one of my personal favorite games of the generation by virtue of it’s focus in terms of design. [...]