By Marshall Garvey Developer: SCE Santa Monica Studio Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Platforms: Playstation 2, Playstation 3 Release date: March 13, 2007 Genre: Hack and slash, action-adventure Mode: Single-player Rating: M for Mature As I said in the beginning of my Hall of Fame Review for Fallout: New Vegas, many of the finest video […]
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Hall of Fame Review – Kingdom Hearts (2002)
Developer: SquareSoft Publisher: SquareSoft and Distributed by: Disney Interactive Rated: E for Everyone Release Date: March 28, 2002 Platform: Playstation 2 Genre(s): Action role-playing, platform ESRB Rating: E for Everyone No matter what, you ask people about Kingdom Hearts, you’ll probably get the same several adjectives; convoluted, confusing, cheesy. It’s not hard to see the fault in […]
Song of the Day: “Friends in My Heart” by Yoko Shimomura
In lied of my Hall of Fame review of Kingdom Hearts (2002), here’s one of my favorite songs from the game by the amazing composer Yoko Shimomura: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyUiL032WRA
Song of the Day: “Treasure Trove Cove” – Grant Kirkhope, “Banjo Kazooie”
Marshall Garvey: One of my favorite scores of all-time has been, and will always be, Grant Kirkhope’s magnificent one for “Banjo Kazooie.” One of the reasons for that is how eclectic it is. Given the game’s original level variety, Kirkhope not only matched each one thematically, but made each level’s theme a classic gaming tune […]
Everybody gets free DLC for Witcher 3!
During an interview with IGN, CD Projekt Red co-founder Marcin Iwinski announced that they will release all 16 expansion packs of DLC for Witcher 3 for free. Their reasoning for offering free DLC? “Because they paid full price for our game. We owe them.” CD Projekt Red was hoping to make a statement with this move that states […]
Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 Reaction
Yesterday, the much beloved indie-horror sensation Five Nights at Freddy’s series just released a teaser trailer for the third game in the series. While this isn’t an uncommon thing to hear about, this is the third game within a year. Here are some reaction to the trailer from our Last Token Gaming staff: Terry Randolph: […]
Dying Light’s Review Key Blunder, or: No More Embargoes!!!
By Marshall Garvey Good…..GOD. Did they learn nothing from the debacle that was Assassin’s Creed: Unity? Apparently not. For those who haven’t heard, Dying Light, Techland’s anticipated survival horror title, has hit an embarrassing snag just before its release tomorrow. After a declaration from lead designer Maciej Binkowski that the studio would be transparent […]
Top 15 Most Annoying Enemies
By the Last Token Gaming Staff Last year, we put together a list of what we considered the 10 worst sidekicks in all of gaming. Not surprisingly, it provided a great source of agreement (and catharsis) for both the LTG staff and our readers. To start this year, we present a new (and slightly longer) […]
Down but Not Out: Halo: Master Chief Collection’s Next Patch to be Beta-Tested
In continuous efforts to fix what has turned out to be a disastrous run for the Halo: Master Chief Collection, 343 Industries is having the next big patch beta tested before releasing it to the public later this month. Since it’s release on November 11, 2014, Halo: Master Chief Collection has been dealing with severe […]
On to the Next One: Elder Scrolls Online going Subscription-Free Route
In what’s already becoming a standard trend in the MMORPG world, Bethesda is going to be ditching subscription fees for The Elder Scrolls Online in preparation for its release to the Xbox One and Playstation 4 in June. Considering the lack of a splash the game made in the MMORPG world, this was something many […]