Tag: Sony
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Honesty in Loss – God of War (2018) Review
By Terry Randolph Loss. It’s a permanent, powerful presence appearing in life at some juncture or another. Whether it’s saying goodbye to a home, friends, relationships, or a loved one, it rears its ugly head in ways that are mystifyingly profound. We all handle its presence differently; some romanticize it, hoping it lessens the painful…
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Capturing the Light – Destiny 2 Impressions
*Destiny 2, like its predecessor, is meant to be taken as an MMORPG experience. This also means expansion packs in the near future as well as continual content updates, making it difficult to give a full review. Therefore, Last Token Gaming’s review will be an impressions piece instead. Release Date: September 6, 2017 (Playstation 4…
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Horizon: Zero Dawn Review
Release Date: February 28, 2017 Developer: Guerilla Games Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Genre: Action, Adventure, Open World System: Playstation 4 Playtime: 45 hours Guerilla Games and I have never gotten along. Their penultimate, Playstation-exclusive franchise Killzone was a massive disappointment to me. Labelling it the Halo killer, this first-person franchise felt more like a graphical…
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Is No Man’s Sky “No Man’s Game”?
No Man’s Sky came out amid an uproar of hype that felt truly astounding. The developers were open-minded, earnest, and proud of their product (not just its revenue). They kept a dialogue going with NMS’ potential players during the development process, and took criticism seriously. The game itself looked gorgeous: beautiful beyond compare, with…
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A Tale of Two Drakes: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Review
Release Date: May 10, 2016 Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Genre: Third Person Shooter, Platformer, Action-Adventure System: Playstation 4 Completion Time: 15 hrs, 45 minutes (not including collectible hunting) Ludonarrative Dissonance, a heavy word to describe the contrast experienced between gameplay design and narrative structure. It’s a concept I’ve found a problem in…
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When Worlds Collide – Microsoft and Sony Cross-Platform Possible?
On March 14, Chris Charla wrote a letter regarding ID@Xbox and GDC updates that’s shaking things up when it comes to multiplayer gaming. The letter talks about cross-platform play between Xbox One and Playstation 4 consoles, starting with the hit game Rocket League: First, in addition to natively supporting cross-platform play between Xbox One and Windows 10…
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This Day in Gaming History – Playstation 3 Releases (Nov. 17, 2006)
2001-2006 was a very interesting era for gaming, a lot new games appeared and specilly online casino games became very popular this is the top ten new US online casino operators. It was a generation painted in the mindset of the East (Sony, PlayStation 2) versus West (Microsoft, Xbox), beginning of of the end of…
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Welcome Back Shenmue!
By Terry Randolph I know — it’s been a couple weeks since the announcement of Shenmue III’s Kickstarter and the hype around it has died down significantly. However, in order to ensure I approach this with a clear, open mind, I preferred taking my time to write this out. Obviously, it’s easy writing about a hotly…
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EA Sports UFC Review: I don’t want to feel the fight
By Christopher Medrano It’s time for our main event, EA’s UFC game! After months of hype surrounding UFC’s transition to the next gen consoles, does the game live up to being a main event or feel more like a prelim fight? The big thing EA promised is that the player would “feel the fight”… something…
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Ready for E3? We are: Here’s what we’re excited to hear about this year
[UPDATE: Unfortunately before we could edit this in time, it was confirmed that Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts 3 won’t be shown at E3. While certainly a downer it still doesn’t take away from our excitement for the titles.] E3. Is there more that needs to be said about this exciting event? Every year,…