Category: Video Games

Catarina Murphy cmurphy@foghornnews.com @Cat_MMurphy “Roll 20 and you can open the locked chest.” Those are familiar words for anyone who has ever played Dungeons and Dragons, or any magical role playing game on console or with cards. These kinds of games are time consuming, equally in preparation and in actual gameplay. So, if you’re ready to dive into a game that has potential to consume your social life, I recommend “Dragon Age.” BioWare released its first game in 2009 with “Dragon Age: Origins,” a tale of violence, lust and betrayal from the beginning. You are a Grey Warden, one of…

“Ratchet & Clank” is a Playstation 4 exclusive title that is a re-imagining of the 2002 classic developed by Insomniac Games and is also based off the movie now in theaters. Originally slated for a 2015 release, the game was delayed to April 2016 to be released alongside the film. Reimagings or reboots of a popular series can go either way, ranging from great to a complete disaster. This game, however, is one that shouldn’t be skipped. A Lombax named Ratchet who works at a garage repairing ships has dreams of joining the Galactic Rangers. Although physically qualified, his background…

Relive Nintendo’s popular role-playing videogame classic franchise in digital form. It has been 20 years since “Pokemon” was first released in Japan, originally known as “Pocket Monster Red and Green” on Feb. 27, 1996. Global localization soon followed two years later. In “Pokemon,” a nameless young boy ventures into the woods before being stopped by Professor Oak, who explains about wild creatures living there and takes you to his lab. Once inside, the player is given a choice between three Pokemon: Charmander (Fire), Squirtle (Water) and Bulbasaur (Grass). Squirtle (left), Bulbasaur, and Charmander are the three Pokemon each player starts…

“Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2” is the sequel to the third-person shooter developed by PopCap Games and published by EA Games. This entry came as a shock considering the first “Garden Warfare” was a surprise hit no one saw coming, with more than 8 million players online since it was released. Although it was an entertaining online multiplayer experience, many gamers felt the online-only feature was a wasted opportunity, missing out on playing it split-screen. When the sequel was announced, it was promised that this entry would be bigger than the first and even feature co-op play, making it…

“XCOM 2” takes the XCOM series to a whole new level. The series, which began in 1994, was rebooted in 2012 with “XCOM: Enemy Unknown.”“XCOM 2” was released Feb. 5 of this year, and game developer Firaxis Games has done an outstanding job creating a game with strategic depth, far surpassing the rather surprising good job they had done on the previous game. In “XCOM 2” the world has been taken over by the Advent Coalition, a group of seemingly benevolent aliens who have uplifted most of humanity and claimed to have cured most diseases including cancer. However, the remnants…