XBOX One Archives - Page 7 of 24

September 28, 2018September 29, 2018

FORZA HORIZON 4 [Review]: Winter (and Spring, Summer, Autumn) is Coming…

Welcome to New Horizon. I've been trying to figure out a good time to review Forza Horizon 4, the follow-up to my 2016 Game of the Year. Well, last night -- around the time that Ultimate Edition owners gained early access to the game -- a noticeably rare achievement chimed upon hitting level 20, having …

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September 22, 2018October 3, 2018

OVERCOOKED 2 / STATE OF DECAY – DAYBREAK [Mini-Reviews]: Zombie Bread.

Overcooked 2 is a campy, fun game for the casual gamer, or one whose style is more "I play Candy Crush on my phone" than "hardcore console bro-dude". Playing both this game and its 2016 predecessor gave me flashbacks to playing Diner Dash on my phone while I was supposed to be at work. The …

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August 23, 2018August 29, 2018

WE HAPPY FEW [Review]: Hard Target.

Thank GodHatesGeeks that We Happy Few has vastly improved since its game preview beta days. We all know games don't always do. When I reviewed the pre-release version (which you can read just down below), I was not impressed. Survival mechanics were overbearing, repetition set in, there was pretty much no story, and the combat …

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July 1, 2018July 1, 2018

SUMMER VIDEO GAMES [Release Dates]: We Happy Many.

Thanks to 2018 being the "Year of the Remaster" / "Year of the Switch Port", we've got plenty to play and catch up on over here at GodHatesGeeks. It's not your usual summer. This week -- and our next Geekdom Gamescast -- will see GHG's take on The Crew 2, Yakuza 0, NieR Automata: BECOME …

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June 8, 2018

E3ODUS [E3 2018 Preview]: Halo 6.

HALO 6 (343 Industries/Microsoft - Xbox One, PC - TBA) - With the start of E3 approaching, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Developers, media, and consumers alike look forward to this day every year. We all seem to give our two cents on what games may or may not be revealed. One of those being: …

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June 2, 2018

E3ODUS [E3 2018 Preview]: Below.

BELOW (Capybara Games - X1, PC - TBA 2018) - As above, and so below, seems to come-and-go yet another iteration of the ages-old roguelike dungeoncrawler videogame model, called Below, by Capybara Games. Initially introduced during Microflop Studios 2013 E3 press event, and then indefinitely delayed by them in mid-2016 (until Capybara stepped in and …

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