Shadow Blade: Reload Review (Late To The Game)
Shadow puppets. It’s easy to write off mobile games as nothing but greedy cash grabs and endless clones of Flappy Bird and Candy Crush. However, there are a few mobile games which rise above their peers and are every bit as solid as anything seen on console and PC.…
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour Review
Sam is back and better than ever. The phrase “retro shooter” is increasingly becoming a meaningless marketing buzzword. Not too long ago, it was a truly special thing for a game to buck modern military shooter trends and try to hearken back to the glory days of fast-paced run-n-gun…
ARMS Review
Is Nintendo’s new fighter a OHKO? Like Splatoon before it, ARMS is an unconventional take on a genre Nintendo doesn’t typically dabble in (fighting games), wherein stretchy combatants pummel each other with their titular appendages in this new 3D arena fighter. Featuring a veritable cast of colorful characters and…
Damascus Gear: Operation Tokyo HD Edition Review
“Meh”-chanized Combat Damascus Gear: Operation Tokyo HD Edition (what a mouthful!) is one of those games that will most likely fall through the cracks. I hate to say it, but it’s true. It didn’t do anything bad. Objectively speaking, everything worked (or “played”, I guess) as advertised. On the…
Randall Review
Feeling a bit Randy? Randall’s opening scenes are reminiscent of the classic Flashback, with a protagonist waking up with no memory of his former life. He’s in a totalitarian world where a mad scientist has caused people to become addicted to augmentation (or something), so must now do his…
OVIVO Review
The shapes of things to come. Artistic puzzle-platformers have seen a surge in popularity in recent years. And why not? Games are indeed an artform, like poetry, painting, theater, music, and cinema before them. Sadly, for every truly artistic endeavor, there’s always an entire army of cheap imitators and…
The Top 5 Disappointments of 2015
2015 was a banner year for gaming, but for every gem we experienced we also witnessed a resounding dud or missed opportunity Without a doubt, 2015 was a standout year…
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Review
Dead in the water Good evening. I know that Hey Poor Player is a videogame website, and that even when we do film reviews they’re usually films that have…
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