REVIEW: Disco Elysium: The Final Cut – A Cut Above The Rest

9.5

Fantastic

Disco Elysium – The Final Cut is the definitive edition of the groundbreaking narrative masterpiece RPG released in 2019 on PC. Developer ZA/UM has officially released Disco Elysium – The Final Cut on PC, Mac, and, for the first time, PlayStation … Read More

REVIEW: Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Ultimate Edition

8

Great

With the gaming release calendar being very light so far into 2020, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Ultimate Edition could well be the masterpiece you’ve been searching for to keep you busy for a few weeks or months.

The original … Read More

REVIEW: GreedFall

6.5

Good

A few hours into the action-RPG GreedFall will remind gamers of early Bioware games such as the Dragon Age series, where choices of violence or diplomacy are options. But instead of being developed by the titans that Bioware, the game … Read More

REVIEW: Tom Clancy’s The Division 2

8.4

Great

Our Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 review has been a long time coming, but with a game this absolutely massive and filled with things to do, there’s a lot to take in and analyze. The Division 2 is an absolute … Read More

REVIEW: Crackdown 3

Way back in E3 2014, Microsoft unveiled one of their big first-party sequels, their blockbuster Xbox One title Crackdown 3. Crackdown 3 was on the way, scheduled to release in 2016. After the much-maligned diversion that was Crackdown 2, … Read More

PREVIEW: Anthem Demos 1 & 2 – TheEffect.Net’s Thoughts Ahead Of The Release

My thoughts…

Anthem is the first major online multiplayer game from studio BioWare, of Mass Effect and Dragon Age fame, a shooter that falls roughly in the vein of The Division and Destiny. Set in a sci-fi world overrun with … Read More

REVIEW: Fallout 76

6.1

Good

It’s been a bumpy road for Bethesda over the last few weeks. And when their latest game, Fallout 76 launched to a litany of reactionary backlash, I wanted to wait. Why? Because first impressions aren’t always everything, and yes they … Read More

REVIEW: Vampyr

7.2

Very Good

With Vampyr, Paris-based developer DONTNOD (the creative team behind Remember Me and Life is Strange) tries its hand at a horror-themed action RPG. The game’s atmospheric trailers have turned heads, and it has been considered one of the most anticipated … Read More

REVIEW: State of Decay 2

8

Great

The original State of Decay was something of a break-out hit in 2013. It was among the first of the open-world zombie survival games and now after a long wait State of Decay finally has co-op multiplayer. Equipped with 3 … Read More

REVIEW: Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5 is an open-world first-person shooter for the Playstation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PCs set in the fictional Hope County area of Montana, USA. In it, you assume the persona of a rookie deputy whose first day … Read More