Halo 4 (Xbox 360)
“Wake me when you need me” were the last words spoken by Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 at the end
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
Game Series
Pokémon Ultra Moon (3DS)
Pokémon Sun and Moon took an unexpected direction with the seventh generation of mainline Pokémon titles, choosing to heavily emphasize
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Halo: Reach (Xbox 360)
Reach. The name of this human colony established on a far off planet in the distant future has cropped up
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Yakuza 0 (Xbox One)
A prequel is often a chance for a series to go back and explore the roots of its established characters,
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Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360)
Although the main trilogy of Halo titles was complete following Halo 3, Bungie wasn’t done with the science fiction franchise
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Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
The first Halo game was so successful it put the Xbox console on the map. Halo 2‘s online multiplayer was
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Halo 2 (Xbox)
After the first Halo game was such a phenomenon that the term “Halo Killer” was coined to describe anything that
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Halo: Combat Evolved – Anniversary (Xbox 360)
Halo. It’s hard to overstate how much of a phenomenon this science fiction first-person shooter was when it released on
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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (PS4)
From 431 to 404 BC, two powerhouses of ancient Greece were locked in a conflict known as the Peloponnesian War.
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New Pokémon Snap (Switch)
Back in 1999, the original Pokémon Snap released for Nintendo 64, and its unique game structure felt like lightning in
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Spyro the Dragon (PS1)
Right alongside Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon was one of the big faces of Sony’s entry into the video game
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (Game Boy Color)
The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series thrives on its ability to provide open 3D environments the player can skateboard across
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Bomberman Ultra (PS3)
By now I’ve played 4 Bomberman games for The Game Hoard and a few more before I started the site,
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Gears 5 (Xbox One)
After The Coalition took the reins from Epic Games when it came to developing the Gears of War series, they
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Gears of War 4 (Xbox One)
After an exceptional trilogy of games and a uniquely interesting spin-off, Epic Games seemed fairly content with their work on
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Quality Time: Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Space. Here on our little blue and green sphere, the very word captivates mankind with the thought of endless
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Super Mario Sunshine (GameCube)
While Mario is often the platform game trendsetter, establishing how a platforming character should control in both 2D and 3D
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Wii)
While it’s easy to identify similarities between games in the Crystal Chronicles subseries of Final Fantasy games, the wide breadth
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Gears of War: Judgment (Xbox 360)
After Gears of War 3 rather definitively wrapped up the war against the mutated humanoid monsters known as the Locust,
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Bomberman (NES)
While I had a pretty low opinion of the Bomberman series before starting The Game Hoard, again and again I’ve
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Gears of War 3 (Xbox 360)
The incredible Gears of War 2 is a tough act to follow, but when it came time to wrap up
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