Archvale (Xbox One)
When you start a file in the action adventure game Archvale, a world is made just for you. This design
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
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Yakuza 3 Remastered (Xbox One)
For someone looking into the Yakuza series now, Yakuza 3 finds itself at a bit of an odd spot. The
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The Haunted Hoard: Haunt (Xbox 360)
Haunt made me feel like a kid again. With its Kinect based play requiring full body movement, avoiding ghosts in
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The Haunted Hoard: Zombie Wranglers (Xbox 360)
There’s something strange in the neighborhood, but you don’t normally call the Ghostbusters when there are zombies skulking about suburbia.
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The Haunted Hoard: Charon’s Staircase (Xbox Series X)
In ancient Greece, the theater contained a hidden tunnel beneath the stage to allow actors to make their way to
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The Haunted Hoard: Friday the 13th: The Game (Xbox One)
The Friday the 13th series of films helped codify the horror movie trope of a group of teens picked off
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The Haunted Hoard: Infernax (Xbox Series X)
Infernax isn’t afraid to wear its influences on its sleeve, the game even making direct references to games like Zelda
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The Haunted Hoard: Agony (Xbox One)
Hell is a terrifying place that would be a suitable host for a horror game, but over time, creative works
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The Haunted Hoard: Scorn (Xbox Series X)
Scorn is a game of few words, avoiding them entirely outside of necessary moments like menus and minor control hints.
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DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game (Xbox Series X)
Random, wacky humor can be amusing, but like any form of comedy, if you want it to be effective, you
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Bomberman: Act Zero (Xbox 360)
While so far much of my coverage for the Bomberman series has had some sort of lead-in about my mixed
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Unpacking (Xbox Series X)
Considering I named this website The Game Hoard, you probably won’t be too surprised to learn I’m a bit of
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The Forgotten City (Xbox Series X)
Societal living depends on humans all agreeing to be reasonable. There would be little benefit to communal living if you
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Tails Noir (Xbox Series X)
It’s easy to get wrapped up in a game’s conclusion and let it change how you felt about the game
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The Good Life (Xbox Series X)
The small town of Rainy Woods calls itself the happiest town in the world, and it’s not hard to see
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The Procession to Calvary (Xbox Series X)
The heroine of The Procession to Calvary is exceptionally good at one thing: killing. Luckily for her, her talent was
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The Artful Escape (Xbox Series X)
Francis Vendetti was born in the shadow of his uncle. Johnson Vendetti was a folk rock superstar who brought prosperity
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Flynn: Son of Crimson (Xbox One)
Flynn: Son of Crimson is an action platformer, but it might be more accurate to call it a combat platformer.
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Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (Xbox 360)
With Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, Team Ninja put a group of women from the Dead or Alive fighting
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Mighty Goose (Xbox Series X)
The Metal Slug series is known for some frankly superb pixel art and spritework coupled with intense run and gun
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Lost Words: Beyond the Page (Xbox One)
Writing can serve as a therapeutic way of working through complex emotions, be it through simple reflections in a journal
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