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ESH | Blasters of the Universe Review

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Insert­ing one­self into the action of a video game is what makes vir­tual real­ity such an immer­sive expe­ri­ence. Bul­let hell games are scary enough as it is, tak­ing place on a 2D plane while tons of bul­lets head towards a tiny ship. Thrust­ing this con­cept into the first-person per­spec­tive of a VR shooter, Blasters of the Uni­verse takes the brain-busting space man­age­ment of a bul­let hell game and forces you to stare help­lessly as the sea of bul­lets slowly drift towards you. One of the smoother-controlling shoot­ers I’ve played in PSVR, while rel­a­tively short, it offers plenty of chal­lenge that will have you com­ing back for more.

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GOTY 2017 | Number 5 — Cuphead

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The mark of a high qual­ity dif­fi­cult game is when it man­ages to be incred­i­bly fun as well. Cup­head was quickly on most people’s radar due to the art style which oozes the charm of 1930s car­toons. Play­ing Cup­head, it’s almost incom­pre­hen­si­ble how Stu­dioMDHR was able to so accu­rately and fluid cre­ated the look of this game. Many peo­ple have floated the phrase “it’s like play­ing a car­toon” about games before, but it has never been more true than with Cup­head. The char­ac­ters are fun and styl­ish and it has one of the best and most fit­ting sound­tracks of the year. On top of every­thing else, the game is fun as hell! Each boss takes trial and error, patience and feels amaz­ing every time you beat them. Cup­head cer­tainly deserves the spot as the 5th best game of 2017.

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ESH | Conquer the ‘Rebel Galaxy’ Your Own Way

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Truck­ing sim­u­la­tors have never really appealed to me. The con­cept of tak­ing goods from one place to another in a video game doesn’t exactly scream excite­ment and sounds more like work than play. Lit­tle did I know, all that was required was set­ting it in space and includ­ing blow­ing up other ships to hur­tle me over to the oppo­site side of the fence. Rebel Galaxy brings the style and action nec­es­sary to make trans­port­ing goods as excit­ing as it is cathar­tic and relaxing.

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