GVN Quick Review: Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze (Wii U)

 

Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Retro Studios
Genre: Platformer
Release: Feb 21, 2014

Donkey Kong has been around as long as Nintendo's famed plumber and despite Mario's soaring success, Donkey Kong was never able to match it.  At least not until the release of the Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo. The Donkey Kong Country games gave us some of the best platforming action on the Super Nintendo and that continued onto Nintendo's future consoles.

GVN March Update Vlog 2014

GVN March Update

Whelp, we are already off to a slow start for the year, but I promise you things will be picking up soon.  Reviews of Donkey Kong Country, Atelier Lagy and the Diablo 3 expansion are coming this month from myself.  In the mean time I am still streaming on occasions and we are going to start pushing out the podcast again on a bi-weekly basis.  So until then take care and keep on gaming.

-HuBBs

GVN Review: The Banner Saga (PC)

 



 

The Banner Saga

Genre: Tactical RPG

Publisher: Versus Evil

Developer: Stoic

Release: Jan 14, 2014

 

Twenty-fourteen is off to a great start already with the stellar release of The Banner Saga.  The Banner Saga is a deep choice driven tactical RPG with results that alter the outcome of the endgame.  By endgame I mean after the next two games in the planned trilogy have released of course.  The Banner Saga is also a genre mixing game that has a segment that is very similar to the classic "The Oregon Trail" where you have to travel across a vast world and must have enough supplies to make the trek and make the right decisions to keep as many of your company alive until you reach your destination.

The moment you've all been waiting for. My interview with the legendary game developer, Al Lowe, along with fellow Diehard GameFAN members Mark B and Sean Madson, .

http://diehardgamefan.com/2014/02/10/diehard-gamecast-episode-45-al-lowe-interview/

Game Rant: The Benefits of Single Player for Multiplayer Games

Being a fan of RTS games I took a look into Sword of the Stars 2. It turned out to be a very complex game as long as you don't mind it taking hours of your time. However, playing it got me thinking about a trend that has been appearing in games these days.

DHGF Review: Nidhogg (PC)

 

 

"The saying, “Looks can be deceiving” definitely applies to Nidhogg, an indie game from developers Messhof. Nidhogg has the graphical style of a classic Atari 2600 game, but underneath the deceptive simple graphics is an exciting, action driven and addictive multiplayer game. Nidhogg is an arena fencing game that pits two players against one another. The goal is simple: each player must reach their exit goal to win the match. All you have to do is kill your opponent that stands before you. Sounds simple but it’s anything but."

 

Diehard GameFan review: Nidhogg

GVN - Hubbs' Top 10 Games of 2013

GVN Radio Episode 44 is live

Happy New Year. Hubbs, Andrew and newcomer Anthony bring in 2014 by discussing what hit and miss about good ole 2013.  We also manage to discuss Anthony and Hubbs interest in retro game collecting.

Download GVN Radio episode 44

Happy New Year. Welcome 2014!

Well I am happy that the new year has begun and with it, GVN resumes operations.  First up will be the annual top ten games video for the previous year.  After that will be the first podcast of the new year along with other articles from the other members of GVN.  We have Andrew still on board with us and newcomer, Anthony, is looking to add his likeness to the site.  So here's to a wonderful New Year.