How Mass Effect Stole Our Hearts: Story

We’re only a couple weeks away from the release of BioWare’s latest game release: Mass Effect: Andromeda, set for release on March 21st, 2017. With the game’s imminent release, I thought it appropriate to address my thoughts on the previous Mass Effect games and some of my personal hopes regarding Andromeda’s story, characters, and gameplay.…

That S**t I do like | FFXV

Final Fantasy XV was finally released at the end of November, and with that, many of us at Black Oni Blog have had the opportunity to play through it to completion, taking on the many end game challenges you can explore. Now that we’ve already discussed the things I don’t like about FFXV, let’s move…

Should You Grapple Hook Back into Dying Light?

When Dying Light first graced our consoles early last year, I was greeted with a really interesting surprise. Sure, we had seen zombie games before, and the very similar game Dead Island launched on PS3 with the premise of being an open world zombie slaying action game, similar to what Dying Light is doing with it’s title. But there…

Life is Strange: Out of Time Review

By Kevin Kennedy Going into Life is Strange Episode Two, I had high expectations.  Episode one set up an interesting twist on the episodic, story-driven game, with its mix of real-world drama and time travel twists.  To temper my enthusiasm, though, I had doubts. After all, the second volume of a five-part series often suffers…