Mike Reitemeier | Page 25 | Phenixx Gaming

What is Going on at Square Enix?

It’s not uncommon for publishers to be the foil to developers in the gaming industry. Consider how many great devs that EA has sent to the graveyard and there’s proof enough that fundamental gaming prowess can be ruined by greedy monetization, rough…

Serious Sam: Tormental (PC) Review

If there’s one genre that’s been done to death, it’s the roguelike. Ever since Binding of Isaac took off as a premier indie darling in 2011, many others have emulated its success with brilliant ideas, airtight combat, and a pulse-pounding sense of urgency to…

Young Souls (PC) Review

The mixing of two genres has worked wonders in the gaming industry. Whether it be Mass Effect meshing third-person shooting with RPG storytelling mechanics or perhaps the recent The Riftbreaker doing RTS and top-down shooting simultaneously, a truly unique experience can be had with…

Elex II (PC) Review

The open-world RPG was the staple of the 2010s, with several franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and others seeing several releases to flood the market by decade’s end. With narrative, linear tales such as God of War and The Last of Us eking out…

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem (PC) Review

When I checked out Serious Sam 4 in 2020, I was massively let down by awful optimization and trite gameplay. It was so bogged down that I gave it a four out of ten, and I haven’t thought of it since. When…

Dead Space Series (PC) Review

Several series of games over the years have gone by the wayside, left as a relic to a different era of gaming. While Jak & Daxter and Crash Bandicoot saw their developers reach different heights in new ventures, EA Redwood Shores, which developed into Visceral…

Halo Infinite Gets Rocky PC launch

If gamers have learned anything in the past console generation or two, games are rarely shipped to perfection on their release day. Day One/Zero patches and post-release support are now the norm. Even the most high-profile titles with endless amounts of hype…

Dug Days (Disney+) Review

With the advent of Disney Plus, a lot of classic Disney and Pixar properties are seeing revivals or continuations of their stories thanks to a new series taking the platform by storm. Monsters Inc. got a canonical sequel within Monsters At Work, and a…

Call of Duty: Vanguard Campaign (PC) Review

Approaching two decades of existence, Call of Duty has continued to be a dominant force in the gaming industry since the skyrocketing success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in 2007. That’s about how long I’ve been into the series, plugging away at prestiging…

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (PC) Review

Have you ever played a game where you have no idea what’s going on, but you’re so fascinated that you can’t put your controller down? I’m sure there are a few titles that come to mind, like the confusing plots of Metal…