GosuNoob Video Game Reviews
Expeditions: Rome Review – Tempus Fugit
To a casual observer, my arrogant roman asshole “hero “is not worthy of any kind of justice or redemption. He’s bullish and always picks a path of oral toxicity in any conversation; he’s rude to everyone, patrician or plebian alike, and uses every opportunity to put people in their perceived place. But he’s doing well…
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Rainbow Six Extraction Review – Protomolecule Peril
In a world of tactical acronyms, REACT (Rainbow Exogenous Analysis and Containment Team) is really pushing it. That “E “feels forced, really. Why use “exogenous…
Monster Hunter Rise PC Review – World of Difference
Simpler than Monster Hunter: World and technically impressive for a handheld console exclusive, Monster Hunter Rise was a major hit on Nintendo Switch. It seems…
God of War PC Review – Evergreen
Five years ago, the prospect of porting major PlayStation exclusives on PC would seem implausible or even insane. It used to be that no dynasty…
Ready or Not Preview – SWAT 5
It has been almost seventeen years since SWAT 4, the last proper single-player simulator of Special Weapons and Tactics. Did the police go out of…
GTFO Review – Take a Deep Breath
I’m glad there are still developers brave enough to create multilayered hardcore experiences like GTFO. This co-op survival exploration shooter demands skill, grit, and extraordinary…
The Gunk Review – Two Broke Girls
I remember the great holiday seasons of ages past, full of platform exclusives, fanfare, and sweet torment of abundant choices. This stupid pandemic screwed everything…
Halo Infinite Review – Recycled
It should have been called Halo Limited. The sixth main title in the Halo universe offers a third fragment of the narrative from the second…
Chorus Review – Space Temple Pilots
No game managed to topple mighty Freespace 2 from the space combat throne after twenty-two years, so it’s safe to assume that none ever will….
Hearts of Iron 4: No Step Back Review – The Motherland Knows
Second World War is the most widely exploited conflict in the history of the media. It provides inexhaustible inspiration for novelists, movie, and game-makers alike,…
Darkest Dungeon 2 Preview – Suicide Squad
One of the finest rogue-lite games in history is a pretty tough act to follow. How, exactly, could you top Darkest Dungeon? By making it…
Shin Megami Tensei V Review – Pokémon Diabolique
I have always been fascinated by the ability of Japanese RPG developers to blend and hybridize tenets and motifs of the major world religions. Using…
Battlefield 2042 Review – Rushed and Ruined
Through twenty years of Battlefield history, we witnessed many ups and only a few downs for this exceptional shooting franchise. Battlefield 1942, Battlefield: Bad Company…
Call of Duty: Vanguard Review – Inglourious Bores
This is the filler edition of Call of Duty. Between last year’s Black Ops Cold War and next year’s Modern Warfare, Vanguard sits like that…
Inscryption Review – Super High Stakes
It took me by the collar and shook the shit out of me, leaving me awestruck and with messed-up hair. Inscryption is a fantastic, one-of-a-kind…
Age of Empires 4 Review – New but mostly Old
Considering how much everything has changed in the last quarter of a century, Age of Empires 4 is almost Old-Testamentesque in its conservativism. It’s a…
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Review – Noble Morons
A big elephant stands between me, seated on a couch with the DualSense in my hands and a TV on the other side of the…
The Riftbreaker Review – Not in Kansas anymore
Colonel Miles Quaritch from James Cameron’s Avatar had this to say to every new batch of base security personnel: „You’re not in Kansas anymore. You’re…
Lemnis Gate Review – Time Rewinding Shenanigans
The newest trend in gaming is screwing with time. Lemnis Gate (a semi-clumsy pun on lemniscate, the famous infinity symbol) is an online arena shooter…
Alan Wake Remastered Review – Darkwood Dub
Eleven years after its release on Xbox 360, Alan Wake is considered a modern classic. It was a big-budget game, created as relaxed labor of…