Vince Abella

Marvel Rivals had a bit of an uphill battle, joining the gaming community at a time where live-service titles flop far more often than succeed, all in the middle of an oversaturated market, one that saw an especially high-profile failure not too long ago in the form of Sony’s disastrous Concord cancellation.

I’ve always been in love with Until Dawn. I grew up watching playthroughs of the game years before I even got my hands on it, and nowadays, I appreciate the game as a horror movie enthusiast. The original title still holds up, running at an incredibly smooth 60 frames per second on PS5, only showing bits of age over the years. It’s still playable today, which makes it incredibly baffling as to why it needed a remake, much less a $60 one.

I hit my first roadblock very early on in Shadow of the Erdtree. The first two bosses I came across both took me a day to beat. It was an exhausting process, dying repeatedly no matter what weapon I tried. Then it just happened. I would win. Then I would beat the next boss. Then I would enter the next area. And boy was there a lot to explore in just “the next area.” It’s been a while since Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree came out, and I’m still settling on how to feel about it.