Nick Calandra, Author at The Escapist

Breakout

We’ve Finally Gotten to Play Dead Island 2 – Breakout

This week on the Breakout podcast, we got some hands-on impressions playing Dead Island 2, The Finals, Resident Evil 4, and more.

By Nick CalandraMarch 15, 2023

Podcast

The Last of Us Finale Reignites the Decade-Old Debate – The Recap

This week on The Recap podcast, Marty, Darren, and Nick discuss the finale of The Last of Us and everything else they’ve been ...

By Nick CalandraMarch 14, 2023

In preview, Dead Island 2 feels like a long lost Xbox 360 game, with reliable, safe mission structure and lack of interactivity but also awesome gore mechanics.

Previews

Dead Island 2 Feels Like a Long-Lost Xbox 360 Game for Better or Worse

Dead Island 2 has been a long time coming. The franchise was created by Techland, which was originally developing the sequel until it ...

By Nick CalandraMarch 13, 2023

Rocksteady Studios Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League goes all in with the gear scores, guns, equipment, and live-service elements, which is frustrating and unfortunate.

Opinion

Not You Too with the Gear Scores, Rocksteady!

The reaction to the big gameplay reveal for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is, for the lack of a better term, not ...

By Nick CalandraFebruary 24, 2023

Podcast

This Week’s The Last of Us Went Full Video Game – The Recap

This week on The Recap podcast, Marty, Darren, and Nick discuss The Last of Us episode 5 and catch up on some of ...

By Nick CalandraFebruary 14, 2023

Breakout

2023 Is Starting to Feel Like the Swan Song for Switch – Breakout

This video is sponsored by Figurama Collectors. Join the waitlist to preorder the Silent Hill: Red Pyramid Thing vs. James Sunderland Statue on ...

By Nick CalandraFebruary 8, 2023

The Day Before announcement trailer was a scam and a lie and FNTASTIC with Mytona has a bad, different game in development per its gameplay trailer

Opinion

Don’t Fall for The Day Before

Over the past few weeks, the development studio behind “one of the most anticipated games in the world,” The Day Before, has been under ...

By Nick CalandraFebruary 4, 2023

Live-service games Rumbleverse, Knockout City, Marvels Avengers, Echo VR, & CrossfireX have all decided to shut down and die - a trend and problem in the video game industry

Opinion

In Live Service, It’s All or Nothing

As much as we rail about the overuse of live-service games, lately I’ve been questioning what happens to these projects when they’re shut ...

By Nick CalandraFebruary 3, 2023

Opinion

Death Stranding Is Now One of My Favorite Games, All It Took Was Changing the Difficulty

I’ve tried a few times to get into Death Stranding. The first was right around the time the game originally released at the ...

By Nick CalandraFebruary 1, 2023

If Xbox & 343 Industries have long-term goals for Halo Infinite, they are a mystery, and after layoffs, frustration and confusion mounts.

Opinion

Is Xbox Ever Going to Address the Long-Term Goals of Halo Infinite?

Halo Infinite released on November 15, 2021, and to this day… I still don’t know what the plan for the game is. When ...

By Nick CalandraJanuary 18, 2023

Podcast

The Last of Us Episode 1 Is a Masterful Adaptation – The Recap

This week on The Recap podcast, Marty, Darren, and Nick discuss the episode 1 premiere of The Last of Us on HBO, which ...

By Nick CalandraJanuary 17, 2023

Breakout

Is 2023 the Year PlayStation Finally Gets Back to Multiplayer Games? – Breakout

This week on the Breakout podcast, we’re taking a look at Sony’s upcoming slate of games, with a focus on its big investments ...

By Nick CalandraJanuary 11, 2023

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