There’s one thing every asymmetrical horror fan knows all too well: waiting to play the killer can sometimes feel like the real horror game. You boot up, queue for your favorite role, grab a drink, check your phone, come back, and somehow you’re still staring at the matchmaking screen. That problem has followed the genre…
There are multiplayer games that ask you to communicate, coordinate, and play like a professional team. Then there are games that throw four friends into a cursed island, give them absurdly long arms, terrifying monsters, questionable physics, and a pile of treasure—and basically wait for everything to go horribly wrong. Last Pirates: Die Together belongs…
When I first launched R.E.P.O., I expected the usual co-op horror formula: hit a matchmaking button, join random players, and start hunting for loot. Instead, I found myself staring at a menu with no public queue, no server browser, and no obvious way to jump into a match unless I already had friends playing. At…
