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Heaven Dust 2 is one of the most pleasant surprises I’ve had in some time. My initial – and erroneous – impressions of the game faded away in only a few minutes.
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: DotEmu Categories: Sports Release Date: 01.20.22 Do you remember Windjammers? This really spiffy unique sports game that Data East put out for NeoGeo arcade cabs? The closest thing I can compare it to is air hockey….
Continue readingI’m a huge sucker for anything featuring mechs. Blackwind looked like it would be right up my alley in that regard.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Arrowiz Published By: Giiku Games Categories: Adventure, Puzzle, Visual Novel Release Date: 10.26.21 The bookstore Hermitage is home to some interesting secrets. It’s strange, but then again, it’s patrons are equally as strange. The first thing I thought…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Finji Composed By: Lena Raine Categories: Adventure Release Date: 12.15.21 The Wielder holds the brush. The brush brings color and life to the world. You have the brush…but aren’t you just a janitor? Color has gone…
Continue readingNecrobarista: Final Pour – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Route 59 GamesPublished By: Coconut Island GamesCategory: Narrative Adventure, Visual NovelRelease Date: August 11, 2021 Life is a journey, and the world we are just passing through. Once you’ve finished your journey you…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Serenity Forge Published By: Way Down Deep Categories: Dating, Bowling Release Date: 11.26.21 Is your idea of a fun date going to a bowling alley? Well, mine isn’t, but I do find for Date Night Bowling to be…
Continue readingThere are few things in gaming more satisfying than a game built around exploration that’s actually fun to explore. Studio Inkyfox, the one-man developer behind today’s game, Omno, understands this all too well.
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Saber Interactive Categories: Shooter, Co-Op Release Date: 11.02.21 What comes to mind when you see the title World War Z? If it’s huge hoards of zombies, you’re in luck. This game is full of it. No…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Adamvision, SneakyBox Published By: Atari Composed By: Megan McDuffee Categories: Arcade, Retro, Shooter Release Date: 12.14.21 It’s Asteroids, but pretty! Well, that’s an accurate description, but only to an extent. The latest in the Recharged line by Atari…
Continue readingDeveloper: Asobo Studio Publisher: Focus Home Interactive Genre: Adventure, Action, Cinematic Released: 6th July 2021 When rats invade the cloud…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Chemical Pudding Published By: Phoenixx Categories: Puzzle, Platformer Release Date: 12.15.21 I like puzzle platformers. The ones that really make you think. Maybe even overthink a simple solution. Filmechanism is one of those games. And would you know…
Continue readingWhen I first saw the screenshots for today’s game, Kathy Rain Director’s Cut, they showed me a pixel art point-and-click adventure heavily featuring motorcycles. Could this be a game paying homage to of one of my favorite Lucasarts adventures, Full Throttle, I asked myself?
Continue readingDeveloped By: White Rabbit Published By: Serenity Forge Categories: Metroidvania, Adventure, Action Release Date: 09.30.21 It’s a 2D Souls-like. I know that’s a easy statement to make, but it really does feel like a 2D Souls game, mechanics and all….
Continue readingDeveloped By: Creepy Brothers (formerly Deqaf) Published By: No Gravity Games Categories: Adventure, Horror Release Date: 10.07.21 I reviewed the first Creepy Tale around this time last year. I did not like it very much. It was too short, and…
Continue readingDeveloped By: LEAP Game Studios Published By: HypeTrain Digital Categories: Roguelite, Beatemup Release Date: 11.02.21 So wait, is Tunche more of a beatemup, or is it more of a roguelite? Well, if you like either genre, you’re going to love…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Kyle Thompson Published By: Top Hat Studios Categories: Platformer, Metroidvania Release Date: 10.20.21 Sheepo is the kind of game I was drawn to by the key art and a single screenshot. It looked nice, it looked sleek and…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Kenny Sun Published By: RedDeerGames Categories: Platformer Release Date: 11.08.21 Circa Infinity has one goal. Get to the center. Just go deeper and deeper and not die. Style is overflowing in Circa Infinity. While…everything about the same is…
Continue readingDeveloped By: WhyKev Published By: Aurora Punks Categories: Platformer Release Date: 11.12.21 Hoplegs is…interesting. It’s another take of those physics based platformers/get to the goal types. That is to say an incredibly awkward, but fun experience. One that also be…
Continue readingA few months ago, I reviewed a super-chill city-builder by the name of Islanders. Today’s game, Airborne Kingdom, is similar to Islanders, but deeper in both story and strategy.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Stonewheat & Sons Published By: Sold-Out Software Categories: Puzzle, Co-Op Release Date: 08.31.21 What kind of madman makes birds do their work for them? Well, the ones inside of the game KeyWe. See, you control Jeff and Debra,…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Morteshka Published By: HypeTrain Digital Categories: Adventure, RPG Release Date: 08.10.21 For love, anything is worth giving up. For Vasilisa, this was aspirations of becoming a witch. Unfortunately however, the love of her life passes way. Stricken by…
Continue readingComing up with unique, new gameplay mechanics is hard. I’ve never made a game, but I’m certain this statement is true. I don’t know if the developers of Death’s Door feel the same way, but I suspect they do know that (thankfully) execution trumps innovation.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Antab Studio Published By: Merge Games Categories: Adventure, Shooter Release Date: 08.12.21 A third person shooter, mix in special abilities, some puzzles, and wrap it up with a authentic comic book feel. With this mish mash, we have…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Westone (original), Ratalaika Games (re-release) Published By: Strictly Limited Games (Physical), ININ Games (Digital) Categories: Arcade, Retro, Platformer Release Date: 12.14.21 A Little History It’s finally here. Clockwork Aquario was to be an arcade game developed by Westone,…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Ratalaika Games, Masaya (Original Game) Categories: Shootem’up, Retro Release Date: 10.15.21 Ratalaika has been hitting it out of the park with these ports lately. Lots of rarer, Japan only games, lots of excellent Switch conversions. This…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Triple I Games Categories: Action Release Date: 09.09.21 They always do say Hindsight is 20/20, right? If you could do something different, say something different, would you? In Hindsight 20/20 – Wrath of the Raakshasa, you’ll…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Skunkape Games Categories: Adventure Release Date: 12.08.21 Last year around this time, the newly remastered Sam and Max Save the World was released. I loved it, even if despite improvements it still had those quirks native…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Odd Bug Studio Published By: United Label Games, CI Games (physical) Categories: Adventure, Action Release Date: 09.17.21 Oh this looks nice, an adventure game where you play as a rat. This is like Redwall, right? Oh god, this…
Continue readingDeveloped By: M2 Published By: Konami Categories: Retro, Compilation, Adventure, RPG, Platformer Release Date: 09.23.21 Konami and M2 do it again! In 2019, with assistance from Hamster and M2, Konami released three excellent collections for classic Castlevania, Contra, and some…
Continue readingDeveloped By: OverPowered Team Published By: Freedom Games Categories: Roguelite, Strategy Release Date: 10.14.21 What? You’re telling me you never played a strategy based, roguelite starring animals in power suits before? Well, with RuinRaiders, you finally can! If that little…
Continue readingThe Sundew is the initial release from one-person game studio 2054. On the surface, I’m definitely the target audience for this game.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Orange Pixel Published By: Apogee Categories: Survival, Adventure, Platformer Release Date: 09.09.21 I’m on the fence on whether or not I like survival games or not. The loop of gathering materials, food, and making sure not to die….
Continue readingDeveloped By: Maple Powered Games Published By: Merge Games Categories: Farming, RPG, Adventure Release Date: 08.31.21 Monster Harvest is what you get when you mix a Harvest Moon, farming simulator and a monster based RPG. Sounds great! First impressions however,…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Nippon Ichi Software Published By: NIS America Categories: Strategy RPG, Compilation Release Date: 08.31.21 The PS2 is what many people will consider the golden age of JRPGS. This is no different with a developer like Nippon Ichi Software,…
Continue readingI love a good detective story, but I’m not especially hooked on any of the big crime procedural dramas that populate network TV. Perhaps that is why Murder Mystery Machine for the Nintendo Switch left me feeling a little cold.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Demagog Studio Published By: Ultold Tales Categories: Golf, Platformer? Release Date: 09.03.21 So golf is supposed to be a calm, relaxing sport, isn’t it? Despite this, I find a lot of golf games (perhaps un-intentionally) difficult and frustrating….
Continue readingDeveloped By: Corey Martin Published By: Draknek and Friends Categories: Puzzle Release Date: 09.30.21 Go off to this island to escape. Burn all of your stuff. Really, burn it. BURN IT ALL. For real, that’s what you gotta do in…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Published By: Sega Categories: Ball Roller, Platformer? Release Date: 10.05.21 To majority of the fans of the series, the first two Super Monkey Ball games were the peak of the series. I wouldn’t say…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Cafundo Estudio Criativo Published By: Buka Entertainment Categories: Platformer, Puzzle Release Date: 08.12.21 I’m always open to different kinds of puzzle games, especially puzzle platformers. To me at least, Tetragon is a different kind of puzzle game. Tetragon’s…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Ratalaika Games, Masaya (Original) Categories: Retro, Shootem’up Release Date: 11.12.21 Gynoug is an odd game. An incredibly odd game. Consider Gynoug, or how it was known in the west “Wings of Wor” to be a proto…
Continue readingDeveloped By: 2P Games Published By: PQube Categories: Roguelite, Action, RPG Release Date: 08.06.21 Zengeon has a great artstyle, is a roguelite and is an action RPG? What’s not to like? The Dark Emptiness, an ancient evil sealed in the…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Digixart Categories: Roadtrip, Survival, Narrative Release Date: 08.16.21 What exactly is Road 96? It’s an adventure game, sure, but most of it is set inside of moving vehicles, so maybe it’s a road trip game? Kind…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Success (original), Ratalaika (port) Published By: ININ Games (digital) , Strictly Limited Games (physical) Categories: Shootem ‘up, Retro Release Date: 10.29.21 1994 not only gave us Panorama Cotton on Mega Drive, but a more traditional game on the…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Glass Bottom Games Categories: Sports Release Date: 09.16.21 Skatebird is like those old skateboard games that flooded the market back when Tony Hawk Pro Skater was super popular on the PSone. In all sorts of ways….
Continue readingI’m familiar enough with the concept that I know what the traditional Metroid formula looks like. I mean, it wouldn’t be hard to figure it out even if I hadn’t played any games in the series since it’s half the name of its genre, but whatever.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Afterburner Studios Published By: Freedom Games Categories: Action, Adventure, Roguelite Release Date: 08.05.21 Perhaps I’m reading the game wrong, but it’s always always great and important to see games that focus on mental health. Anxiety, depression, past childhood…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Success (original), Ratalaika (port) Published By: ININ Games (Digital), Strictly Limited Games (Physical) Categories: Retro, Shoot’em up Release Date: 10.29.21 I am so glad that Success didn’t try and make a funny with the far too obvious 3D…
Continue readingFrom the first screenshot I saw, I was hooked on the idea of Astria Ascending. A gorgeously hand-drawn, Valkyrie Profile-styled JRPG developed and scored by some of the luminaries of the genre? You can assume I’ll be ready to give that a try anytime, anywhere.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Acquire Published By: Xseed Categories: Action RPG Release Date: 07.20.21 Since it’s launch on the PSP back in the day, I’ve always had an interest in Akiba’s Trip. A more modern RPG from the developers of Tenchu and…
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