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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 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 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 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 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: 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 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 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 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 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: Third Spirit Games Published By: RED ART GAMES Categories: Adventure, Action Release Date: 08.20.21 What’s this, a Zelda clone with great sprites, great animation, and it’s on the Switch?…I feel like I’ve said this before. Nonetheless, it’s always…
Continue readingDeveloped By: CyberConnect2 Published By: Bandai Namco Entertainment America Categories: RPG, Action Adventure Release Date: 09.24.21 As a kid and teenager when Dragon Ball Z was airing, I was obsessed. Buy the manga, buy the tapes and DVDs. Best of…
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Subliminal Categories: Life Simulator?, Arcade, Adventure Release Date: 08.10.21 Fennel is new to town, his mom is sick of him just sitting around at home playing videogames. It’s time to make friends. They find out about…
Continue readingFor those looking for a casual all-ages RPG experience with an awesome story and characters, Garden Story is the way to go.
Continue readingWith simple controls and a higher level of understanding, this is a game that could be considered enjoyable, albeit niche.
Continue readingDeveloped By: PixPil Published By: Chucklefish Categories: Adventure Release Date: 09.16.21 Going Eastward They say the first impression is the most important one. My first impression to Eastward was in a Nintendo Indies showcase back in 2019. What I saw…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Rainbite Publisher: Eastasiasoft Categories: Adventure, Twin Stick Shooter Release Date: 07.29.21 Trigger Witch reminds me a bit of Bullet Witch. That is to say, the only things that link them are you controlling a Witch who shoots at…
Continue readingI should be a bigger fan of the boss rush genre than I am. The idea of a game cutting out the filler and focusing totally on the most challenging and memorable portion of the gameplay has an inherent appeal, I just haven’t yet found one that I’ve connected with. I do enjoy a good Souls-like now and again, though, so when the Souls-like boss rush Eldest Souls popped into the review code list, I was certainly intrigued. Ultimately, I’m not sure the combination works out, however there was a lot I really liked about Eldest Souls – but it has its warts, too.
Continue readingI am not a fan of party titles. They don’t appeal to me or my taste in gaming. To be frank, I am not really a massive fan of multiplayer titles. That said, there is something captivating about a game that allows me to spend time with my kids.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Grasshopper Manufacture Published By: NIS America Categories: Adventure, Visual Novel Release Date: 07.06.21 The Silver Case, the first game to developed by Grasshopper Manufacture, the third game in the Kill the Past series of games. If you’ve played…
Continue readingOut of Line – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Nerd MonkeysPublished By: Hathinh InteractiveCategory: Puzzle Platform, AdventureRelease Date: August 18, 2021 The power of the latest consoles has allowed developers to create beautiful and detailed 2D worlds which were previously thought impossible….
Continue readingDeveloped By: Igor Sandman Published By: Digerati Categories: Action, Adventure Release Date: 07.15.21 Guild of Darksteel is a tad interesting. I cam in expecting a Castelvania-like game from screenshots, but then found myself playing something closer to a cinematic platformer…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Krams Design, Daedalic Entertainment Published By: Daedalic Entertainment Categories: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 06.30.21 Anna’s Quest immediately pulled me in once I saw who was involved with it. Daedalic Entertainment, the developers of the Deponia series, a more…
Continue readingWhen I first saw Pecaminosa for the Nintendo Switch, I was intrigued by the possibility of combining my love of gritty noir detective stories with my love of retro-inspired pixel graphics.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Light Brick Studio Published By: LEGO System Categories: Adventure, Puzzle Release Date: 06.22.21 Leave it to a Lego game of all things to have an emotional journey with a father and son. But here we are with Lego…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Nintendo EAD Tokyo (Original), Tantalus (Remaster) Published By: Nintendo Categories: Adventure Release Date: 07.16.21 The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword is my favorite game in the Legend of Zelda series. It’s been that way since 2011 when it…
Continue readingDeveloped By: Hidden Fields Published By: MWM Interactive Categories: First Person Horror, Puzzle, Adventure Release Date: 05.27.21 Mundaun is a different kind of game. It’s almost hard to really review it, or in my opinion give it a proper score….
Continue readingTurnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Snoozy KazooPublished By: Graffiti GamesCategory: AdventureRelease Date: April 22, 2021 It may not look it, but Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion may be the best game there has ever been about…
Continue readingI’m not even sure I can accurately calculate the number of hours of my life that have been spent exploring isometric RPG adventures. So when a game like Beautiful Desolation for the Nintendo Switch comes around, at the very least it will have my curiosity.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Flight School Studio Published By: MWM Interactive Categories: Adventure Release Date: 06.01.21 Stonefly is an odd game for me. It has so much that I adore, but then unfortunately stumbles in a really vital part, but we’ll get…
Continue readingVaporum: Lockdown is the prequel to indie dungeon-crawler hit Vaporum, which originally released in 2017. It hit the Switch about two years later, and we were pretty impressed with it. The sequel doesn’t do anything to besmirch that legacy, but I did have one minor gameplay quibble and the game does suffer from one personal pet peeve.
Continue readingDeveloped and Published By: Application System Heidelberg/ASHGames Categories: Idle, Adventure Release Date: 04.14.21 Gamers are usually the kind of folk who want instant gratification. You do something, you get rewarded, it feels good, repeat. However, there’s a world of games…
Continue readingHitchhiker could be a Twilight Zone episode in it’s own right. If you enjoy games like Firewatch and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, this game will not disappoint you. Hop in the passenger seat and allow Hitchhiker to take you on a ride down memory lane.
Continue readingDeveloped By: MONKEYCRAFT Published By: G-Choice (digital), ININ Games, Strictly Limited Games (physical) Categories: Adventure, Platformer, Retro Release Date: 05.28.21 Lets get this out of the way. I am a huge fan of the Wonder Boy/Monster World series. You can…
Continue readingOnce of the earliest known examples of the cyberpunk genre was Neuromancer, by William Gibson. In the novel, a hacker is requested for “one last job” which leads him to an exceptionally powerful artificial intelligence. I am of the opinion that many things we see and experience today is often inspired by things that came before. Synergia is no different.
Continue readingDeveloped By: Sketchbook Games, Fourth State Published By: Modus Games Categories: Narrative, Adventure, Platformer Release Date: 04.06.21 How do you deal with grief? In Lost Words: Beyond the Page, the main character; Izzy writes. Well, she doesn’t write her story…
Continue readingGenesis Noir – Nintendo SwitchDeveloped By: Feral Cat DenPublished By: Fellow TravellerCategory: Point and Click Adventure, Narrative AdventureRelease Date: March 26, 2021 When you begin Genesis Noir you’re presented with a profound opening statement: sometimes reality is too complex for…
Continue readingDeveloper: RedRuins Softworks Publisher: Hypetrain Digital Genre: Adventure, Simulation, Action, Role-Playing, Survival Released: 6th April 2021 In space no one can hear you scream… with canned laughter.
Continue readingDeveloper: Asmodee Digital Publisher: Asmodee Digital Genre: Adventure, RPG, Strategy Released: 23rd March 2021 The name Arkham has a long and storied history in fiction dating back all the way from H.P. Lovecraft’s works to the more recent and superhero…
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