Alexis Ong

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Latest Reviews

Hercule Poirot travels to Egypt, only to get sucked into the politics of someone else's bad romance, but on the bright side, there's a lot of murder.

Much of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is more of the same gruelling beauty - but a shift to explict storytelling and signposting means its essence as a living, evolving shared text is lost.

1000xResist
4/5

Watcher, who worships her god the ALLMOTHER, must learn the language of resistance and uncover a thousand-year-old lie, in this intense and intimate narrative adventure.

Alan Wake II

Alan Wake II

October 29, 2023
3/5

In its quest to be the most meta game ever made, Alan Wake 2 becomes a spectacle about writers and writing that badly needs an editor.

Goodbye Volcano High
5/5

Part visual novel, part rhythm game, part interactive animated movie, Goodbye Volcano High taps into the sacred relationship between music and coming-of-age in ways that would be impossible in any other media format.

An enchanting, emotionally charged visual novel with a new take on deck-building and tarot divination.

The Case of the Golden Idol
Unscored

Witty, observational writing and a hands-off approach to deduction elevate this excellent period murder-mystery to a singular work.

Mothmen 1966
7.0

Punchy little pixel adventure set against the historic 1966 Leonid meteor shower that marries experimental storytelling with the visual novel. The devs are deliberately making fast, quick, intense games (“pixel-pulps”) packed with style and retro aesthetics, though Mothmen 1966, which follows the same pixel-pulp formula, lacks the bite of their previous release.

Get ready to Google your own clues.

Norco

Norco

March 29, 2022
94

A landmark moment for point-and-click adventures.