Samantha Lienhard
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After a 13-year wait, it’s finally time to enter the abandoned lunar base and unravel the mysteries of what happened there in the first-person survival horror game Routine.
After a 13-year wait, it’s finally time to enter the abandoned lunar base and unravel the mysteries of what happened there in the first-person survival horror game Routine.
I was incredibly excited to get stuck into Little Nightmares 3. While I was saddened it wasn’t made by the devs of the first two games, Tarsier Studios, I was pleased that it was made by one of my favorite horror studios, Supermassive Games. The fact that, for the first time ever, this franchise was seeing multiplayer felt like a big deal to me. Before playing Little Nightmares 3, I always craved the feeling of a co-op adventure, especially in the second instalment. However, playing this ne...
I was incredibly excited to get stuck into Little Nightmares 3. While I was saddened it wasn’t made by the devs of the first two games, Tarsier Studios, I was pleased that it was made by one of my favorite horror studios, Supermassive Games. The fact that, for the first time ever, this franchise was seeing multiplayer felt like a big deal to me. Before playing Little Nightmares 3, I always craved the feeling of a co-op adventure, especially in the second instalment. However, playing this ne...
In a strange society awaiting the end of the world, investigate your own death by navigating five different routes, each with its own genre of gameplay.
Take on the role of the duck detective once more as you head out for a camping trip and get caught up in a mysterious case featuring theft and vandalism.
A classic returns with this remaster of Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny, giving the demon-fighting action-adventure game new life and proving it’s a classic for a reason.
Rosewater is a treasure-hunting adventure in a Wild West inspired land, set in the same universe as the detective game Lamplight City. With a great presentation, interesting puzzles, and a good cast of characters, it’s worth taking a look at despite the narrative lacking the strong focus of its predecessor.
One thing that helps elevate the game is its presentation. The graphics and animations are beautiful, with many little details that keep it feeling lively. In every aspect, you can see how much attention went into it to make it a high-quality experience. While it’s still a fairly short game, it’s the longest of the series. It also has some nice features, such as an optional recap of the plot when you load a game and an evaluation unlocked at the end that shows how well you did in each chapter and offers insight into your personality based on the choices you made. Overall, Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club truly feels in line with the Famicom Detective Club remakes, even if it lost a bit of the investigative gameplay, and I’d love to see this series continue on with more.
For a long time, I thought we would never see Ace Attorney Investigations again, let alone get an official translation of the second game. Now they’re finally here, available together in a single collection, and I’m happy to say it was worth the wait.