Tom Ravencroft
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Of course, there’s always the option to start blazing away. The downside is that a single hit can be fatal, but that’s pretty much it. This small town isn’t touchy about cops blazing away, so if you think the boys can win, you may as well let the bullets fly....
The music is nice and it’s a lovely game to look at, but there’s not a whole lot pushing you forward. The controls also feel awkward and take considerable getting used to. Airheart is one of those games that isn’t bad, but is probably for fans of the genre only....
Omensight
As for the story, it is kind of funny. Being The Harbinger is like being Batman. The way it’s written, The Harbinger only has a vague idea what’s going on. The witch that serves as narrator has to tell you things like “You’re The Harbinger and your job is to...
Dead In Vinland
The upside is that replays do vary a fair amount. Some events are fixed by the storylines, but there’s enough randomness that it doesn’t get too samey. As an example, sometimes you don’t stumble on another soul for days. Sometimes you find a shady Jesuit priest. Sometimes you find a...
And that, in essence, is Where The Water Tastes Like Wine: a hobo’s road trip through the stories of America, the wilderness of memories and events that tie the land together, be it getting turned into a nomadic skeleton by Sting or be it running into an old Confederate soldier...
Strikers Edge
If it was $5 or so, I’d say give it a spin for the campaign and characters and because you’ll bathe in nostalgia remembering picking out a game for the weekend., but for $15 with a major game mode you can’t really play, it’s hard to recommend.
OK K.O.! Let's Play Heroes
Every “day” of action might involve a few of the fun fights, but most of them are spent running back and forth on static screens to accomplish basic tasks like “Go talk to that guy” or “Give this thing to her.” Why they built a great beat-em-up engine and saddled...
The Red Strings Club
There’s a couple different paths through the narrative and a few different people you can meet along the way, but there’s easy ways to backtrack and refresh yourself. As an old hand with adventure games, I appreciate that it’s (seemingly) not trying to trick you with the old “You forgot...
Songbringer
And that’s the key to whether you’ll enjoy Songbringer. If you’re a member of the “losing is fun” school where you may be screwed from the initial seed, but finding that out is half the fun, there’s a very nice little game at work here. There’s some small gripes: The...
Children of Zodiarcs
There are so many ways to customize and build out your squad that it’s a shame the story missions are so blase. It is easy enough to level grind that some of the story missions become inadvertently funny. In one, a couple of my characters were supposed to escape while...
Aven Colony
Outside of the campaign, sandbox mode provides ample opportunity to stretch out and relax, though there is the minor complaint that they do not allow picking a particular landing spot. Still, sandbox provides the same gentle nudges with missions to keep the colony growing, but also allows a little more...
