Magnus Groth-Andersen
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The game's soundtrack, graphics, ingenuity, voice acting, and setting are top notch. It also means that I can recommend the game to you now, but with a rather serious caveat. If Coal Supper had ended up with a gameplay model that was as interesting to engage with mechanically as it...
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is a massive achievement by A44, let's not forget that. This is a relatively small team that has spent years realising a game that in almost every way competes far outside the team's normal weight class. In that sense, it's amazing that there aren't more...
But Duck Detective falls short, even though it works in a way. It's not bad, but the whole thing reeks of unrealised potential, and I really hope Happy Broccoli gets the chance to give this formula another shot, because the concept is downright brilliant. It's also much better than the...
Eventually, there will also be multiplayer, which is absolutely brilliant, but until then, it's still highly recommended.
Of course, you could, as always, turn it around and praise developer René Rother for designing a very specific mechanical and structural framework and then wanting to nail the gameplay within it, rather than constantly expanding it. This is absolutely true, and for the purposes of leaderboards, there is certainly...
However, it also means that even though I'm giving it a 7 today, Pacific Drive could one day be something special, one of those wonderful indie darlings that really puts the studio on the map. Keep an eye out for it, because this idea is just so damn cool.
I'm sad for Rocksteady, I really am, because this is the wrong game, developed wrong, with the wrong priorities at the wrong time. But most of all, this is just not a good game. There's no good bones here, there's no good foundation to build on, and just like with...
It's not like there's a particularly memorable overall narrative here, and it would have helped Lil' Guardsman to feel as mesmerising on a broader scale as it does when you're just... well, being in it. That said, this is an awful lot of charm for the amount of money...
Jusant
Jusant has a lot on its mind and says very little with no words. The same can be said of its gameplay, which squeezes an incredible amount of expressive immersion out of very few simple mechanics. It is highly recommended, and the hope is that Don't Nod will be able...
I may end up regretting how much I've fallen for Alan Wake 2. Now, this review is certainly not written to fit into a critical consensus I don't yet know anything about, but it's always vulnerable to step out of the shadows and proclaim that you consider a given game...
But, as I said, some of the time, if not much of the time, it works, and when it works, Laika: Aged Through Blood is top-notch entertainment in prime time, and proof that suddenly there is pure innovation on the indie scene worthy of mainstream attention. It didn't succeed all...
Still, I feel it necessary to point out that I missed versatility, variety and a curveball or two to create an increased drive through the narrative, but at the same time I recognise that one's tolerance for the mildly unnecessary layers of fat that distract from the juicy core is...
