Robert Fenner
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Sunless Skies
I feel that there are endless things I could say about Sunless Skies. It certainly feels endless; I can only imagine how divergent a playthrough I could experience if I chose to do it all again as an agent of London, attacking my former allies and upholding the endless reign....
Like one of Lovecraft’s protagonists, Call of Cthulhu was doomed from the outset. It’s a Greatest Hits compilation of the Cthulhu Mythos, hitting all the notes you’d expect without doing anything new or interesting with them. And yet, I can’t hate it. Cyanide obviously care very much for the source...
Metal Max Xeno
For most of my 25-hour pilgrimage, I just found myself asking “why?” Why does the battle camera so frequently linger on negative space, obscuring attacks from the screen? Why was a boss able to keep summoning allies, even after it died? Why did I get an accolade for doing 10,000...
While I really disliked 428’s mocking attitude towards women’s bodily autonomy, I did like just about everything else. The nonlinear, vignette-based narrative is a perfect fit for the Sound Novel format, and few scenes are wasted. I frequently laughed out loud at 428’s script, while at the same time I...
Chasm
If Chasm had made its original release window of 2014, I’d probably be a little more enthusiastic towards it. However, being sandwiched between the outstanding genre-peer duo of Hollow Knight and Dead Cells only serves to highlight how safe Chasm plays its cards. Yet, I still found Chasm to be...
In short, Zwei: The Arges Adventure may not be the most polished or compelling experience, but it’s a fascinating look into Falcom’s past, and a quite loveable one to boot. Those looking for a rollicking action RPG should stick with The Ilvard Insurrection, but enthusiasts interested in Falcom’s trajectory will...
Robust, lovingly presented, and expertly written, Cultist Simulator is an elegant metaphor for existence as a starving artist under capitalism…only your art may have world-ending repercussions. Hauntingly rapturous to play and replay, it won’t let you be the next Jim Jones, but it might just make you the next Torgo....
The 25th Ward wants nothing more than to shock, and it does, but it’s a hollow shock — one devoid of any meaningful message. If anything, the final takeaway from The 25th Ward may be that nothing really matters. Folks, I’m over 30; I already know that nothing matters, and...
Those who couldn’t get enough of Tokyo Xanadu’s combat will no doubt be pleased with the extra content here, especially a robust post-game that takes place during Halloween. Everyone else, however, is better off passing this one up. eX+’s additions are so flimsy and superfluous as to actively detract from...
By the time I reached The House in Fata Morgana’s conclusion, I was tired, weary, and depressed. I tend to feel this way when I finish many visual novels, though this time it wasn’t because of a poor experience: this narrative sets out to exhaust, and succeeds wonderfully at doing...
I’ve said a lot about Doki Doki Literature Club already, but there’s a lot more for you to find for yourself. The story goes to some very surprising places once you’re allowed a peek behind the curtain, and the game itself makes excellent use of its platform in ways I...
It’s very curious that Abstraction have chosen to title this package Vol. 1: there were only four MacVenture titles, so what could a prospective future volume hold? The Game Boy Color port of Déjà Vu 2? Falcom’s Tombs & Treasures? Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom?! (Be still my heart.)...
