Leo Faierman
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After a well-received demo two years ago, some reasonable concerns manifested over how a kick-oriented action game might maintain its momentum for the long haul. Luckily, Anger Foot sticks to its strengths for most of its substantive runtime and, even with firearms apparently overshadowed in its title, the vibrant gunplay...
Little Kitty, Big City may be low on drama, but there are still a bunch of tasks to complete. Over a small range of a few short city blocks, the cat will meet an industrious tanuki installing portals under manhole covers, a duck searching for their distracted ducklings, and a...
Indika
For a seemingly dour art game excoriating religion, Indika is pretty funny. With its publishing duties handled by 11 bit studios, the small team at the now-Kazakhstan-based studio Odd Meter have devised a discomfiting surrealist dirge of an adventure game, one which matches exquisite moments and inventive visuals with jagged...
Children of the Sun
Children of the Sun garnered plenty of attention on its (still freely available) demo’s strong Steam Next Fest showing back in February, and it’s a thrill to see the game already prepped for release. Its grim tone and novel approach make for a perfect match with publisher Devolver's stable, lining...
Seemingly every common sandbox system eventually manifests in Rise of the Ronin, including faction mechanics, glider challenges, crafting and gear upgrades, and outpost-clearing. They all have an additional level of polish, though, an ease-of-use mustered from careful observation of the genre’s tropes. For example, any missed item drops are immediately...
Alone in the Dark’s moments of homage will land more strongly with longtime fans of the original, and the optional director’s commentary in the upgraded PC install is a fun add-on to enjoy; it would have been even better to have included it with all versions of the game. Still,...
It's hard to believe that Slave Zero X is some headline-grabbing response to a furious fan campaign or anything of the like, just more of a surprise elaboration on a 25-year-old IP whose small contingent of mega-fans celebrated the announcement; these must be the same folks who snatched up the...
Despite an unsteady script and some questionable performances, it’s to the game’s ultimate credit that the plot is compelling enough that the push to see it through overcomes these faults in the end. Even though a few plot arcs are discarded in such a way as to imply cut content,...
Balatro
Beyond those effects, though, it’s all about the complexity and randomness of bonus cards, the myriad shop items, the lucky joker pulls, these random prompts which can spin the most compromised run into gold. There’s a convenient seed system where players can challenge randomness, repeating their attempts with different choices...
However, many of those games are strengthened by their creative randomness, with a rotation of armaments, boons, and permanent upgrades to support individualized builds. In Lysfanga, it’s entirely possible to beat the game with the equipment found in its first hour. Runes and spells are not built equally, the majority...
Wizard With a Gun
Galvanic Games’ Wizard With A Gun is a relaxing and breezy collectathon to pad out these colder months, mixing casual crafty survival with isometric action and exploration. Dig any deeper into its composite parts, though, and its gameplay limitations and weird structure become more apparent, in spite of an adorably...
Endless Dungeon
Individual heroes have their own loosely readable class affinities (like tank/healer/scout) and loot-dropped heavy guns or handguns are restricted to certain characters for use. They also each wield a unique passive ability, can equip up to two weapons at a time, and use a special move and an ultimate, but...
