Charlie Kelly
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I’m always a stickler for the underdog games. Those that people are largely naysayers of, quickly dismissing and never giving the game much a second thought. The kind that when I tell people I like said game they say “Really, that game?” Why? Because I like to find the good in...
When Lies of P was announced a little shy of two years ago, the gaming world was baffled and reeling. A Victorian-era set Souls-like that’s like the beloved Bloodborne only it stars Pinnochio and follows the greater Pinnochio world? Surely there’s no way this game ever comes to fruition let alone turns out...
Expertly executed and with a lot of flair (much like many other Devolver Digital published games), Gunbrella takes a boilerplate idea and setting and goes the extra mile with it. You have found your wife brutally murdered. You are on a trying cross country journey, seeking revenge. Oh yeah, and equipped...
Eternights
There is an apocalyptic event that only you, the blank-slate protagonist, can stop from occurring. You and your group of friends are all high school students and in your downtime from saving the world, you strengthen your bonds. Maybe even love will blossom amid everything! You may have seen this...
The art of a rhythm game channelling and championing licensed music has long died down. Existing largely in growingly desolate arcades and scarcely on our home consoles, rhythmic games with beloved pop and rock (or anything in between) songs are sorely lacking. Gone are the days of Guitar Hero, Dance...
Occasionally, a game pops up out of nowhere and completely surprises you with just how fun it is to play. En Garde! is that very game, announced and then released in a mere few months. It follows a swashbuckling action pirate adventure with a focus on combat. If you’re anything...
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood is the latest game from Red Strings Club and Essays on Empathy developer Deconstructeam. Five years in the making, it’s also the artful indie studio’s most ambitious. Your journey follows Fortuna, a witch that was exiled to an asteroid hurtling through space. Her crime? Using her aptitude in tarot, predicting the...
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is the newest stealth tactics game from Desperados III and Shadow Tactics genre smiths Mimimi Games. With the studio starting a pirate-themed new IP with this title, it makes for some swashbuckling fun and some of the most inventive stealth mechanics that could only come from such a talented...
You don’t need me to tell you how monolithic the Souls or even Souls-like genre is now. Kicking on for some time, we’ve now seen dozens upon dozens of games taking inspiration from the likes of FromSoftware games, or we’ve even seen downright copycats. Few become more than one-off attempts...
Considering he’s the very mascot of Disney, Mickey Mouse hasn’t had all that many prevalent roles in games in recent years. Sure, there’s his odd world colliding with others in the Kingdom Hearts franchise, and most recently he’s a core villager in Disney Dreamlight Valley. But now, Mickey, along with his main friends...
After Devil May Cry V and quite a successful run of Resident Evil games over the past few years, Capcom is again in many people’s good books. Perhaps a lesser noticed but still important feat is how they’ve finally taken advantage of their niche backlog titles with the anticipated Dragon’s Dogma 2 and,...
Final Fantasy XVI arrives triumphantly nearly seven years after the last mainline release. Featuring a tale of epic proportions with many twists and turns while also breaking many franchise traditions, in concept and boldness alone it won’t be a title for all fans. It’s entirely not what you’d expect when...
