Austin Gallagher
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FBC: Firebreak is the newest title from Remedy Entertainment, mostly known for Alan Wake and Control. Unlike those titles, this is a departure from the studio’s usual single-player third-person action stories. FBC: Firebreak is instead a first-person co-op shooter in the vein of Helldivers 2 or Deep Rock Galactic.
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is the latest narrative adventure game from Don’t Nod. I reviewed the opening half of this journey, Bloom, a couple of months back; this is a review for the second part, Rage. For the uninitiated, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage most closely resembles Don’t Nod’s previous work on Life is Strange, a character-driven narrative game where player decisions shape the story.
Few games throw you to the wolves as quickly as Atomfall. The latest from Sniper Elite’s Rebellion Developments, Atomfall is a post-apocalyptic survival-action game taking place in Northern England. Unlike Rebellion’s previous titles, Atomfall heavily focuses on narrative—primarily the goal of unearthing the mystery of the disaster at the Windscale Atom Plant.
Knights in Tight Spaces, developed by Ground Shatter, is a fantasy twist on their previous title, Fights in Tight Spaces. It iterates on the turn-based tactics deckbuilding roguelike, retaining the focus on positioning and movement mechanics to mostly great success. While some tactics games relish in random chance, mechanically, Knights in Tight Spaces has more in common with Into The Breach than XCOM. The lack of hit percentages or variable damage numbers creates a distinct ‘combat as puzz...
I sat on the rooftop of the Movie Palace. Swann and I hadn’t met any of her friends yet. I didn’t know what would bring them together, just that this summer would ripple across the rest of their lives. Before I crossed the carpark to greet them, I wanted to take it all in. The abandoned Dungeons and Dragons game. The scattered beers. The graffiti. Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is deliberate. The game implores you to take it slow, appreciate the little things, and capture moments that might o...