Tom Quirk
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With a shift to roguelike gameplay and 3D graphics, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is finally out of Early Access.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is a great reboot of the classic Capcom action/horror Genma-slaying franchise, with deep and challenging combat.
Hirogami is the latest entry in the curiously specific subgenre of “platformers set in an arts-and-crafts-themed world”, following the likes of Yoshi’s Woolly and Crafted World, as well as Sackboy: A Big Adventure. As the name suggests, Hirogami’s gameplay and general aesthetic are based on the Japanese paper-folding craft of...
Metal Eden
Metal Eden is a fast-paced boomer-shooter FPS by Reikon Games, the developer of Ruiner. The game made a strong impression when I covered the preview earlier this year. Now that I’ve played through the entirety of Metal Eden, I can confirm that it is an exhilarating, if sort of short...
Quartet is a love letter to retro-style turn-based JRPGs. While it wears many of its influences on its sleeve (particularly the Octopath Traveler series and Final Fantasy VI), its strong writing, amazing soundtrack and enjoyable character-switching gameplay made this adventure one to remember, and not just a simple homage to...
Atomic Owl
Atomic Owl is a crowdfunded platformer with some roguelike elements where your avian protagonist must go on a quest to rescue his friends. The premise is relatively solid, buoyed by some genuinely excellent art design and music. However, it unfortunately finds its wings clipped by a not-insignificant number of technical...
It can be hard to stand out as a soulslike action RPG in this day and age. We’ve had underwater soulslikes, we’ve had soulslikes based on classic Italian literature, and we’ve had steampunk soulslikes set in revolutionary France. Wuchang: Fallen Feathers makes a decent enough impression in a crowded market...
Everdeep Aurora is a cosy adventure platformer game where you play as a young cat drilling down into the ground to find her lost mother. It’s a brisk and minimalist experience, deliberately evoking games on the original Game Boy. It’s an adorable and engaging adventure while it lasts, however, its...
Some games wear their inspiration on their sleeve. For other games, not only is their whole sleeve made of inspiration, but so is the rest of their outfit. Chronicles of the Wolf, developed by Migami Games, is definitely in the latter category, very strongly evoking the 1990s Castlevania games but...
Monster Hunter Wilds is the latest entry in Capcom’s long-running multiplayer beast-slaying series, and a return to home consoles after the Switch-focused release of its predecessor, Monster Hunter Rise. Taking more inspiration from 2018’s Monster Hunter World, with its greater focus on narrative and spectacle and the return of many...
Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter is Odd Bug Studio’s sequel to its 2021 dark fantasy action game, Tails of Iron. This follow-up fleshes out its spellbinding world filled with anthropomorphic animals with new locations, characters and foes while polishing up the gameplay and adding elemental magical abilities for...
The Spirit of the Samurai is a samurai action game developed by Digital Mind Games which nails its particularly eye-catching animation style while not being all that fun as a game. Designed to emulate jerky practical stop-motion animation used in many classic films such as Jason and the Argonauts, Robocop...
