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When you first look at Post Trauma — developed by indie studio Red Soul Games — you are immediately reminded of numerous genre-defining PlayStation 2 survival horror games. Why, you ask? Because Post Trauma is a modern interpretation of that era of horror. Paying homage to titles like Silent Hill, Resident...
Detective Dotson, in all its pixelated wholesomeness, really is a love letter to India. Developers Masala Games have made it explicit that they want to create a game that celebrates the culture and vibrancy of India, rather than the false narrative that the country is “poor and ancient”, which some...
It was only announced mid-last year, but Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 feels like an adventure that my fellow RPG fans and I have been waiting for all our lives. A flashy debut from studio Sandfall Interactive, all about mixing up beloved combat systems, fusing turn-based with real-time, alongside a killer...
Whenever Wadjet Eye Games comes out with a new adventure, I always sit up and take note. Its extensive library of point-and-click games includes no shortage of interesting, unique, and fun experiences, and Old Skies is no exception. Sci-fi tales are a dime a dozen these days, but Old Skies...
When a veteran explorer entrusts you with his dying legacy, you embark on a wild adventure that tests your mental limits. Years have passed since the veteran made a big mistake that ruined a native tribe, and he seeks to make up for the mistake in Amerzone – The Explorer’s...
Have you ever wanted to go back in time so you could forget that embarrassing thing you just said? Or would you like to visit a moment in time to remember it again? Maliki: Poison of the Past, developed by Blue Banshee and published by Ankama Games, won’t let you...
Warside
While it’s almost 20 years since the world saw a brand new Advance Wars game (putting aside the seemingly great 2023 remake), a huge variety of indie game devs, likely spurred on by childhood nostalgia, have happily rushed to fill the spritely turn-based military void. Amidst the Wargroove’s, Tiny Metal’s...
The Hundred Line – Last Defense Academy is an interesting beast of a game. Headed by Kotaro Uchikoshi and Kazutaka Kodaka, the lead writers on the Zero Escape and Danganronpa series respectively, it takes a lot of cues from these games but deviates almost completely in the gameplay. Instead of...
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...
As I ventured through Bionic Bay, I kept feeling this warm sense of nostalgia, like returning to an older era of indie gaming. Several factors contribute to this. The developer’s previous work, Badland, was a source of endless competitive joy for my friends and me when it was first released. I...
In Rusty Rabbit, the world has turned to ice, humans are extinct, and rabbits rule the world. It might sound like a scary concept if the rabbits weren’t so darn cute! In this action adventure 2-D side scroller, you play as Stamp, a Sylvanian families-inspired looking middle-aged “rust hunter” who...
As someone with photos published here on Checkpoint and other publications, Lushfoil Photography Sim caught my attention. This adventure game promotes itself as a “walking + photography simulator,” where players can take photos in simulated locations from the real world using cameras similar to the ones used by photographers. It...
