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In Stars and Time is a vibrant and charming indie game that has followed the somewhat recent trend of time-loop shenanigans. The world and many of its characters are frozen in time, brought upon by spellcraft from the evil King who rules all. However, our hero Sifrin (Frin for short) is...
Worldless unfolds in a realm where the rules of existence are still undefined. In this mysterious setting, players start on a journey through a shapeless world consisting of two realms. One realm is populated by entities shaping their development and understanding, while the other signifies the aspirational destination they seek....
Dress-up games are a genre that goes wildly unappreciated, these days mostly being relegated to Picrews or as a small element in much bigger games. I have often jokingly called huge RPGs that include armor customisation of any sort ‘dress-up games’ because I need to find somewhere to get my...
The Last Faith is a gloomy gothic 2D Metroidvania action game developed by Kumi Souls Games and drawing strong influence from the old 2D Castlevania titles along with a hearty helping of Bloodborne for good measure. The game boasts some solid art and decent combat and is overall not a...
KarmaZoo is a cooperative platform game developed by Pastagames and published by Devolver Digital. In it, you play as a little blob trapped in the KarmaZoo, an ethereal place between life and death. To escape the KarmaZoo, you’ll have to collect enough karma to be able to set yourself free.
Back in 1996, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars was released on SNES to audiences in Japan and the US. A strange game, it came into existence out of Shigeru Miyamoto’s dream to make an RPG using everybody’s favourite plumber, along with RPG master developer Square’s hopes to...
Rhythm games, dungeon crawlers, a 1v1 fighting game and even a Musou; it seems like at this point the Persona series has done it all. Surprisingly absent — though entirely fitting — from that spin-off repertoire has been a tactics game, but no longer. Persona 5 Tactica is here and celebrates...
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After accomplishing the utterly daunting task of reviewing The Lord of the Rings: Gollum earlier this year, I was itching to play a game set in the universe of Middle Earth that isn’t a potential contender for the worst game of the year. The Lord of the Rings: Return to...
Step into the whimsical world of Cuisineer, where culinary delights meet dungeon-crawling adventures. This charming indie game, a familiar presence at PAX Australia’s Indie Lounge, invites you to join Pom, the friendly cat girl armed with a spatula and boba tea, on a quest to revive her family’s debt-ridden eatery,...
EA Sports WRC is developed by racing game (and Rally game) specialists Codemasters. This marks the first time they have been in control of the official World Rally Championship license in donkey’s years. This one started development as the sequel to the sublime Dirt Rally 2.0 which in my view...
League of Legends (LoL) started its life in 2009 as a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) inspired by the popular World of Warcraft mod, DOTA. The title is now popular enough that its led to a whole bunch of tie-in media, like the popular animated TV series Arcane. There’s been...
