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Terra Nil
I love resource management games. Whether they be city builders, farming sims, or even a side mechanic in a game that largely focuses on other gameplay styles. Terra Nil immediately stands out as something completely different from its contemporaries in the genre as the game operates in entirely the opposite...
A glowing world filled with riches, a satisfyingly dense combat experience, and a whole lot of crafting await in Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key, the final adventure in Koei Tecmo’s trilogy focused on plucky alchemist Ryza.
Taking us back through the history of one of the greatest horror gaming franchises of all time, Capcom has been absolutely killing it with their remakes of Resident Evil. Whether it’s the monumental perspective shift of Resident Evil 2 or the updated look and feel of Resident Evil 3. These...
Tchia
Tchia is an adventure game on a fictional island group inspired by the authentic New Caledonian islands. Nature and exploration are at its core, sending you on an emotional and gorgeous sea-faring adventure to bring the fight to the powers that be. That magic and spirit mostly remain throughout the game,...
An evolving universe like Destiny’s is complex and becomes even more challenging to manage with expansions like Destiny 2: Lightfall. While creative and visually stunning new additions to the game are welcome, there are clear shortfalls tying the complicated narrative together. This penultimate chapter in the series delivers one of...
Ever since the movie Inside Out (2015) came out, I’ve always thought about the beings inside my body looking after me. Figment 2: Creed Valley plays on that idea of anthropomorphic creatures helping from within. Whether that’s through trauma, depression, or stress. In the game, you take on the role...
Have a Nice Death is a thematic 2D rogue-lite side scroller with a lot of charm. With highly renowned games like Hades, Cult of the Lamb and Dead Cells ruling the charts, it is always exciting to get a new spin on the rogue-lite genre. Have a Nice Death delivers...
Mato Anomalies does its best to critique a post-apocalyptic world with East Asian cultural themes. While the gameplay has solid foundations, it is dragged down by a confusing story and a need to grind. It’s hard to invest in the characters as there is often little growth, and the narrative...
LEMME TALK TO YA. We’ve already discussed a lot about the monumental stuff-up of WWE 2K20, and how it led to a revamped and much improved WWE 2K22 that proved to be an incredibly solid effort from Visual Concepts, having taken the reigns fully from the previous developer in charge....
As female video game characters go, Bayonetta is one of the most iconic. Sure, she’s overtly sexualised, but it’s hard for me to care too much about that when she kicks so much ass. She’s confident, unapologetic, and awesome as hell. Well, that’s her as an adult; the various flashbacks...
It always feels like an event when a game is finally localised and makes its way here to the West. That becomes even an bigger spectacle when it’s that of a beloved cult horror series. Project Zero: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse is here, fresh on current-gen consoles and playable outside...
PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo is a visual novel wrapped around the occult, murder mysteries and layers upon layers of intrigue. It’s set in Honjo, Tokyo’s Sumira Ward in the Showa period of 1926-1989. It’s one of many recent atypical and experimental projects developed and published by Square Enix....
