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2001’s Stronghold has held a delightful little home in my brain ever since I first played the demo off of some magazine cover disk. It was wickedly addictive, utterly gorgeous, and had a wonderful British humour that helped set it apart from other historical strategy games of the era. I...
Wheel World is a universe that cyclists would view as a utopia. Cycling is life in this open world adventure game, so much so that if an ancient bike ritual isn’t upheld, it will be the end of this cycling paradise! That’s where you come in. You play as Kat,...
Super Mario Party Jambooree was only released last year, so one could argue that such a recent game has the least to gain from a Switch 2 edition. However, Mario Party games have always celebrated the novel control schemes a new console has to offer, so Super Mario Party Jamboree...
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...
I wish I could go back in time to the 80s, hit up an arcade and show someone playing the original PAC-MAN a glimpse of Shadow Labyrinth. Imagine it. Hey, you know that yellow cheese-wheel looking guy you’re guiding through a maze right now? Well, in 2025, he looks like...
PATAPON 1+2 Replay is a release that marks a bygone era. A pair of rhythm games developed by Japan Studio, a defunct PlayStation team, they’re a vital piece of the console developer’s history. Coming from a period when bountiful amounts of weirdness, creativity, and ingenious game design were coming out of...
Following the success of THPS 1 + 2, developer Iron Galaxy steps in to give us the long-awaited Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4. Reimagining, more than remaking, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 (2001) and 4 (2002) for a modern audience, we are treated to updated graphics, a stacked...
The last 3D Donkey Kong platformer was released last century. Let that sink in. It’s been an incredibly long time between drinks for everybody’s favourite ape. Of course, that doesn’t mean he’s been out of the spotlight. Starring in some incredibly strong side-scrolling platformers, continuing to feature in ensemble Mario...
When it comes to being a tiny little guy in a big world, there is a decent list of games. You’ve got older titles like Pikmin, Chibi-Robo and Katamari Damacy. There are also newer titles like Tinykin, Grounded, and It Takes Two. Now we can add Misc. A Tiny Tale...
In an industry where high-fidelity graphics are so often associated with triple-A titles, you’d be forgiven for assuming Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream is a triple-A title too. But no, this narrative stealth game set in a fictional city reminiscent of industrial-era London reminds us that the big publishers don’t have...
And after all, shouldn’t we leave this world better than we found it?
