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Biomutant
Biomutant, developed by Experiment 101, is a story of survival and renewal in a world populated by mutated, anthropomorphized animals. An open-world action RPG played to the tune of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you’ll take control of a vengeful fuzzy warrior who comes face to face with...
Wayward Strand
The possibilities and methods to tell innovative stories in video games are almost endless. Some titles allow you to navigate the direction of the narrative whereas others simply provide a premise where you discover the plot in a non-linear manner. Wayward Strand resides in the latter of these. With the...
When it comes to music, are you like me? Do you go through periods when, for weeks or months, all you listen to is one style of music? I’m kind of like that with metal. I’ll wake up and think, it’s a Mastodon kind of day, and I’m hooked for...
Sunday Gold
The scene is London in 2070. Crime and poverty are rampant. Technology rules and the line between corporations and criminal syndicates has become as blurry as security cam footage from a liquor store robbery. Point and Click adventure Sunday Gold, from BKOM Studios and Team17, puts you smack dab in...
Steelrising
France at the end of the 18th century was a hot mess. Revolution was in the air. So was political oppression, counter-revolution, warring factions, and a desperate desire for change. A little known fact — at least according to Spiders’ new game, Steelrising — is that there was also an...
Islets
Metroidvanias are the purest form of video games. Most games have some sort of progress track, a sense of exploration, and gameplay loops that indicate you’ve grown in strength. But despite a strong foundational idea, good Metroidvanias, really good ones that can create a sense of atmosphere, are rarer than...
Isometric brawler, Midnight Fight Express, aims to place you in the lead role of a frantic, action movie. Up against impossible odds, your goal is to eradicate all in your path and leave a trail of bodies to your next victim. Has Jacob Dzwinel found the perfect formula to create...
Ask a long-time gamer about humor in video games, and they’re likely to mention Double Fine’s classics. It makes sense. Games like Psychonauts and its sequel, or Escape from Monkey Island are classic examples. But, as Destroy All Humans! 2 Reprobed reminds us, smart and funny writing does not exclusively...
Tinykin
The notion of exploring an oversized world has appealed to me since watching films such as ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’. Seeing mundane items from the perspective of a miniature character adds a refreshing twist to the familiar, and it’s here where Tinykin resides. Taking inspiration from Pikmin, you use...
Way of the Hunter advertises itself as an authentic hunting experience. This isn’t necessarily a good thing. When it comes to hunting games, your first thought is probably to picture a Cabela’s Big Game Hunter arcade box with the rifles you point and shoot. Or Cabela’s Big Game Hunter for...
Saints Row
You don’t have to be an action game devotee to have heard of the Saints Row franchise. In terms of popularity, the games aren’t all that many rungs below GTA. In terms of notoriety and all-out, envelope-pushing, nose-thumbing raunchiness, Saints Row Saints Rowhas always edged out Rockstar’s series. But the...
Soul Hackers 2
Soul Hackers 2 is the latest spinoff of the apocalyptic RPG franchise Shin Megami Tensei. This new game brings a lot of changes to the standard formula, which had me worried at first. I’ve been a Shin Megami Tensei fan for at least a decade. I’ve been there through the...
