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Metroid Dread
Metroid games have always had a thin, tenuous connection to sci-fi horror. H.R. Geiger’s aesthetic has a ghostly presence throughout the older games, and those tiny threads of horror have persisted ever since. Metroid Dread looks to revitalize that connection, at least from a mechanical perspective. Rather than a traditional...
Ace Team has a reputation for bucking trends while proving their imagination goes beyond what you’ll find in most video games today. The Zeno Clash games showed us as much. And now they’re back again with The Eternal Cylinder to break our brains open and ask us have we really...
The mere notion of space and planet observation is tantalizing. Being able to discover new species and travel on otherworldly terrain is a fantasy that can only be realized through the medium of video games. Although many have tried, none have truly captured the excitement of exploration and serenity of...
Rogue Lords
I play a lot of games, both as a critic and simply for enjoyment, and one of the things I look for and appreciate is a game that takes a familiar set of mechanics and changes them up just enough to make me have to pay attention or really think....
Unsighted
I’ve been reviewing and previewing plenty of Metroidvania as of late, and I can say that nothing has caught my attention as Unsighted has. Made by Studio Pixel Punk, a tiny indie team of only two people, this title is an incredible achievement in game design. It not only checks...
ActRaiser is a phenomenal game. One of the all-time greats that really experimented with mixing genres. One half of the game is an action platformer, where a knight, sent by The Lord Of Light (you), jumps and swings its sword through several stages, before facing a boss. Once that area...
Presented as an animal life documentary, AWAY: The Survival Series aims to educate whilst telling a story about family, hope and perseverance. With a family of adorable sugar gliders at the forefront, Breaking Walls looks to break new ground in this environmental adventure.
Aragami 2
Aragami 2 is a solid third-person stealth game that involves combat and making decisions on the fly. As a shadow spirit protagonist, we wield a number of different abilities as we try to get past guards, defeat enemies, and use a wide variety of tactics to get the job done....
What a pedigree Astria Ascending brings to the table. You have Kazushige Nojima, writer of Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy VII Remake, penning the story. Then you have a score by Hitoshi Sakimoto from Final Fantasy XII and Vagrant Story to elevate your musical experience. Finally, you have Artisan...
Sable
There’s a trend I’ve noticed with artsy indie games lately: a weird reluctance to show the faces of its characters. I just finished playing The Artful Escape, in many ways a musically thrilling and downright inspiring game, but every character’s eyes were hidden behind opaque glasses. And now we have...
If you are predominantly a PC gamer, you might not be familiar with the Story of Seasons franchise, but you’ve probably heard of the series’ original name – Harvest Moon. The highly influential classic inspired other bestsellers such as Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley, among many other farming-based games. The...
