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Final Fantasy Resonance might not push the series forward in any radical way, but it is true to its name, highlighting the elements of Final Fantasy that have echoed throughout the series and resonated with fans over the decades. The Visions system sits at the core of the game, giving...
I am pretty sure that watching a trailer of Witch’s Bakery is enough to tell you whether or not you want to play this game. It’s a game that not only lives up to its first impression but exceeds it. Witch’s Bakery isn’t just a cozy baking sim; it’s a...
While aesthetically sound, Stupid Never Dies shows its entire hand far too early, unveiling the depths of its mechanics in its opening and subsequently failing at every turn to justify the 20-30 hours that follow, oftentimes instead going out of its way to spin the player in circles. Its failure...
Tenebris Somnia recaptures the forgotten classic feel of the survival horror genre and reminded me why it is still foundational to contemporary greats.
Now that I’ve sunk my teeth into many hours of Dragonwilds, will I recommend this game to others? YES! RuneScape: Dragonwilds has a great world waiting for you to discover. With enemies to kill, materials to gather, and dragons to slay, and it provides good magic-based survival action-adventure gameplay. It...
Allogloom
For those who want a neatly packaged, slightly eerie, yet beautiful escape to another world, Allogloom is amazing. If anything, I wish I could’ve had just a little bit more about the spaces we visit to see what was happening in each area. Again, this isn’t anything that’s a true...
Order of the Sinking Star’s sprawling world is a triumph of puzzle design, giving its countless mechanics room to develop, intersect, and surprise long after their initial introduction. Yet while its interconnected structure gives the gameplay a genuine sense of depth, the same cannot be said for its narrative. Its...
By building progression around the Tarot deck, Evil Empire has managed to solve one of the biggest pitfalls of some modern Metroidvanias: making the hunt for secrets feel just as rewarding as the destination. Tracking down clues, facing off against grotesque bosses, and turning their souls into upgradable Arcana spells...
Valor Mortis is the kind of ambitious swing that soulslike fans have dreamed of for years. Witnessing the horrors of war through William’s eyes is one of the best stories brought to the genre in recent memory, and its dark setting of an alternate 19th century Europe carries as much...
As a survival horror game, it’s brilliant, with fluid melee combat and brutal executions; Hellraiser: Revival will push you to the limits of pleasure and pain.
If you’ve played a bit of DD2 but dropped it because of performance or a quality-of-life feature you felt was missing, try 4.0; if you like the new-and-improved DD2, I would highly recommend jumping into Dark Arisen next. If you love the idea of a grand fantasy adventure and experience...
The greatest compliment that I can give to Silver Pines, is that if David Lynch envisaged a Twin Peaks game, I expect it’d look something like Wych Elm’s sensational Metroidvania. The collision of a Twin Peaks-like town, 2D survival horror gameplay and Castlevania exploration was an ambitious project, but I’m...
