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After winning a battle you’re presented with a seed from the other team’s ooblet, which you can then plant in your garden to grow an ooblet of your own of that type. These ooblets can then either be placed in your party (that follow you around and are used in...
Obviously, Isonzo isn’t for everyone, which is why it feels like a throwback to an era before every shooter had to be a system seller. I can’t promise you’ll be good, I certainly am not. But if you want to vibe to the era of PC gaming where weirdos made...
Dome Keeper also features two modes of play: Relic Hunt and Prestige. Relic Hunt is simple enough, dig until you find the relic and bring it back to your dome to trigger the escape. That mode can be played in three different sized maps which is nice for allowing you...
It’s unfortunate, as the concepts present are pretty awesome. Diving deeper and deeper into the Abyss, with status ailments affecting you as you go up in larger portions, and trying to gather as much as you can could all lead to a great game. For as oversaturated as the market...
The world and aesthetic of Soul Hackers 2 is brilliant. Taking place in a stagnant future where everything is subtly hopeless but delightfully neon, the game doesn’t feel especially far-removed from our own reality. Seeing the different characters all manage this rough future – especially with the potential apocalypse that...
The sound design is excellent, with plenty of bumping tracks and sound effects from throughout the Gundam franchise. There’s even a very cool feature that allows you to upload your own music tracks into the game to play at various points, meaning you can use any songs you want to...
That is the basic flow of the game but doesn’t capture all the layers it keeps opening up. Suddenly, you can recruit new performers or new types of performers, or do new shows, or you unlocked some new crafting stuff. Every combat encounter provoked a bemused oh now what reaction...
The theming throughout the different stages is varied and fun. From beaches to funhouses to the far reaches of space, Pac-Man explores all sorts of environments, all of which feel like their own biome thanks to the numerous different types of music and distinct level layouts. The hub world is...
It wouldn’t be a Xenoblade game without an absolutely incredible soundtrack. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 features yet more brilliant music and delightfully impassioned voice acting. There’s a level of quality here that you won’t find in many other games, even of the AAA variety, which makes the game’s earlier-than-announced release even...
Fashion Police Squad has its issues, but it’s a very good game. Likewise, some of the things like being unable to change difficulty on the fly or being able to get out of bounds are staples for the genre and decidedly non-issues. More importantly, from a foundational level to the...
I found it compelling. Even if you don’t like tactical combat, you have to admire something so completely insane and very much its own thing when the world is busy making roguelike soulslikes platformers. It’s also an excuse to buy a cowboy hat of your very own.
All this shows the thoroughness and care the developers wanted to bring to the beloved video game series. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection contains the same games you might already know and love. If not, there’s enough modern philosophy to make it worth exploring without compromising the original...
