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Getting separated from your family as a child is a traumatic experience, and that’s before the terror of living through a forest fire cutting through your home. The baby boar Boris doesn’t let this phase him, setting out to find his brothers, sisters and mum in Adorable. Despite being set...
We really are living in a golden age for survival horror, as both major AAA series and indie entries are releasing at an almost dizzying frequency. Even a die-hard fan of the genre such as myself can barely keep up, and several recent games are still on my backlog. Despite...
Hyper Games has returned with a second game within the world of the Moomins, following 2024’s Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley with Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth. Moomintroll is having to deal with winter for the first time, having been woken up at a time where he’d normally be hibernating and finding a...
Saros
Saros might be following in the footsteps of Returnal in many ways, but this is very much a standalone experience, telling a new story within another original sci-fi setting, building out its third person bullet hell action with its own particular twists, and a compelling new roguelite narrative to unfurl.
Thalassophobia (the fear of deep bodies of water) is a perfect fit for first person games, as the restricted vision and immersion, not to mention the added inertia from being underwater, always adds extra tension and panic to the experience. Add in the constant dread of Lovecraftian horrors from beyond...
To say that Vampire Survivors has been influential is a massive understatement – it quite literally spawned an entire genre of bullet heaven/Survivors-likes. There’s an argument to be made for and against that being a good thing, but there’s no denying that the game itself is stellar. The sheer dopamine...
Minos
As you might already know, dear reader, I love a good roguelike. They come in all sorts of genres nowadays, and it means that you can find one that’ll scratch basically any itch you might have. For Minos, that means that you can get your fix if you really want...
It’s been almost a decade since Bungie, the acclaimed studio behind Halo and Destiny, launched its last video game. To say that a lot has changed in that time is a severe understatement, whether we’re talking about the company being acquired by Sony or the rise and fall of myriad...
ICARUS is a sci-fi survival game, dropping you onto a planet to see how long you can last, but with some RPG mechanics alongside for you to earn experience, level up and unlock more stuff to build. This along with missions and a distinctly cowboy-sounding voice makes for a good survival...
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is the long-awaited sequel to the popular 3DS game, expanding on the setting and gameplay but keeping all the weird humour. This time set on an island, with the player taking the place of an all-powerful deity. Much like the stories of the Greek Pantheon,...
Sovereign Syndicate is a narrative-heavy RPG in the same vein as Disco Elysium. It features an illusionist minotaur to play as, a dark, steampunk version of London that’s full of fantasy creatures and, of course, tonnes of dialogue. It certainly ticks a few boxes that I didn’t know I had.
Capcom have been on a generational run in recent years with their superb single player titles leading the way alongside a willingness to experiment with new ideas. Helped out in part by the excellent performance and optimisation of the RE Engine, fans of action games in particular have been in...
