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Games like The Sojourn, Lightmatter, and the recent Switch version of The Turing Test are proof that the subgenre of puzzle games I like to call “first-person games inspired by Portal” is alive and well. The latest release to be included in this surprisingly robust list is Mighty Polygon’s Relicta;...
2020 has been one hell of a year for the turn-based tactics genre with a ton of surprises. Gears made its first genre shift and it was a wonderful XCOM-inspired adventure. XCOM itself got experimental with Chimera Squad and the full XCOM 2 experience was released on Switch. However, my favourite...
Skully
I’m seeing a pattern with a lot of skeleton themed games hitting the market recently. Just this year we’ve reviewed Skellboy, West of Dead, and Skelattack, all games featuring a skeleton protagonist. Surprisingly, there has been a fair amount of diversity between these games. Now we have Skully, the newest title...
“Sure, but can it run Crysis?” We’ve been using the same dumb phrase for the past thirteen years, ever since Crytek’s hardware-melting opus first debuted on computers. Crysis was a shocking title for its time, as it featured graphics and physics that were way too advanced for 99% of all...
Creaks
The Czech indie developer, Amantia Design, is at it again. They’re mostly known for their known for their point-and-click adventure games like the Samorost series, Botanicula, and Machinarium. However, I first fell in love with their off-beat style when I first played their interactive animation, Chuchel. They’re breaking their mold with Creaks,...
Fairy Tail
A lot of people were skeptical at the idea of a turn-based Fairy Tail game. Most of them thought a standard anime action game would suit the franchise better. Not me though. I felt that the back-and-forth nature of your average Fairy Tail fight was actually a perfect fit for...
Creating a game centered around mental health can be tricky. Developers have to walk a fine line between being sensitive to the issues present, as well as providing a somewhat enjoyable experience for the player. The Poland-based developer, Genius Slackers, has set out to do just that with their debut game,...
Not all games inspired by the infamous FromSoftware Souls series can pull through. Games like Remnant: From the Ashes and The Surge 2 have successfully managed to recapture the essence of the Souls-like genre, whilst having unique elements in order to stand out from the rest of the crowd. However,...
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger was originally released for Gamecube, PS2, and Xbox way back in 2002. I remember seeing an ad about it on the back of my Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets game manual, but never had the chance of playing it until now, eighteen years later....
Fight Crab
Want to play a game with easily the simplest of premises? Look no further than Fight Crab, the new arena brawler from Calappa Games. This game doesn’t want to waste your time, going straight to the point with how simple it is. You are a crab, whose sole objective in...
Maid of Sker
Horror games have been increasing in quantity over the years and I couldn’t be happier about that. We’ve had some fantastic horror games in recent memory, like the Resident Evil 2 remake and the cosmic horror delight that was Moons of Madness. Suffice to say, not all of them have...
By adding a pinch of platforming and a dash of metroidvania, Neversong is a heartfelt and fun 2D action-adventure. You play as a boy, Peet, who wakes up from a coma. Quickly, you find out that Peet may have just woken from one nightmare only to find himself in another....
