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Outward
A common thing found in RPGs is using your character’s starting hometown to tie you emotionally to the world. From Candlekeep to Pallet Town, they’re the baseline for your adventures, the idyllic home you’re fighting to protect and return to at your journey’s end. Admittedly, some don’t last long and...
I’ll admit that I was not expecting much when I first started up Operencia, but the more I played the more I fell in love with the experience, despite some glaring issues. There’s just something that draws you into Zen Studio’s captivating world of Operencia.
I may not be a big fan of turn-based strategy games, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy playing Advance Wars on my DS back in the day. The intuitive controls, simple gameplay, somewhat interesting story, and map editor were all great features on this early DS...
At first glance, One Piece: World Seeker looks like a winner. An open world title with great graphics, a brand new storyline, and featuring the entire cast from the anime. After an abysmal VR title released last year, World Seeker had everything to become the piece of vindication One Piece...
The toughest obstacle any Switch platformer or collectathon has to face is being on the same platform as Super Mario Odyssey. Simply being good isn’t enough when facing off with one of the best in the genre. Through a unique level flip mechanic, a plethora of 2D puzzles and collectibles,...
Rico
What do you do with a criminal who you know is guilty, but you can’t arrest? In the real world, this is a major issue that law enforcement has to deal with every day. In the world of the first-person shooter roguelike RICO however, they found a solution for cases like...
Initially, Far: Lone Sails seems like yet another 2D platformer with a dull color palette and a featureless, child protagonist. You follow what little instructions are given to guide your character to a hulking mass of steel covered in debris. That’s where the similarities to games like Limbo and Gris end....
What’s not to love about Tropico games? Being a resident of Latin America myself, I adore the game’s emphasis on building a Caribbean banana republic dictatorship, mixing both elements from city simulators like Sim City and Cities with some slight touches of dictatorship and tyranny, all covered in a hilarious...
Another day, another roguelike. The indie market is absolutely flooded with these types of games and that’s not exactly a bad thing. No one will ever argue about the quality of games like Dead Cells, Downwell, The Binding of Isaac, Spelunky, and many others. You just need to provide players...
Having played Aragami when it first launched in 2016, I found it to be a top-tier stealth game with great level design and core gameplay, but it wasn’t perfect by any means. I was excited to see it being ported to Switch as an excuse to play the game again...
A Power Rangers fighting game is an idea that might sound stupid at first, but when you really think about it, might actually work if enough care is put into the project. Think about it: this is a long-running series featuring tons of martial arts, special effects, and ridiculously cheesy...
Creeping through neon pink flowers, my canine companion marks out an upcoming outpost. Already, you can hear the rap duo Run The Jewels being blasted across the facility. After a few well-planned shots with a sniper made out of some piping and firing off a couple of sawblades into the...
