Review by Brad L. Yooka-Laylee is an old-school 3D platformer in the same vein as Nintendo 64 classics such as Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64. Made by Playtonic Games, a team that includes several ex-Rare employees who worked together during the Nintendo 64 days, this is a game that promised…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Relying on an amusing style that wears its retro arcade stylings on its shirt sleeve, Molemen Must Die! never takes itself too seriously. With a focus on lightning quick action, rapid deaths and achieving the highest score possible, this game reminds me of the quarter munchers…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. I think BoxBoy! took everyone by surprise when it was released in 2015. Coming seemingly out of nowhere, it delivered a puzzle platforming experience unlike any other, and a game dripping with minimalist charm. It got a well-earned sequel, BoxBoxBoy!, a year later, and now the…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. “This is Castlevania but in Victorian times.” That’s the thought that kept running through my mind as I played Momodora: Reverie Under the Moon. As I stepped out of the tranquil forest into the cold, oppressive atmosphere of Karst City, I thought those opening moments of…
Read MoreReview by Nicktatorship. Bard’s Gold is acutely aware of what it is – not exactly a love letter to platformers of the early nineties, but a jaunt into a pseudo-relic of the era. It delivers an exacting feel of the time, to those that missed out on its ludic cousins…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. Nubla is a game that is not only an artistic piece in its own right, it is a game specifically about art. The art from the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum in Madrid, to be precise. A title developed as part of the PlayStation Talents program in Spain, Nubla…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Upfront and from the start, it is so very, very cool that Shantae is finally in high definition. This series, which started out with a humble Game Boy Color game that had low circulation and received even less attention from both the mainstream and the typical…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Feist is, bear with me on this one, a near perfect adaptation of Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto. For those not familiar with the movie, Apocalypto is set in ancient Maya, where one individual engages on an epic chase scene with an entire army on his tail for…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Nintendo realised the dreams of many of its fans when it released Super Mario Maker on the Nintendo Wii U last year. Offering players a comprehensive toolset to create entire levels just as the good folks at Nintendo itself do, the game was perhaps the greatest…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. “NOT a Metroidvania” – that’s one of the first things the Steam description for Exile’s End says. It’s an odd point to make, because Exile’s End absolutely is a Metroidvania, and it’s one of the most Metroid-like games I’ve seen in a long time. When the…
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