Review by Harvard L. I have a soft spot for games which make the act of moving engaging: any game in which forward momentum is more interesting than holding the control stick up, whether it’s ziplining and parachuting in Just Cause or chaining grinds in Jet Set Radio. Inner Space,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Dragon Ball FighterZ is not for me. I’m not a big fan of Dragon Ball, and this game didn’t convert me… nor did it do a great job in educating me about why other people enjoy Dragon Ball. All of that might sound pretty obvious given…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. With developer name like DeconstrucTeam and a publisher name like Devolver Digital, it’s natural to expect big things. The Red Strings Club is a new cyberpunk game for Steam which takes elements from adventure games and visual novels, boasting a wickedly complex conversation system and a…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition is a sharp fighting game that finally gives us the Street Fighter V experience we probably should have had since the start. When Street Fighter V first released, I was torn over it. Visually it was fantastic, and the actual fighting…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Ambition of the Slimes is a charming, clever little tactics game, though it often feels closer to a puzzler than something genuinely strategic. It’s not a game you’re going to be celebrating for years down the track, but as something cheap and disposable it’s a pleasing,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Beholder left me cold. Given that the intent of the game is to depict a dystopian nightmare pulled right from every image we’ve ever had of socialist eastern Europe, “leaving me cold” was probably the intention, but there are games that have done this theme better,…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. The SpellForce series has always been an interesting one. On one hand you have an RPG adventure with quests and exploration, while on the other you have and RTS. Using elements of both, this series has provided unique challenges as your party can level up and…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Of Mice And Sand is simple. It’s charming, bright, and cheerful, but it’s simple. It’s a mix of Fallout Shelter, This War of Mine or Sheltered, and the great western genre of cinema. With cute pixel mice. It’s not a mix that I would have thought…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. One of the most difficult genres to look at critically are those casual match-3 type games. There are just so many of them, and they rarely deviate from one another in any meaningful manner, that it becomes difficult to look at any individual match-3 release on…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The handheld console is the right platform for The Escapists. The clean, simple pixel art, the pick-up-and-play nature of the gameplay, and the general design of the thing works best on a console like the Nintendo Switch. The Escapists 2 was released last year on other…
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