Preview by Priscilla M. Over the years there has been many games that have tried to replicate the ever-popular Pokémon formula, which has captivated millions across the world. Most fail to surpass being tagged as a ‘Pokémon clone’ and are often forgotten about by the time the next Pokémon instalment…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Every so often you’ll come across a game that one person or another will call “unplayable” because they didn’t much enjoy their time with it. It might be that it has a graphical glitch or two that hampers breaks the immersion a little. Or perhaps it…
Read MoreReview by Tyler T. There are few game premises that are as exciting as getting to be a cat. Chris Chung showed just how fun it was to be a mischievous one with his first-person title Catlateral Damage, and now Cattails provides another take. This simulation role-playing game by Falcon…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. “Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.” Humans seek knowledge. It’s part of our basic psyche, the yearn to understand what we can’t. Despite any and all scientific advancements, there will always be some part of the universe left unexplored. Call of Cthulhu is the story of…
Read MoreReview by Tyler T. No genre depends on the moment to moment gameplay being thrilling as much as roguelikes. If you’re going to convince a player to willingly replay progress in making their way through a dungeon multiple times, then you’re going to need to make sure they enjoy the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. As a big fan of the old gamebooks that I obsessively consumed through my childhood, I was so impressed with what Tin Man Games did with The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. Taking the basic gamebook experience and turning it into a blend of board game and…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Just the other day in a review of Victor Vran’s recent Nintendo Switch release, I mentioned that it’s hard for a “Diablo clone” to step out of the shadows of Diablo. The game named the genre for a reason. Even the better efforts tend to stick…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Publisher, FuRyu, has been behind niche hits like The Caligula Effect and Lost Dimension, and we’re hoping that Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Spring, based on the anime, can continue the trend. Yuuna is a mystery dungeon experience (hence the “Dungeon” in the title), and it…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. One of the problems that “Diablo clones” face is that their genre is named for competition that’s almost impossible to beat. Diablo has barely missed a step since its original release, so many years ago now, and with Diablo 3 going from strength to strength, it…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. As a child, I spent more time than was healthy being utterly enthralled by the old Dungeons & Dragons PC titles. From Eye of the Beholder and Wake of the Ravager, through to Strahd’s Possession and, later, Baldur’s Gate, I would play and replay these games,…
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