Although the taut action will be recognizable to fans of action roguelikes, shrewd level design and a moody atmosphere separate Death’s Door from a flock of peers. The gaming industry relentlessly follows trends. When there’s ...
Read More »Cotton Reboot! review
Combining the definitive version of Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams with an Arranged mode that thoroughly modernizes the adorable shooter, BEEP’s reimagining is how reboots should be done. As the old saying reminds us, “don’t mess ...
Read More »Open World Action Among the Clouds- Black Skylands
With plenty of gunplay and ship-to-ship conflict, Black Skylands offers plenty of gratifying open world action. But you might want to wait for a bit more progress before heading off to the cloud-based setting. Wide-open, ...
Read More »New Releases: July 15th-21st, 2021
From revisiting Electric Town in Akiba’s Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed, getting reunited with a candy-obsessed witch girl in Cotton Reboot! or returning to the floating island of Skyloft in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword ...
Read More »Where the Heart Leads review
Life is a series of small, but crucial decisions, Where the Heart Leads reminds us. It’s an ambitious examination of choice and will probably reverberate even after multiple play-throughs. Note: In the interest of keeping ...
Read More »Heart of the Woods (Switch) review
Maddie and Tara’s journey to a remote village is filled with adventure, romance, and paranormal intrigue. With Heart of the Woods, expect one of the most heartfelt visual novels found on Switch, elevated by Rosuuri’s ...
Read More »Chuhou Joutai 2: Paraided! review
What would The Touhou Project bullet-hell shooters look like on NES? Chuhou Joutai 2: Paraided! responds to that question but you might not be completely happy with the answer. Lore habitually plays a large role ...
Read More »New Releases: July 8th-14th, 2021
This week, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin stalks PC and Switch, offering another noteworthy spin-off from Capcom’s well-like series. But if catching 81 ridable Monsties isn’t your thing, there’s plenty of other offerings ...
Read More »Ys IX: Monstrum Nox review
Pleasingly, Nihon Falcom’s latest effort doesn’t tamper too much with formula. At its heart, the game maintains the franchise’s winning formula, with its charming characters and gratifying combat. Developers who chase technical innovation habitually break ...
Read More »Secret Agent HD review
With Secret Agent HD’s arrival on Steam, there’s no need to boot up DOSBox for a bit of Nineties-era, Apogee-published, two-dimensional platforming. Given enough time, nearly every popular game will be remastered, remade, or reiterated ...
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