With light role-playing, inventory management, deck building, and even city managerial components, many of Loop Hero’s components might feel a bit familiar. But when assembled in interlocking and occasionally ambiguous ways, the title is like ...
Read More »30XX Early Access preview
Mixing Mega Man X playability with some roguelike procedurally generated environments, 30XX is delightfully polished, even in its current state. There’s a multitude of ways that a procedurally generated Mega Man clone can go sideways. ...
Read More »Sword of the Necromancer review
Driven by an unexpectedly solid story and the ability to resurrect your defeated enemies, Sword of the Necromancer is an intriguing title. While influences are evident, they’re also varied enough to deliver distinction. Within minutes ...
Read More »Undermine mini-review
As long as your library isn’t already saturated with rogue-likes, UnderMine is an agreeable outing, with cute visuals, polished play, just enough persistent upgrades to reward replay. UnderMine is best described as an action ...
Read More »Skul: The Hero Slayer review
Inverting the usual heroic take, Skul dons a multitude of ability-sets to overcome humanity and free the Demon King in this challenging, charming action roguelike. Founded four years ago by a group of students at ...
Read More »Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate review
One of the best dungeon crawls to ever grace Vita screens arrives on Switch, bring its tense turn-based expeditions back onto a Nintendo platform. Know that this ronin’s undertaking is tough, but ultimately quite rewarding. ...
Read More »ScourgeBringer mini-review
Flying Oak’s (NeuroVoider) latest pits players against the eponymous, world-obliterating menace. Combating the elevated evil sends you zipping across the screen like a combat-ready hummingbird, making for an engaging experience. For action junkies, few sensations ...
Read More »Runestone Keeper review
Runestone Keeper is ideal for when you want a dungeon-delving, monster-murdering, experience but don’t have hours to spare. While the board-game like approach doesn’t offer much storytelling, the traditional role-playing dilemmas are here in condensed ...
Read More »Neon Abyss review
Take the variability of The Binding of Isaac but re-interpret the title as a side-scrolling shooter and you’ll have a good idea of what to expect from Neon Abyss. While the concept isn’t completely original, ...
Read More »Danger Scavenger (Early Access) Impressions
Steam has a surplus of twin-stick shooter rogue-likes, so new challengers had better bring some creativity. Danger Scavenger isn’t bad, but its sole distinguishing feature is the accumulation of massive amounts of weaponry. In 2014, ...
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