Review

Mushroom Wars 2 offers factions of fractious fungi, vying for domination of each landscape. If you are craving a serving of real-time strategy without the burdens of resource gathering and complex tech-tree, these ‘shrooms make ...

Heavy on action but easy on role-playing, Labyrinth Legend can make for an engaging experience for players who don’t mind a bit of grinding. Labyrinth Legend (not to be confused with 20212’s Labyrinth Legends) makes ...

What if Castlevania relinquished its weapons and added Street Fighter II-style controls? Demoniaca: Everlasting Night blends the two titles, but the fusion isn’t as fun as hoped. Demoniaca: Everlasting Night’s introductory text crawl is mercifully ...

A lot of players might look over Isekai Succubus ~My Genderbent Saga in Another World~ given its erotic roots. But that might be a mistake if you’re a fan of dungeon crawls. After being hastily ...

While it’s great to see Idea Factory/Compile Heart’s grisly dungeon crawler makes its way onto PC monitors, the lack of graphical options and the removal of fan-service tarnishes the experience. Media industries have a tendency ...

Looking for an adventure with arduous platforming and challenging combat? Aeterna Noctis offers more challenge than most of its explorational-driven peers. At first glance, Aeterna Noctis seems like another indistinctive Metroidvania.  You play as the ...

While a bungled localization might have troubled Cupid Parasite’s launch, the lighthearted visual novel is all patched up, and posed to delight fans of the medium. While small launch bugs afflict many launch titles, Cupid ...

Clockwork Aquario’s lackluster arcade tests doomed the title to cancelation. But twenty-eight years later, Westone’s title has been resurrected from the coin-op graveyard. But look past the attractive spritework and sumptuous sounds and you’ll find ...

The 1979 arcade classic returns with a wonderfully revamped control scheme and invaluable power-ups. Those UFOs are still jerks 42 years later, though. When a remake of a beloved Atari classic is announced, disappointment all ...

Much like the December 2020 release of Grindstone, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon is this year’s hard-to-put-down puzzler. Build around an ingenious concept and rogue-like elements, expect to still be playing this in the new year. ...