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TEVI review

Robert Allen — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 02:17:09 +0000

Every bunny loves a sprawling adventure. Over the last decade, the metroidvania has grown ubiquitous. On Steam, there are over a thousand different games that use the descriptor. As such, fatigue is understandable, if not inevitable. But if you haven’t completely exhausted all appreciation for action-driven exploration and impassioned boss battles, CreSpirit’s (Rabi-Rabi, A Light ...

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Laika: Aged Through Blood review

Robert Allen — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 01:57:24 +0000

Revenge is rising to the top of this murderous, motorcycling-rising, mama coyote’s to-do list. Once again, humanity has wiped itself out in Laika: Aged Through Blood’s dystopia. But instead of a quaint story about the surviving species banding together, the game’s anthropomorphized animals are every bit as barbaric as humans. The game’s opening moments depict ...

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Curse of the Sea Rats review

Robert Allen — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 04:08:49 +0000

Not quite ship-shape, but not bad enough to walk the plank. Irrefutably, Curse of the Sea Rats is a visual delight. When Barcelona-based Petoons Studio first began crowdsourcing, there was a conscious emphasis on character design and animation. Concept art showed a quartet of anthropomorphic rodents, as well as enemies and locations that resembled a ...

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Alice Escaped! review

Robert Allen — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 20:12:30 +0000

Make way for a Moe-vania! Given the abundance of metroidvania games on Steam, it might be hard to get excited about another entry in a congested genre. But illuCalab’s (Heart of Crown, Magical High School Girl, Gensou Skydrift) latest strives to provide a bit of innovation, with players controlling a pair of high school girls, ...

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Haiku, the Robot mini-review

Robert Allen — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 18:34:05 +0000

Haiku are short poems that adhere to a precise format. Artistry comes from being able to fluently express yourself in a restrained form. Similarly, Mister Morris Games’ Haiku, the Robot devotedly follows metroidvania formula, which extends a modest amount of mechanical innovation. Set in a post-apocalyptic setting where humanity has perished, artificial life still lingers. ...

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