With a variety of smart variations, Hard West 2 offers a delightful digression from turn-based strategy titles, making it more than just XCOM with revolvers and rifles. Gunslinger Gin Carter just lost his soul in ...
Read More »Turrican Anthology Volume 1 review
A trio of 16-bit series entries, a director’s cut, and a single-stage score attack await Turrican fans who didn’t already purchase Flashback. Between the duplication of titles across the previous collection, splitting the anthology across ...
Read More »Kokoro Clover Season 1 mini-review
Kokoro Clover’s conceit is undeniably clever: the game is presented like a serialized anime. Twelve episodes flaunt the traditional characteristics of Sunday morning animation. From recaps of previous shows, title cards, commercial breaks, eye catches, ...
Read More »Sword and Fairy: Together Forever review
There’s a depressing lack of wuxia games on consoles. Sword and Fairy: Together Forever helps alleviate that deficiency, with dazzling visuals, stirring storytelling, and action that’s engaging. If you’re able to overlook a few unpolished ...
Read More »New Releases: August 4th-10th, 2022
This week, Sword and Fairy: Together Forever (pictured) delivers wuxia action, while Two Point Campus offers players the chance to build and manage a university. If neither of these pique your interests, GigaBash provides some ...
Read More »Avenging Spirit mini-review
The 1987 film The Hidden centered around an alien who could shift between human bodies. Once in control of a person, the alien went absolutely wild. From robbing banks, jumping into the body of a ...
Read More »Digimon Survive review
Don’t expect a full-blown role-playing experience similar to Cyber Sleuth or even a digital monster nurturing game like Re:Digitize or Next Order. Digimon Survive is an engrossing visual novel that sporadically sends you onto battlefields ...
Read More »IndieGo #28: Autonauts vs. Piratebots and Sweet Transit
According to psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, “flow” is the mental state a person reaches when they are fully immersed in a task. Commonly known as being ‘in the zone’, Csikszentmihalyi isolated nine elements that occur when ...
Read More »The Tarnishing of Juxtia review
Ready for another fantasy-themed, 2D title with Soulslike combat? The Tarnishing of Juxtia is fun but overly formulaic. There are a multitude of modern games that force players to commit to every attack. The philosophy ...
Read More »New Releases: July 28th-August 3rd, 2022
This week, Digimon Survive arrives, offering a mix of visual novel storytelling and strategy stages inspired by the Utawarerumono series. Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony updates the 2009 “Touhouvania” for Switch and PC, while Xenoblade Chronicles ...
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