Reviews
Animal Well (PC) Review
Recent years have seen quite the resurgence of Metroidvania games. Titles like 2021’s Metroid Dread, or this year’s Prince of Persa: The Lost Crown show how evolved the genre has become. Metroidvanias such as Cave Story and Ori and the Blind Forest aimed to diversify the genre in scale and budget. Lone developer Billy Basso sought to reinvent the wheel in his first release, Animal Well. Earl...[Read More]
Pistol Whip (PSVR) Review
When it comes to action movies, we have always wanted to feel like Gods, slaying our enemies before us. Movies like John Wick have embraced a newfound form of a God Mode, one that this slick, with style and substance. From the makers of Valve Aperture Hand Lab comes Pistol Whip, a stylish VR rail shooter that will test your reflexes and your rhythm as you down hundreds of enemies to the tune of du...[Read More]
Mulaka (PC) Review
Fantasy stories have had their fill of the stereotypical creatures and heroes. Elves, orcs, mages, dwarves, warriors, kings, fairies — they’re all a dime a dozen. Similarly, the stories of Greek and Roman gods have been told and retold over and over again. But before playing Mulaka, I had never heard of the Tarahumara, an indigenous people of northwestern Mexico renowned for their long-distance ru...[Read More]
Hob (PC) Review
An ethereal world defined by its ancient technology, Hob is the new action and exploration-heavy title from Runic Games. Across a kaleidoscope of landscapes that can morph with the pull of a lever, players will guide a small character through subterranean power stations and monolithic towers in a bid to restore this world to its normal state. While the distinct lack of text or dialogue might have ...[Read More]
Necropolis: Brutal Edition Review
The skeleton mob caved my hero’s skull in, ending my adventure on the third, of ten, level of the Necropolis. The time before that, I’d made it to the to the second floor. The time after, my heroine barely made it out the doors of the central starting area before being ambushed by a mob of six. This was Necropolis, Brutal Edition, Harebrained Scheme’s unique procedurally generated third-person dun...[Read More]
WASTED: A Post-Apocalyptic Pub Crawler Review
Exploring, looting, and killing everything that stands in your way – these are the main objectives in WASTED: A Post-Apocalyptic Pub Crawler. A newer offering by Adult Swim Games, and developed by Mr. Podunkian, WASTED draws immediate comparisons to the Fallout franchise. This is not an unfair comparison for either game, despite other outlets and LPers poking fun. The similarity seems to be ...[Read More]