Overcooked 2 turns up the heat with its Campfire Cook Off DLC
What camping trip would be complete without a retinue of chefs and a bunch of ridiculous kitchens?
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Katana Zero’s got style, but nothing to back it up
For as thrilling as the action can be, its story fails to capitalize on any of its ideas and ends up feeling empty.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice humbles even the most hardened Souls veterans
In every From Software game there’s a moment where things click. In Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne, those moments were vague: a series of successes and failures that steadily taught me how to play. In Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, I still recall the exact moment everything clicked. His name was Genichiro. Genichiro is the…
She Remembered Caterpillars makes the jump to the Switch perfectly
With the Switch essentially being a hub for indie games, what with torrent of games both new and old, well-known classics and overlooked gems alike constantly coming out for Nintendo’s portable-home console hybrid, it’s become a good place to try out games you might have missed the first time around. Case in point, She Remembered…
Help, I can’t stop stacking gold in Treasure Stack
I can always tell I’ve found a good puzzle game when I inevitably have that “just one more run” moment. The moment where I start putting everything else off to try and keep playing. For Treasure Stack, that moment came quickly. After a few rocky runs at the start where I struggled to grasp the…
Almost There: The Platformer’s quick-fire levels make it perfect for play in short bursts
My patience for the “hardcore” brand of platformers (think Super Meat Boy) has waned a lot over the years. At one time, I was willing to put up with the intense challenges they posed, that forced me to constantly try to perfect each jump to navigate their ever-increasing levels of difficulty. But now, the thought…
Sinner’s got a strong hook, but is sometimes too punishing for its own good
Souls-likes walk a fine line. How far do they go to capture the essence of Dark Souls while still making something their own? It’s not an easy task. Games like Salt and Sanctuary answered that by more or less adapting their inspiration onto a two-dimensional plane, while others like Hollow Knight instead used it as…
FutureGrind’s stylish stunts are a blast to perform
FutureGrind is a stunt-platformer from Milkbag Games. In it, you ride bikes whose wheels grind along rails of the same color, pulling off tricks and generally looking cool all the while in your pursuit of attaining the highest score possible. Think something like Ubisoft’s Trials series, but as an auto-runner and not as mean, and…
Vane’s moments of excellence are good, but few and far between
Vane is shrouded in mystery. Right from the start, it drops you into its world with no preamble or context: It opens with a person running through a terrible storm, presumably trying to find shelter. As they approach a massive tower, a cloaked figure emerges and bars them from entering. The person remains laying on…
Callum’s Top Games of 2018
Looking back on 2018, I’ve been constantly exhausted by how long it’s felt. There was a time I felt like the years were just zooming by, but this year was the opposite. Maybe it’s just the constant nightmare that is The World right now, and how every day is often just too much. I can’t…