A Rite from the Stars: A rite song and dance
A Rite from the Stars features a fascinatingly beautiful world, but sadly spends most of its time on relatively rote, repetitive puzzles.
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E3 2015 – Make me a Super Mario, Maker
Super Mario Maker really is the next step for Nintendo. What else could please fans more than giving them the tools to make their own Mario game? If they clamor for more, more and more, it should be the perfect solution to give a chance for people to put their money where their mouth is,…
E3 2016: Furi combines twin-stick shooting and hack-‘n-slash action in a stylish series of boss battles
Boss fights can either be a high or low point in videogames. A really good fight is tough to create, a series of them even more so. Furi, a game that’s nothing but a series of boss fights from The Game Bakers, seems to understand the qualities that make a good boss battle work. The…
Mega Man Legacy Collection Review – Welcome back, Blue Bomber
After all the drama with Keiji Inafune’s departure Capcom and the company’s apparent effort to drive the light away from his works as a result of it, the Mega Man franchise saw little in terms of releases, with a couple cameos here and there, but nothing substantial. Given the characters humongous popularity during three videogame generations…
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2’s lineup might be disappointing, but it more than makes up in content
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 is an inherently inferior compilation in comparison to the first, mainly due to its lineup of games, but it excels in bringing back to light some my least favorite entries in the franchise. In fact, Capcom has done an admirable job putting this new collection together. Although neither Mega Man…
Review: Hades 2 hits 1.0 and is one of the best games out on Switch 2
Supergiant Games’ Hades 2 is an excellent evolution of the already brilliant original game.
E3 2021: Ruin Raiders brings cuddly tactical combat to roguelikes
Don’t be fooled by the cuddly heroes of Ruin Raiders. They’ll show how tough they are around the battlefield or die trying.
The Alliance Alive HD Remastered is your second chance at playing a great portable JRPG
Good overlooked games deserve to make a comeback as The Alliance Alive HD Remastered proves, by bringing to the Switch one of the last and best 3DS JRPGs to be released.
Review: Rosewater is a solid point-and-click sequel expanding the universe of 2018’s Lamplight City
If you were looking for a solid adventure which nicely expands the singular world of Lamplight City, Rosewater delivers.
E3 2015 – FTL and MMOs collide in Pixel Starships
One of the more fun parts of E3 is running into developers who are showing their games off unofficially – that is, running it on a laptop or mobile device showing it off to anyone they can flag down rather than at a proper booth. Feels like I run into at least one every year….