Tumblestone Review – Tumble, don’t fall
Multiplayer puzzle games are difficult to pull off. Making the act of puzzle solving into a competition doesn’t translate well to most match-3 puzzlers, often taking the slow-paced nature of those games and throwing another player or two into the mix to try speeding things up. It seldom works, usually resulting in a boring, tacked-on…
Review: With Ride 4 new doesn’t necessarily mean better
Ride 4 is a disappointing entry in Milestone’s chief franchise.
Review: Partisans 1941 brings a new layer of strategy to WW II stealth tactics
While a welcome addition to a recently revived genre, Partisans 1941 is no match for the best games of its type.
I wanted to like Lies of P, but it’s just too frustrating
The emphasis on parries and it’s general approach to defense sound good on paper, but result in frustrating slog instead.
140 Review
Video games and rhythm never cease to go together flawlessly, especially so with games that use it creatively, or at least intelligently. 140 from developer Jeppe Carlsen falls under the latter. It’s a minimalist platformer that ties basic jumping puzzles to the beat of music, testing not only your reflexes and dexterity but your sense…
Wastelanders breathes new life into a still problematic Fallout 76
The new free content update makes some improvements aimed at some of the issues that have plagued the game since launch, making it much more playable, but nowhere near perfect.
E3 2015 – Dark Souls 3 is a culmination of all things Souls
Between having Dark Souls 2, Bloodborne, and Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin all come out in the past year, it feels awfully soon for another Souls game. And yet, here we are. Dark Souls 3 exists, for better or worse, and it’ll be out early next year. Going into our appointment, I was…
InnerSpace is a leisurely flight through inverted worlds
Considering how widespread open ended exploration is in games these days, it’s odd how seldom flight is represented. Walking through tranquil meadows, sliding down sand dunes, scaling towers to admire the view from the top — for as enjoyable as ground-based exploration is, it’s well-worn territory. Whereas gliding through vast open spaces, navigating tight chasms,…
Rain Review
Rain’s concept is a splendid one. It follows a young boy and girl who suddenly find themselves turned invisible, unable to be seen except in the rain. The idea opens up a fair number of inventive opportunities. Except Rain fails to capitalize on them at every turn. Monotonous levels and repetitious puzzles make Rain a…