I love The Curse of Monkey Island. It’s easily one of my all-time favourite games. However, there’s always been a reference in it that I’ve been missing out on until this year. When walking into Blondebeard’s Chicken Shoppe on Plunder Island, there is someone sitting at a table labelled as a “quiet patron.” This skeletal…
Originally a Japan-exclusive entry in the The Legend of Heroes series, Trails from Zero has finally gotten an English localization by NIS America, and by all accounts, it’s as excellent of a J-RPG as the rest of the franchise.
Fractured Utopias is a DLC for existing fans of Frostpunk 2, expanding the Utopia Builder mode in meaningful ways.
I’ve always had a secret love of the London Underground. True, the Tube can be ridiculously overcrowded, confusingly laid out and a nightmare for tourists to navigate, but for the canny commuter or regular visitor, the Underground can feel like an old, reassuring friend. The usual familiarity of the stations with their varied designs; the…
Shovel Knight, in the simplest of terms, is the ultimate Capcom NES game that never was. If you go further defining it, though, it’s much more than a mere retro-styled indie game. Yacht Club Games has lovingly created Shovel Knight to play like an NES game, sure, but their care went well beyond just emulating…
Shantae and the Seven Sirens is a deliciously charming platformer that is an absolute joy to play.
Lamplight City is an excellently crafted adventure, and well worth experiencing for the opportunity to interact with a unique alternative world.
Like an ambitious explorer that bites off more than they can chew, Greedfall is a heap of trouble of an adventure that never quite gets there. Its setting is one of the best you’ll see this year, but its execution leaves much to be desired, as it does very little to stray away from the conventional action-adventure RPG formula set by other games with much bigger budgets and teams.
If more companies are able to follow The Outer Worlds’ lead and create more experiences like it, gaming will be all the better.
Famed Japanese development house and publisher brought three of their upcoming releases to Brasil Game Show 2024, including a surprise port to one of their biggest hits ever.
