Once again, videogames have served as a welcome retreat from reality in another grim year. The pandemic has maintained its grip not only over our lives, but also over the industry – which has continued to wrestle, quite justifiably, with delays. Games have been pushed back, but supply problems have meant that it has remained…
After a rough year, I sit down to talk about a few of my favorite games in 2021.
Evil Genius 2: World Domination makes its way to consoles in an approachable and streamlined way.
The videogame version of one of Vertigo, Hitchcock’s cinematic masterpieces turns out to be a thrilling interactive novel.
Join Shovel Knight and friends on a quest for the ultimate booty in Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon.
Try as I might, I couldn’t get the hang of how to dodge properly in combat and eventually had to call it quits.
Tunche is a fun brawler that would’ve been a lot more fun if it weren’t so bogged down by unnecessarily wordy NPCs and annoying gameplay mechanics.
You’ll be hard pressed to find a better looking beat ‘em up than Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All!, but visuals alone aren’t enough to make it a great game.
Making a game feel good to play is never an easy task, but Chorus does so almost effortlessly.
Unless you’ve already done so on other systems, then you’re excused. Or you can buy it again now, it’s totally worth it.
