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Valkyrie Profile is a much loved JRPG series that started on the original PlayStation in 1999, featuring strong world-building, memorable characters and enjoyable turn-based combat. It’s been over a decade since we’ve had a Valkyrie game on console, and Valkyrie Elysium modestly attempts to reboot the franchise, with a focus...
Checkpoint Gaming received early access to the PC version of Overwatch 2 for this review. From 19 September until 2 October 2022, we played eight hours of multiplayer across several two-hour play sessions in a controlled online environment. Overwatch 2 is a game as a service (GaaS) and this review...
Do you remember New Years’ Eve 1999? The Prince song was played on repeat for weeks beforehand, we were all scared that everything would collapse, the new millennium was looming, and teenage me was half petrified half exhilarated by the prospect of welcoming the 00s. Serial Cleaners, the sequel to...
When a band of warriors rescues a young woman from a carriage, you wouldn’t expect a story of political intrigue and complex character motivations. But The DioField Chronicle does its best to tell a political story interspersed with an engaging combat system. Complexity fills every aspect of this game, and...
The Voice of Cards series has seen a release schedule unlike any other. In October of last year, it all began with The Isle Dragon Roars. Just this last February, we had The Forsaken Maiden. Now just eleven months after the card-based adventure series’ inception, we have a third entry already with The...
Moonscars
Moonscars is a visually striking 2D action game drawing inspiration from other high-difficulty, narratively minimalist games such as Dark Souls and Hollow Knight. Its painterly art style and brutal difficulty will be draws for fans of the Soulslike genre, even if its storytelling often falls on the side of confusingly...
Potion Permit
Cozy games have been a huge hit over the past couple of years. We’ve seen this with titles like Stardew Valley, My Time at Portia (and Sandrock), and Unpacking to name just a few. Cozy games are games that have some safety or softness. Potion Permit is a cozy game...
Wadjet Eye Games, the producers of the Blackwell series, Technobabylon, and Strangeland, are producing some of the most incredible point-and-click adventures to ever grace the PC platform. The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow, developed by Cloak and Dagger Games, is just the latest to join the list of excellent games.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails From Zero is a sprawling narrative RPG flourishing with many themes, twists, and turns. As such, this review will ever so lightly spoil and discuss said topics.
The Blue Burrower returns in Shovel Knight Dig, bringing the franchise’s particular brand of pixelated platforming in a roguelike direction as you venture down in the mines to recover your treasure from the nefarious Hexcavators. Shovel Knight Dig is a short but highly enjoyable time, and is the most fun...
Coming to us from a smaller team within Obsidian Entertainment, Grounded is a somewhat rare example of a survival game being developed by a non-indie studio. With 2 years of early access under its belt and a veteran developer at the helm, this game of shrunken humans and horrifying bugs...
When you imagine a quaint forest town with adorable animals, you know you are in for a fun story. Beacon Pines takes that expectation and treads the path less travelled. The story is still filled with cute charm, but you are quickly made aware that all is not what it...
