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A strange underworld of disco beats and quirky characters, Everhood is an adventure-story game with a heavy emphasis on music. The odd project is put together by only two developers – artist Chris Nordgren and programmer Jordi Roca. They describe the game as “an ineffable tale of the inexpressible divine...
The story behind the creation of Shattered – Tale of the Forgotten King was more than enough to get me excited for this action/adventure RPG. The developers, Redlock Studio, are a group of French geeks who met years ago playing Dungeons and Dragons. Their D&D campaign went on for years...
Bravely Default II is a Japanese role-playing game developed by Claytechworks and published by Square Enix on Nintendo Switch. It’s the latest entry in the Bravely Default series and the successor to the 2015 release, Bravely Default: End Layer. The announcement of the game came as a bit of a...
Fans of classic Legend of Zelda titles will feel right at home with Heliocentric Studios’ Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos. The game takes many elements from those classic action-adventure titles, while adding rogue-like, multiplayer and farming sim components to mix things up somewhat. Rogue Heroes is certainly very charming, and...
A calling beckons you deeper into the accursed temple. Your hunger for wealth and power grows. Formidable foes try to stop you at every turn as you move through the twisted and trap-riddled dungeon. You battle curses and learn to harness the powers of light and dark to your advantage....
To say that Blue Fire surprised me would be an understatement. When I started the game it seemed like it was little more than a mediocre 3D platformer trying to emulate a Souls game, with a little bit of Zelda mixed in. As I continued playing though, the platforming got...
It’s the year 5000, you are an archeologist discovering the bygone wonders of Earth. Mysterious objects like credit cards and power plugs confound you. Your name is Henry Dijon, and you and your team are searching for the legendary Mutropolis. Though, it seems that you are not the only ones.
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury continues Nintendo’s long-running strategy of shepherding all of their Wii U classics onto the far more popular Nintendo Switch. The latest title repackages the 2013 platformer for the hybrid console, along with bundling a whole new exclusive game mode. Bringing along some mechanical...
The first Little Nightmares is an interesting video game. Originally releasing all the way back in 2017, it was quite a surprise and modest horror hit. The game wasn’t without its issues, be it awkward platforming or weak puzzling. However, that only left room for potential. A world expanding DLC and four...
Persona 5 Strikers is the confluence of two separate developers who love to experiment with their own work. Atlus will release a 100-hour turn-based Persona game, then put out a music game or 1-on-1 fighting game as canonical sequels. Omega Force is best known for the Dynasty Warriors series. Lately...
Werewolves have never really received the same love and attention as other creatures of the night. Often they’re featured as side characters to their fair-skinned vampire kin. But being a werewolf must also be exciting and fun, right? Mix in a bit of lore about Caerns and spiritual energy and...
“What would you do to bring back someone you love?” is the tagline of Grimorio of Games’ rogue-lite dungeon crawler Sword of the Necromancer, and spoiler alert: the answer is “learn necromancy”. With the unique ability to turn enemies into pals via a little occultism and the strong motivation to un-dead-ify...
