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If I had to describe Chronos: Before the Ashes in three words, they would be “eh, it’s fine.” It’s the prequel to last year’s Remnant: From the Ashes, a game we liked quite a bit. Like Remnant, Chronos is also a take on the Souls-borne-kiro genre. But whereas Remnant was...
My relationship to the written works of George Orwell is, like many other Australians my age, “those depressing books they made us read in high school”. Sure, I respected the ideas behind his novels even then, but I simply had no interest in engaging with Animal Farm when I had...
Cruel, unforgiving, desolate landscapes. A desperate journey across frigid mountain peaks and through pitch-black underground caverns. Violent, bloodied, monstrous beasts. One directive: find your way home. This is the premise of Unto The End, a 2D combat survival adventure that pits a lone adventurer against a harsh wilderness and a...
Call of the Sea reminds me of the 2017 film ‘The Shape of Water‘. Besides the surface level comparisons by way of the fact they both prominently feature fish people, the underlying themes of discovering oneself and embracing life is also a theme both of them share. Call of the...
Myst
The original Myst released, if you can believe it, twenty-seven years ago for the Macintosh personal computer. Since then, the game has reached all-timer status for how innovative a puzzler it was all those years ago. Naturally, it’s seen re-release after re-release and even remakes after remakes. Now, we’re seeing the classic...
What do you get when you mix Pokémon with a Metroidvania? Monster Sanctuary exists to answer that question. The role-playing platformer is within a retro-style world where Monster Keepers of ancient bloodlines catch and tame creatures. Keepers will train their monsters to engage in combat and solve platforming puzzles across...
Have you ever played a game that you find is far better than it has any right to be? Maybe it’s the wacky crossover of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. Or even possibly it’s the bizarre concrete jungle to explore in Yakuza. Regardless, it’s rare that you find a game that...
Team17’s Worms franchise has been going strong for well over 20 years at this stage. As such, perhaps it was overdue for a bit of a change-up. The Worms games have previously been strategic turn-based affairs, featuring teams of worms chipping away at each other with various crazy weaponry. This...
Haven
How far are you willing to go for the one that you love? The half visual novel, half role-playing game, Haven, all about a couple taking to the intergalactic skies, asks you this question and it asks it well. Throughout its time you’ll find yourself coming up with your own...
Pull on some gloves and jump in the ring! It’s time to fight the pandemic-induced muscle atrophy of 2020 right from the comfort of your very own COVID cave. Grab your Joy-Cons, a water bottle, and a sweat towel, and let’s get FIT with Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise!
What’s in a name? It’s not very often that we see an announced title go through an identity crisis, but that’s what happened earlier this year when the previously announced Ubisoft title Gods & Monsters was re-revealed as the newly titled Immortals Fenyx Rising. Like many, I scoffed initially at...
Empire of Sin is a tactical strategy game developed by Romero Games and published by Paradox. It’s set in the Prohibition Era in Chicago. You play as a crime boss in the city of Chicago, where you’ll need to fight other bosses, bribe the police, and manage your empire’s speakeasies,...
