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Dust & Neon
What a time its been for the booming roguelite genre with Vampire Survivors, Cult of the Lamb, Returnal for PC recently, and then of course the hotly anticipated sequel to Hades, coming soon. The rogue genre has seen a huge increase in quality titles with various budgets and styles lately and...
Wanted: Dead
Wanted: Dead is a game I’ve been following for a while. It comes from some of the developers from the fantastic Ninja Gaiden 2 and Dead or Alive franchise (yes, including Xtreme Volleyball, as they have so proudly stated in one of the trailers). It’s a low-budget unashamedly PS2-era action...
Wales Interactive is an odd goose in today’s gaming industry. Despite dabbling with some survival horror games every now and then, the company has carved an interesting niche by heavily focusing on FMV-based adventure titles, which are essentially interactive movies where all you really need to do is pick up...
When I think of Dotemu, I usually think of them reviving long-lost arcade franchises, such as Streets of Rage and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to a painfully pristine degree, which makes the originals feel lame in comparison. While I’m still waiting for their highly-anticipated tactical take on Metal Slug, Dotemu...
“I’ve been dreaming of this day for a long time. I can’t believe I’m here,” is the protagonist’s response to being asked how they’re finding Hogwarts at the start of the game. To me, it sums up my experience with Hogwarts Legacy. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone wasn’t just...
Season: A Letter to the Future, an indie title from Scavengers Studio, is a beautifully told journey of internal and external discovery. Look, I totally get it. I really do. We’ve been there, right? We’ve all Gone Home at some point. We are all aware of What Remains of Edith...
Dead Space
When it was released in 2008, the original Dead Space was thrilling. I loved it so much that I covered its 10 year anniversary just a few years ago. Back then, I stated that whilst it’s a fantastic game, it is starting to show its age. However, despite those games...
I have to say that, for the most part, remakes and remasters of older Nintendo titles have been massively disappointing on the Switch. The Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection was embarassing, the vast majority of Wii U re-releases were just mere ports with little to no improvements, and the Skyward...
It’s exceedingly hard to project a proper plotline into a first person dungeon crawler. For one, the core mechanics and presentation ask you to hold the plot in mind while actively separating from the stage: it’s like if a musical just had people wordlessly playing mahjong between songs. Over the...
Rhythm Sprout
Even though we, Guitar Hero widowers, have been crying about the demise of the rhythm genre post-2010, it’s not like we haven’t had some pretty good titles being released over the past years. Be it a new Taiko no Tatsujin game, an indie like LOUD, or even action-rhythm hybrids like...
Pizza Tower
The indie gaming scene loves to recreate and reboot franchises which have been since long forgotten by their original creators and/or publishers. Yooka-Laylee was a new Banjo-Kazooie. Skylar & Plux was a new Jak & Daxter. Bloodstained (not quite an indie, but point stands) was a new Symphony of the...
When you think of video games and the world of fashion, what genres come to mind? A dress-up simulator? A licensed Barbie game? Maybe a more obscure simulator where you have to manage a clothing store? I’m pretty sure something like this exists, if even lawn mowing simulators are available...
