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Emotionally Charged On its surface, RiME is an environmental puzzle platformer that puts players into the shoes of a shipwrecked youth with no memory of what happened. Although this set up is a video game cliché, RiME separates itself through its presentation, an emotional story, and an unforgettable ending. There is no HUD, spoken language, […]
Punching Yourself In the Face Back in the PS2, original Xbox, and Gamecube era, Sony was and Nintendo were flourishing in the platformer genre with Jak and Daxter, Super Mario, and Ratchet & Clank while Microsoft struggled by testing out Blinx and Voodoo Vince. Never receiving recognition to the level of the competition, Microsoft’s platformers […]
Lacking Options For only $4.99, it is not fair to be harsh on Demon’s Crystals especially since the arcadey twin-sticker shooter gameplay is relatively smooth and offers a moment of mindless fun if you can gather four local players in one room. But the lack of options and gameplay elements ultimately results in a big […]
The Best of Both Worlds It is probably safe to assume that most people have either heard of or played Tetris. Puyo Puyo on the other hand has more of dedicated cult following and never received the recognition that Tetris created despite seeing iterations on most consoles since the 16-bit era. While puzzle game compilations […]
Cat And Frog Created by Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya, best known for his work on Cave Story, Kero Blaster is a retro styled run and gunner that calls back to the 8-bit era. Now available on PS4, ported from iOS and Steam, this action platformer is sorta Mega Man-ish but with some grinding and RPG leveling. […]
Now On Sony’s Handheld Originally released on the Nintendo 3DS eShop at the end of 2014 via Circle Entertainment and Skipmore, Fairune, a sleeper hit gem, has been ported to Playstation’s Vita thanks to QubicGames. For more on Fairune, check out my review of the 3DS version as everything there still holds true for this […]
Pass On This Snake The best thing Snake Pass offers players is its genuine uniqueness as there isn’t anything quite like it, something difficult to do in today’s gaming landscape. Unfortunately, a technical control scheme and overall boring gameplay results in more frustration and entertainment. Snake Pass is sort of defined as a puzzle platformer […]
Momodora: Expect to Die A Lot Playing as a priestess in a side-scrolling platformer focused on brutal combat, this Metroidvania removes major RPG leveling elements to create a higher degree of accessibility but with a greater ratio of difficulty. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is basically the GBA’s Mega Man Zero in the more open […]
Mixing Some of This With Some of That It is not often to use the phrase “4-player twin-sticker shooter RPG Roguelike” to describe a game but Flying Oak Games’ Neurovoider fits this bill. It is also a wonder as to why a game like this isn’t copied over and over since it is a such […]
RTS Without Battle Also available on Nintendo Switch, New Frontier Days – Founding Pioneers is a casual city building sim that is probably one of the easiest going simulation games ever made. With no true end game or way to “die,” this sim is a great jumping off point for new comers to the genre […]
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