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Solas 128 is a puzzle game that is about placing pieces on a grid to guide a pulsating light to each screen’s goal. On paper, it sounds like a Pipe Dream clone, and it pretty much is, but winds up being something more. The beat-heavy techno soundtrack set to the pumping laser lights is pretty […]
First released in 2017 on PC, All Walls Must Fall is a tech noir tactics game set in Germany several decades in the future and as if the Cold War never ended. Uniquely, agents try and one up each other by traveling back and forth through time to gain the upper hand, trying to avoid […]
Solar Blast is a low cost arcade experience that can provide mindless fun in very short bursts. In the center of the screen is a glowing dot and it is your job to protect this dot from incoming missiles by rotating a shield around said dot using the analog stick. In comparison, think of classic […]
Originally released on PC in 2018 and taking place in the Quest for Glory series, Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption has been ported to Switch with Joycon and touch screen support. Hero-U mixes a number of genres to create something unique but is not for everyone. The slow pace of the adventure mechanics offer humorous dialog […]
One part puzzle game and one part trial-and-error, Otti the Housekeeper is essentially the same concept as Neighbours Back From Hell. The goal is to protect thieves from stealing the wealth in your house by placing traps in specific spots and then activating them from a 2D perspective. What is the best way to Home […]
An action-based tower-defense title with roguelite story beats, Dead Ground is a mishmash of genres and is better for it. The challenge isn’t for everyone and it is prone to stability issues but there is just enough here create some meaningful entertainment. From an overhead view, players can place towers along a path at an […]
Nakana.io has made a name for themselves by publishing unconventional games. Their library of stand-out titles focus on the experience, telling stories through an artistic presentation while introducing experimental gameplay. In other words, their games are super weird and they are better for it. Check out Journey of the Broken Circle as another example. Arrog […]
Werewolves have to be one of the most under-utilized supernatural characters in video games. Other than Altered Beast, which is more of a wolf-man as opposed to a full werewolf, what other games come to mind that focus on these hulking beasts? Sabrewulf from Killer Instinct might be the only other noteworthy character. There are […]
Remember that TV show called Hole-In-The-Wall where contestants had to pose in awkward positions to fit through a hole in a moving wall? Hed The Pig is essentially this game show only with a 2D pig flying through a tunnel trying to avoid walls, on-rails Star Fox-style. Weird for the sake of weird, nothing really […]
Ziggy The Chaser is exactly Pacman gameplay only with a generic elephant as the protagonist. Instead of a top-down 2D perspective, the 3D environment is actually difficult to navigate due to a camera angle that is too close and movement that isn’t tile based. It is easy to walk right by one of the collectable […]
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