A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS GAMES
When I first started playing Secret Agent: Cold War Espionage, I got upset by the lack of direction, loose controls, and weird control scheme. Going in cold, the first couple stages can be frustrating until you understand what kind of game this low poly James Bond simulator actually is – a satirical take on a […]
For whatever reason, I noticed a couple trends in gaming over the last few years – there seem to be more and more walking simulators and many games seem to be starring foxes. Lost Dream: Darkness mixes these two popular inclinations into a game that, well, isn’t exactly a game. Controlling a fox, the goal […]
Another simple, single-screened stage-based platformer published by EastAsiaSoft, Color Pals is a low-cost way to easily increase your Gamerscore while offering an hour of twitch platforming. The gimmick behind each of the 50 available stages comes from the color mechanic. Playing as a cube, you can only traverse platforms that share your color. Step on […]
A retro 2D platformer with slight Metroid gameplay, Adventures of Poppe has its heart in the right place but is bogged down with tedious backtracking, cheap difficulty, and the lack of direction. Poppe is young boy that is either very tiny or he has been placed in a very large world as the entire campaign […]
Despite what the name implies, Mangavania doesn’t have much Metroid in it. If anything, it might be more closely related to something like Ninja Gaiden since gameplay is divided into 20 individual stages. Gameplay is also simple as one button jumps and the other attacks. Granted, a few extra abilities like a double jump and […]
Although there is plenty of slow walking, Arye and the Crystal Comet isn’t a walking simulator – it is more of a flying simulator. There is no way to die but at least there are plenty of things to collect… if you can stomach the impossible control. A generic story is given to the player […]
Taking the block breaking gameplay of classic Arkanoid and mixing it with the competitive matching mechanic of Bust-A-Move, Gematombe is a unique pick-up-and-play $15 downloadable title that is pleasantly surprising. Made by a small indie team and published by Ratalaika Games, this smashing take on block busting gameplay is simple, fun, but still has some […]
Developed by Naisu,Games, creators of Mokoko X, Volley Pals is a super simple take on classic Volleyball. While it lacks options and depth, the accessible fast-paced gameplay offers basic fun while it lasts from a low cost. Oh yeah, and it has super easy Achievements. You can unlock all 1,000 gamerscore in just a few […]
Don’t be distracted by the goofy name, Dogfight: A Sausage Bomber Story is a pleasant horizontal shooter that features 4 player local co-op in a world that references different types of food as a point of humor. From a fluid cartoony presentation, this shmup offers some straight-forward classic shooter gameplay. One button shoots, another launches […]
A budget horizontal shooter by EastAsiaSoft, Hyper-5 doesn’t exactly have the highest level of polish but can still provide some entertainment value if you can deal with the missteps. If you watch my initial stream embedded in this article, you’ll notice that I do not get very far. When the player first starts, the slowly […]
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