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A Golf Game That Doesn’t Golf Golf Peaks, despite its name, is not a golf game. There are no 3-click meters to manage, clubs to choose, hazards to avoid, scores to keep, bad pants to wear, and wind to monitor. Golf Peaks is actually a puzzle game. A casual puzzle game, in fact, that anyone […]
Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover Screenshots of Space War Arena do not do the game any favors. Even watching the game’s trailer doesn’t do any justice. But the gameplay shines through from what might seem like cheap visuals or lame mechanics. Make no mistake, Space War Arena is a quality and addicting title […]
Now On Switch Originally released on Wii U and then on PC, Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon has made its way onto Nintendo Switch. As a tug-of-war side-scrolling RTS, Shawarmageddon has its act together with entertainingly addictive gameplay. Although action can be fast paced and hectic, players are always in control thanks to the organized […]
Doo-Doo-Doo-Doooo! Mixing the gem explosions of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo with the stacking mechanic of Wario’s Woods, Treasure Stack is an intriguing puzzle game. Although there are some addicting qualities, the few elements that miss the mark hold back the experience from being the next big puzzler. Like controlling Toad in Wario’s Woods, the […]
How To Train Video Game Tropes Used as a marketing tool to promote How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World movie, Dragons Dawn of the New Riders is a licensed action RPG that plays like a simplified Diablo. Keeping its target audience in mind, New Riders is a serviceable single player six-hour adventure. Following […]
Puzzle Platforming Couch Co-op In the summer of 2018, I reviewed Pode on Nintendo Switch – you can read this article HERE as mostly everything remains the same in this PS4 version. Pode is a non-violent couch puzzle platformer built around two-player co-op. While it is entirely possible to play through the campaign solo, it […]
Free Falling Categorized as an endless runner, I Wanna Fly has the player controlling the vertical movement of a falling chick by using a single button; gameplay and control could not be any simpler. The goal is to avoid rockets, birds, asteroids, and other hazards during the free fall back to solid ground while staying […]
Twin-Stick Tower Defense X-Morph: Defense separates itself from other games in the tower defense genre in two ways. First is the incorporation of twin-stick shooter gameplay. Second is that the player is playing as the invading aliens, the bad guys, trying to take over Earth. Combined with a solid presentation and lengthy campaign, X-Morph: Defense […]
Adding RPG to WW2 Dogfights Referencing real world World War II aircraft, Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight is an unexpected quality plane fighter. Thanks to simple but engrossing RPG elements, the player always has something to do even when not shooting down the enemy out of the sky. Not truly simulation but not totally arcadey, this flight […]
Surreal Nightmare Originally created in 2004 via RPG Maker, Yume Nikki received a cult following in Japan and eventually made its way to the west via unofficial fan translation. However, I went into this Switch release of Yume Nikki –Dream Diary- absolutely blind and boy was I in for a shock. Using dark, unsettling gameplay […]
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