If you ask most people today what they like about adventure games, it’s almost always some echo of what Telltale brought to the genre: compelling characters, weighty themes, choice and consequence. Less so is it about the genre’s crunchier roots, from the likes of Monkey Island or King’s Quest to …
No More Heroes III is the kind of wildly creative adventure you don’t experience often in today’s gaming landscape. And yet, it’s exactly what you should expect from a studio whose relatively long motto begins with “Punk’s not dead.” Unlike the traditional action game, No More Heroes III features considerable …
Armature Studio’s Where the Heart Leads is a dense narrative game, with an apparent 600,000 words of dialogue and tons of decisions to make throughout the game. That word count is neither a positive or negative, however: it gives players the chance to craft their own story, yet drags along …
Samurai Warriors 5 is a step in an exciting new direction for the series, and a fascinating exploration of the legacy of Nobunaga Oda. Samurai Warriors has always excelled at drawing a distinction between historical accuracy and authenticity. Its retellings of the Sengoku era always stay true to key details …
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles is an interesting case in itself. The two games that form this collection saw their initial release on the Nintendo 3DS as Japanese exclusives. Now, six years since the release of The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures, these historical prequels to the much beloved Phoenix Wright …
Upon its release in 2011, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was met with a polarising reaction from audiences due to the title’s heavy emphasis on motion controls and uneven pacing. Now, the game has been given a second chance in the form of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, …
Mini Motorways is all about the pursuit of the sublime. The gradual, iterative growth of a city’s transport infrastructure, to create something that aims for perfection or falls apart in trying. Of course, there’s no real perfection to reach. Mini Motorways is a score based arcade-puzzler, like Tetris, where the …
Golf has long been a staple of the Mushroom Kingdom’s sporting adventures. Since Mario’s (somewhat dubious) inclusion in the Golf for NES, iterations of Mario Golf have appeared on most Nintendo platforms, putting a comical, arcade-style twist on the age-old game while still keeping its depth intact. Mario Golf: Super …
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade takes this FF7 reimagining to new heights on PS5, with the added bonus of an exciting Yuffie chapter. Upon its release in 2020, Final Fantasy VII Remake won over audiences with its inspired spin on the Midgar portion of the 1997 JRPG classic. Square delivered …
The original Save me Mr Tako was a great game. A passion project created mostly by a solo developer, Christophe Galati, it was a throwback to the Game Boy classics of old, and a decidedly charming one at that. But what sounds like a fraught relationship with publisher Nicalis—who apparently …
