Review by Jeffers Haile Inside is one of the weirdest and creepiest games I’ve ever played, but in this case, that’s a good thing. Playdead’s second title is listed as “a puzzle-platformer adventure game”, but you could easily add “thriller” to that list. It’s also one that has zero hand-holding, …
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Mary Skelter: Nightmares was one of my favourite games of last year. It was released exclusively on PlayStation Vita exclusive, though, and while great for residents of #VitaIsland, that left the game with a much smaller potential audience than it deserved. Fortunately, Mary Skelter is getting a PC release courtesy of Ghostlight Games, …
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana was one of my favourite games of last year. It combined the series’ usual frantic combat with a wonderful system of exploration, through which you slowly mapped out an uncharted island alongside a growing crew of rescued castaways. That game loop, coupled with a captivating …
The Gundam Breaker series has danced around the edge of my radar ever since I heard about the first game back in 2013. Gundam in general isn’t something I’ve spent much time with, but the idea of a video game designed around those Gundam model kits (“Gunpla”, as they’re commonly …
It’s hard to not feel cheerful playing All-Star Fruit Racing. A well-made kart racer is always a lot of fun, and Fruit Racing‘s sickeningly sweet fruity theme and eccentric characters take that to another level. Think Sugar Rush from the Wreck-It Ralph film, but with fruit instead of candy, and …
I’m pleasantly surprised at how much I’m enjoying Paladins. I don’t usually take much interest in first-person shooters, especially of the multiplayer-only variety. I tend to find competitive games more stressful than they’re worth, so a decent singleplayer narrative component is usually the only thing that will get my attention …
I was very doubtful about the idea of a sequel to 2016’s Unravel. That was a fantastic game, and the ending was so perfect that I couldn’t see how anything would be able to follow it and do it justice. As such, it was with an odd mic of excitement …
Disclosure: I did some freelance work for publisher eastasiasoft on the PS4 port of Rainbow Moon. I’ve had no involvement with the development of Rainbow Skies. Rainbow Moon was a strange beast. It was a game of epic proportions in a genre known for its storytelling, but the grandiosity of …
In its opening moments, The Lost Child doesn’t pull any punches. While investigating a series of bizarre subway suicides wrapped in supernatural rumours, occult reporter Hayato Ibuki suddenly finds himself pushed onto the tracks by an invisible force. He’s saved at the last second by a stranger shouting about how …
In a rising sea of pixel-art “rogue-lite” RPGs, it takes something special to stand out. For Moonlighter, that something is an element of shop management: playing as the owner of an item shop, you’re tasked venturing into dungeons in search of wares to sell, in turn allowing you to build …