Playing a preview build of Tanzia reminded me of days long gone, spent whiling away the hours in vanilla World of Warcraft. Indeed – and I say this as a compliment – Tanzia is like a single-player take on the humble beginnings of Blizzard’s powerhouse MMO. It’s an action RPG …
For me, the premiere of Batman: A Telltale Series last month was a shaky start. It showed potential, especially in its nifty detective sequences and its exploration of Batman’s violence, but the plotline, obsessed with taking every turn to remind players that Bruce Wayne’s parents are dead and he is …
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I went into Valley expecting a beautiful game of exploration and interactive fiction—a “walking simulator”, if you like. There are certainly elements of that, but at its heart, Valley is a first-person platformer, and a great one at that. It brings together jumping puzzles, free-running, Metroid-like upgrades, light combat, and …
I have a lot of games on my plate right now, most of which have full reviews on the way (or recently published), but in the meantime, here are some quick thoughts about the games I’m currently playing or have played recently. No Man’s Sky (PS4) Ah, No Man’s Sky – if nothing else, it …
Telltale Games have a long and impressive track record when it comes to using violence and gore to foster an emotional response. The Walking Dead did this repeatedly—putting down Lee’s brother, for example, or having to manually control Clementine as she stitches up a wound without anaesthetic. Choosing (or being …
NIS America have shared a new trailer for Yomawari: Night Alone, introducing some of the threats the heroine will face. Don’t be fooled by the cartoony presentation and chibi character designs—it looks terrifying. I can’t wait for this game. Yomawari is a survival horror game following a young girl’s search for her missing dog, …
When The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing first came out a few years ago, it was a bit of a surprise. A robust, if technically flawed, action RPG with an interesting plot and some thoroughly entertaining writing, it went a long way to clearing some of the stink from a …
Disclosure: I previously worked with eastasiasoft in a freelance capacity on Rainbow Moon. I have had no involvement in the development of Lost Sea. Lost Sea is the sort of game that reminds me why I don’t really like roguelikes all that much – because of both what it does well …
As much as I love Samurai Shodown, the premier samurai-themed fighting game, to me, has always been The Last Blade 2. When it first caught my attention back in the early 2000s, it was the Bakumatsu setting that really grabbed me. It’s a period of history that I was fascinated …
