R-Type Dimensions III Review: Style Over Substance
R-Type has been one of the defining names in the shoot ’em up genre since the original arcade cabinet debuted back in 1987, and R-Type III: The Third Lightning has…
Sacred 2 Remaster Switch Review: A Flawed But Fun Action RPG
Sacred 2 Remaster arriving on Nintendo Switch makes a strange kind of sense. The original game belongs to a period when action RPGs still chased enormous worlds, tangled systems, and…
Theropods Review : A Unique Wordless Point-and-Click Adventure
There is something genuinely admirable about a developer who looks at the point and click formula and decides to strip out one of its most fundamental pillars, and that is…
LOTR: War in the North Legacy Edition Switch 2 Review
Middle-earth games have had a strange history, with some becoming beloved classics while others get forgotten almost as soon as they hit shelves. The Lord of the Rings: War in…
Ground Zero Hero Review: Chaos Over Depth
The survivors-like genre is drowning in imitators at this point, and it takes something genuinely weird to stand out from the pack. Ground Zero Hero, developed solo by Rowan Edmondson…
Early Access Review – Entropy
Lovely Hellplace made a name for itself with Dread Delusion, a studio clearly drawn to the strange, the unsettling, and the deliberately ugly corners of retro game design. Entropy carries…
A Bold New Take On A Familiar Genre – Kynseed Review
Life simulation games are a dime a dozen these days. Farming, fishing, crafting, romance and resource management have all become genre staples ever since Stardew Valley made cozy simulation into…
A Mixed Return – Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns Review
Defender of the Crown has always had a strange reputation, a game more people know about than have actually played, thanks to its status as one of the Amiga’s defining…
Jotunnslayer Hordes Of Hel Nintendo Switch 2 Review
Survivors-like games are not going anywhere, and honestly, I do not think anyone expected them to. Every few months another developer takes a crack at the genre and tries to…
Ardenfall Demo Impressions
There is a specific feeling that classic Morrowind-style RPGs used to deliver, that sense of being dropped into a strange world with no marker telling you where to go next.…