Gestalt: Steam And Cinder Review – Steamed Ma’ams
More than almost any other genre, the metroidvania is reaching a saturation point. We have beloved modernizations like Hollow Knight and Axiom Verge and big-budget takes like Batman: Arkham Asylum…
The Plucky Squire Review – Every Trick In The Book
The Plucky Squire is a game that will rightly receive a lot of attention for its eye-catching visual gimmick, which merges the worlds of 2D and 3D art around a…
The Casting Of Frank Stone Review – Habitual Ritual
Supermassive and Behaviour have each been instrumental in defining the genre over the past decade. The former’s horror games have come as cinematic choose-your-own-adventure stories where the fates of multiple…
Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Review – New Age Of Heroes
In its heyday, the Marvel Vs. Capcom crossover fighting franchise was omnipresent. Every arcade–a concept that’s also a relic of a time long passed–had walls lined with MvC machines, and…
World Of Warcraft: The War Within Review – Stay Awhile And Listen
World of Warcraft: The War Within makes a hell of a first impression. Within the expansion’s first 10 minutes, one of the Warcraft universe’s greatest heroes, the archmage Khadgar, is…
Visions Of Mana Review – Limited Tunnel Vision
The Mana series has a long and admittedly inconsistent history. There have been ups and downs, but games like Trials of Mana hold a special place in my heart. Decades…
Black Myth: Wukong Review – Monkey Business
Black Myth: Wukong surprised me. Going in, I knew not to expect a souls-like, despite it seemingly sharing many of the genre’s hallmarks. The game’s Chinese developer, Game Science, has…
Creatures Of Ava Review – You Can Pet The Planet
I didn’t expect I’d review two games about pied-pipering friendly and fantastical animals around a beautiful world in the span of just a few weeks, but following the recent release of Flock, a…