A solid mix of strong characters, great story beats, and surprisingly-engaging action-based combat help this shine While I’m typically focused on the indie gaming end of the spectrum, it has been a ...

While its puzzle solutions aren’t typically intuitive, there’s no question its unusual art style and humor carry the experience As anyone who has been reading my reviews for quite some time would know ...

For fans of brutally-tough platforming, this 3D incarnation of everyone’s favorite bloody glob of meat more than delivers, with plenty of variety, secrets, and maybe some periodic crying… When it ...

OK, so The Game of Life… you know, that board game probably everyone has played a bunch. Do you really need an electronic version of it to enjoy on the TV? Well, that would depend on what you’re ...

When I typically think of Metroidvanias I’ve been conditioned a bit to the point that I assume the balance is usually more on the Castlevania influences in terms of style of play. I’m not sure why but ...

Some credit to the people behind this hidden object adventure of sorts, they’re at least trying to throw some variety into the mix. Rather than just statically move from area to area to find a simple ...

A decent enough old-school budget platformer that feels more challenging than it should be, but not for a great reason Given the fact that we have far, far more than a mere plethora of platformers in ...

For people who loved the original, or who love a very specific challenge, this looks great and plays well… but it offers a very specific flavor of pain As I’ve noted many times before, if you’re a fan ...

While learning a different language by playing a game is a novel idea, in practice the scope is limited and the gameplay is lacking To open I’ll always say that I’m a big fan of developers that swing ...

While the Metroidvania genre had at one point been thinly represented on the Switch we’re now at the point where there are enough top-tier titles available that making a big splash is getting tougher.

For the right crowd, either families with younger gamers looking for something approachable, or people feeling nostalgic for a taste of their own childhood, this works well enough One of the smaller ...

When it comes to walking simulator-type games that mix in some horror to help try to liven up the blandness of walking through mostly sterile environments in first-person perspective it turns out I’m ...