Hotly anticipated viral games have a habit of letting you down. Whether they be huge AAA games marketed so aggressively that they have no chance of ever living up to the hype or indie games that catch the attention of the masses with cute visuals, a gameplay hook, or a gimmick that’s just too cool …
Love may be the most beautiful thing in the world, but when things go sour, it can get pretty messy, to say the least. Whether you are someone who tries to find comfort in a gallon tub of ice cream after a breakup, someone who parties to distract from the heartache, or someone who laments …
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There have been a few Indie games that have made a point of ensuring their climbing mechanics are fun to play around with. However, we can say with some clarity that no game to this day has offered as authentic of a mountain climbing experience as the charming meditative indie, Jusant. Jusant offers a story …
Collectibles are the lifeblood of a platformer; that’s unquestionable. Mario wouldn’t be the same without some coins to pick up along the way. Celeste wouldn’t be half as challenging without all those pesky Strawberries hidden in precarious places along the way, and Neon White would be non-stop running and gunning if it weren’t for those …
The art of climbing. It’s something that pretty much every single human being has some sort of experience doing. Whether you are someone who knows their Carabiners from their Prism descenders, or you’re someone like me who was notorious as a child on the local birthday party circuit for clambering on Bouncy Castles and causing …
Over the last year in gaming, I’ve gone from someone who didn’t really know what a Cairn was, to someone that is intimately familiar with their purpose, their history, and how to stack them carefully to ensure they weather any storm. For that, I have games like Horizon: Call of the Mountain and Tchia to …
When we think of ‘Open World Games,’ we usually think of monstrously big AAA worlds with millions of map markers, endless cities and monuments to visit, and countless NPCs with endless streams of dialogue. Skyrim, The Lands Between in Elden Ring, Los Santos, there are so many to call upon. However, the phenomenon of Open …
If you are someone who really got a kick out of Sekiro’s prosthetic Arm system, which allowed you to chop and change your secondary weapon over the course of the game, then we have good news. Lies of P implements a similar mechanic that allows the player to switch out their regular Puppet Arm for …
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Ah, the wonderful world of public domain characters, household names that anyone can claim as their own. Have you ever noticed that the entertainment industry goes through phases of showering us with movies, TV shows, and video games, all depicting a well-known character in a new light? Plenty of properties have gotten this treatment, such …
What is it about corrupted religious figureheads that make such great video game bosses? You have the likes of Vicar Amelia from Bloodborne; you have the final boss of A Plague’s Tale: Innocence, and you have just about every boss featured in Blasphemous 2. There’s just something about a church organ playing, candlelight, and gothic …
