If you’ve been reviewing games and covering games as long as I have, you start to get a sense for games that have a certain special quality to them. I’ve been reviewing and covering games for half of my 32 years of…
You can tell a video game is brimming with style from the first few seconds of its trailer. Gunboat God certainly has that hook, as one glance at its vibrant colors, flashy visuals, and compelling gameplay loop, and it’s quick to turn heads and…
When most players hear the words “extraction shooter” these days, they usually get the icks. The market has been flooded with multiple extraction shooters over the last few years, especially since the release of Helldivers 2. However, when news of Far Far…
I say it every time we cover ColePowered Games and Fireshine Games’ Shadows of Doubt, but it is one of the most interesting and ambitious concepts in gaming, without a shadow of a doubt. However, some have taken to criticize it or…
I think I said it the last time there was an update and I covered it, but Shadows of Doubt has dramatically improved since I played before the early access launch a couple of years ago. It is still heavily focused on…
If I were to put it kindly, I wasn’t the nicest when I did the preview of Shadows of Doubt on its early access release back in 2023. As I’ve said before. However, since its full release last September, I did put…
Metroidvanias are my bread and butter these days. I love a good Metroidvania, a good cozy game, or a good RPG. My favorite Metroidvanias are the ones in the vein of the classic Symphony of the Night-style Castlevania games. Gestalt: Steam &…
I can’t explain REKA without sounding like I’m making it sound normal or somehow more bonkers than I normally attempt. You play as a young woman who lives inside a house placed on the head of a chicken that will often walk…
One of the more interesting examples of early access these last couple of years has been ColePowered Games’ voxel-based sandbox detective ’em up, Shadows of Doubt. Released into early access a little over a year ago, I thought we’d be talking about…
I’ve been keeping an eye on Metamorphosis Games and Fireshine Games’ Gestalt: Steam & Cinder for a long time now. Development has been going on for a few years, but it struck me as a very unique Indie Metroidvania in a saturated…