2021’s Tails of Iron was my favourite game of that year. It was a deeply charming title, with souls-lite combat, exploration of a beautifully realised and reactive world, and a simple, yet well told, story, all narrated by the wonderfully... read more
Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl was released in the distant past of 2007 and is very much a product of its era. It’s a game of the type and genre that doesn’t really exist, not since the immersive sim became fully... read more
24 October, 2023 - 11:29 pm reviewed on: PlayStation 5
Everspace 2 is a space combat game from Rockfish, the followup to the successful run-based roguelite Everspace (2017), expanding the original game’s core gameplay into a more traditional narrative structure. The game was released on PC earlier this year but... read more
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is a fantastic example of a game exploiting the nostalgia for something that never actually existed. Its look and feel is exactly what late-thirties me feels that teenage me would have envisaged if told there was a... read more
Remnant: From the Ashes released in 2019 and is generally thought of as part of the little subgenre of soulslikes that seemed to be everywhere in the second half of the 2010s. On initial release it got quickly labelled as... read more
Terra Invicta is a game I had on my radar for a long time. The development team behind it are the creators behind the XCOM mod, The Long War; a huge expansion in scope, depth and breadth of the 2012... read more
Moonscars is - stop me if you’ve heard this one - a 2D soulslike with some metroidvania/roguelike elements mixed in, in which you explore a crumbling post-apocalyptic mediaeval fantasy world, engage with obscure story elements and cryptic NPCs, fight through... read more
5 October, 2022 - 12:45 pm reviewed on: PlayStation 5
Biomutant is a game that aims very firmly to sit in the genre that I’m going to call “Late 2010s Video Game.” If you’ve played, well, anything really, from the last six or so years you will be immediately familiar... read more
Lost in Play is a 2D cartoon-styled adventure game from Israeli developer Happy Juice Games, in which a brother and sister go on a wild adventure within their own hyper-active imaginations. Released in February on PC and ported to the... read more
The Tarnishing of Juxtia is a new entry to the competitive 2D soulslike genre. If you’re at all familiar with the tropes you’ll find yourself quickly at home - explore a dead/dying kingdom, collect souls from defeated enemies to level... read more
