Reviews

On booting up Steredenn, I was immediately reminded of R-Type, which is definitely not a bad thing. This is a classic, two-dimensional scrolling shooter set in space and featuring a single ship …
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Organic Panic has a lot going for it. Some funny, original character designs, good platforming, destructible environments (always fun in my book) and a solid variety of gameplay. Unfortunately, much …
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Trackmania Turbo is a racing game that falls somewhere between the Forza and Trials series. It plays like any run-of-the-mill third-person driving game, but the over-the-top level design is what puts it …
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When I wrote my preview of Sheltered, I thought of it as something of a rough diamond. Here was a brutally unforgiving game with a clunky control system that translated poorly onto a gamepad …
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Shantae has become a successful platformer since its debut in 2002. The antics of the hair whipping half-genie heroine have now made their way to this generation of consoles. Building …
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101 Ways to Die is a dark take on the classic Rube Goldberg Machine, where players lay elaborate traps around levels for little creatures known as Splatts to walk to their grisly …
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Action Henk is the most fun I’ve had with a video game in a long time. The pace never slows down, the action doesn’t get stale and the gameplay gets more …
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When I reviewed the initial release of Ori and the Blind Forest one year ago, I described it as “beautiful and sorrowful” and a “masterpiece,” which I felt would surely …
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It’s fitting that with Easter right around the corner a game about bunnies would be released. However, these bunnies aren’t of the cute, fuzzy or even chocolate variety that you’ll …
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It’s only been a week since I was assigned to review Dungeon of the Endless (DotE), but I must admit to being completely addicted to it already. In fact, I’ve been enjoying Amplitude Studios’ …
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