PowerWash Simulator constitutes a fairly big chunk of my video game playtime in recent years. Not because there’s a huge amount of replay value in it – though there’s nothing wrong with jumping back in for a bit of zen cleaning time while I ignore my real-world duties – but because it sported a long […]
There are few times where I’d find myself encouraging of a game developer, especially one that’s built a reputation on delivering creative, unique experiences with each subsequent game, to go straight into a sequel off the back of a hit. It is inevitable, however, and in the case of Supergiant Games and Hades II, I
AI is bad. Humans are an expandable impedance to progress. You are the last guy, tasked with exposing and eliminating whatever rogue system has kicked off the end of life as we know it. This is charted territory in fiction, a cautionary tale repeated over decades. But few masters of doomsday sci-fi possessed the kind
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is a delight of a game – possibly the best 2D platformer in the series since the SNES era brought us Super Mario World and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island – so any excuse to go back to it is welcome. With such a superb game at its core, an
When we talk about musical video games there are a few possible things that can be in discussion. There are games driven purely by music, Guitar Hero and Beat Saber are good examples, or there are games with a strong musical theme, like Hi-Fi Rush and Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Music. Keep looking, and you’ll
I try my best not to spend too much time comparing one game to another in the context of a review. It tends to get in the way of looking at the game in front of me and assessing it for what it is. But in the case of Beyond Words – a game you
I’ve been a longtime enjoy of the kind of moody, often satirical, never quite family-friendly breed of 2.5D platformer currently exhibited by the likes of Inside and Little Nightmares, but stretching as far back as something like Abe‘s Odyssey. The kind of game that’s good for a one-and-done weekend playthrough and asks for very little
In the mainline Pokémon games, you are a consumer. The world exists for you to put your feet onto every inch and the Pokémon that inhabit it are your livestock to feed, water and sic on each other in the name of sport In Pokémon Pokopia, you are a custodian. Each new area in this
