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What the Car? is absurd from top to bottom and glorious because of it. It offers easy to pick up but difficult to master challenges across so many themes and permutations that despite being made for pick up and play style gaming, it's just plain hard to put down.
With great movement to carry it over its myriad stumbles, Akimbot does its best to both live up to it inspirations and carve out an identity of its own.
Age of Mythology: Retold is a successful attempt at reviving a classic title with a modern look and better accessibility. With three fascinating campaigns and a smooth multiplayer experience, it can be the perfect game for fans of old school RTS games who are yearning for a fresh experience.
Warhammer 40.000: Space Marine 2 builds on everything the original had to offer, making you feel like an absolute badass and creating a power fantasy like few other games manage.
Despite boring story segments, this game finds great humor and ultra-malleable gameplay that breathes fresh air into tactics games.
A remake of an overlooked NES action side-scroller, Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn wants its players to focus on its least exciting exploration elements instead of mastering its levels naturally
Farewell North is an emotional game about the difficult goodbye to something that's been with you for your entire life and how you keep it with you even after it's gone. If you have lost a family member, pet, or are homesick, Farewell North is sure to resonate with you.
Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games bring us a worthy sequel which dazzles the eyeballs and challenges the tactical skills of 4X players everywhere. Only the lack of a cohesive and engaging narrative keeps this title from attaining perfection.
BAKERU is a slow-paced education-action-exploration mishmash that does not quite reached the heights I wanted it to, but its lively levels are a breath of fresh air I would love to see more of.
The Crimson Diamond is a colourful retro-style detective game that gives you plenty of freedom to explore your own case while also making you think outside the box to solve challenging puzzles.
A tiny piece of top-down Zelda meant to be mastered, Castaway is not perfect, but possesses all the tools to awaken the casual perfectionist in any player.
Deathbound manages to differentiate itself in an already inundated genre, offering engaging, fast-paced combat and intriguing lore in a world where the forces of life and death have gone awry.
Leximan is a fun, chaotic adventure that is an absolute treat for retro gamers. Its Leximancy combat segments are its greatest strength, making the various alternative gameplay segments feel like a let-down in comparison.
Minds Beneath Us tells a dark dystopian story that's filled to the brim with lore, full fledged characters and some tough decision making. This narrative cyberpunk game will keep you hooked.
While reasonably competent and made by people with a vision, Mars 2120 stumbles frequently in its execution of RNG heavy bosses, poor signposting, and many small irritants.
This grief management simulator is not for the faint of heart; be prepared for every agonizing minute of every day that follows death.
Creatures of Ava is a mostly mediocre experience with few things to keep you interested and, across the board, rather mediocre execution of its ideas.
Though Dungeons of Hinterberg falters to execute on some minor details and its broader narrative never coalesces with the gameplay, its breathtaking art design, heartful character writing, and addictive gameplay loop make this a solid action-adventure RPG with a great sense of magic.
Kitsune Tails is trying to refine, rather than reinvent the wheel, and offers a short but sweet platforming adventure alongside a story of love and friendship.
Vampire Therapist may be about vampires, but there's something we can all learn from the journey of supernatural therapy.