People of Note is a turn-based music RPG that combines Kpop Demon Hunters, Rock of Ages, Persona, Final Fantasy, and Expedition 33: an original and fun crossover, although it fails to rise to the ranks of the genre's great experimenters due to obvious structural and pacing limitations. Accompanying Cadence as she searches for her band members, we experience a fantasy adventure exploring different musical genres, including explosive duets, environmental puzzles, and mysterious characters. The graphic style and character designs are exquisite, as are the songs. The turn-based combat, however, is more based on numbers than on music and rhythm. The game has style, but it should be taken for what it is: an indie title that will allow you to while away several hours of fun without too many expectations.
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Life is Strange: Reunion is a game that draws on both heart and soul, returning to its roots to look to the future. Max and Chloe have grown up, but their destinies remain intertwined. The relationship between the two protagonists is at the heart of the story, fueled by the investigation that leads the player to solve a mystery and prevent a devastating fire at Caledon University. There aren't any major new gameplay changes, but the story is intriguing and fills the approximately 10-hour game well. Those who loved playing the introverted young photographer will enjoy this new story alongside the colorful-haired girl. Welcome home, all of us, in a way.
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1348 Ex Voto is a failed experiment. The concept is interesting, but its potential is completely unrealized. Ultimately, it's a frustrating game to play, with a negligible (and neglected) plot. The beautiful landscapes and evocative lighting aren't enough to sustain the game, which feels crude and unfocused, despite some moments featuring some good visuals.
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Planet of Lana 2 follows in the footsteps of the first instalment, proving to be a solid, inspired, moving and artistically valuable sequel. The strength of this single-player adventure lies in the variety of puzzles and the constant alternation of characters and elements controllable by the player, who must necessarily think on several fronts to bring the two protagonists to safety. A beautiful, short adventure for delicate souls.
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Code Vein returns with a brand new story and new characters, expanded maps and layered, variable gameplay, all waiting to be explored. The freedom derived from the multitude of equipment, upgrades, abilities, statistics, and combat styles could be fun, but it could also be overwhelming due to dense, confusing, and inaccessible menus. Similarly, the unpolished technical aspects suggest a title that tried to be too daring, getting tangled up in a stuttering execution. Code Vein 2 is a game to be taken with a pinch of salt, which we recommend only to the most passionate fans of the action genre with strong “Souls-like” mechanics, lovers of Japanese-style high fantasy stories and those who don't shy away from challenges.
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A Pizza Delivery is a narrative adventure with simple puzzles and strange settings. We play a young delivery girl, trapped in a limbo where tormented souls end up. This is the developer's first experiment and should be interpreted as such. It would be wrong to expect great things.
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We're only at the beginning, but for now, we feel like giving Dispatch top marks across the board. The gameplay is never boring and brings just the right amount of variety to the narrative genre: it's hard to take your eyes off the screen when you have a team of trouble-making heroes at your disposal, ready to be sent out to solve emergencies around the city! The voice acting, writing and animations are simply fantastic. The story, a mix between The Boys and The Office, is irreverent, and we're curious to find out where it's going. We'll talk about it again when the adventure is over, but one thing is certain: we can't wait to continue this curious video game!
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Bye Sweet Carole is a point-and-click game with hints of combat, simple puzzles and old-fashioned gameplay. We really liked the character and environment designs, as well as the audio, but that's not enough to make a good video game. Fortunately, it's the right length and can be completed in a few hours without too much hassle.
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Lost Soul Aside is more of a hack “n” slash than a Final Fantasy-inspired RPG. The story and characters are forgettable, but the journey offers some nice glimpses of the settings and impressive boss fights. Everything is based on combat, even if the gameplay fails to be as fast-paced and varied as we would have liked. Generally unpolished and lacking in personality, we recommend it only to super fans of button smashing and fantasy-themed fighting games.
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is Hideo Kojima at his best. It stems from total creative freedom and the availability of resources, often resulting in a narrative that is unnecessarily convoluted and bordering on nonsense. However, it offers gameplay that does not change its essence but expands in every aspect, making it more dynamic, even if it is too easy to “undo” thanks to the unlimited arsenal of resources it offers. A gigantic playground for lovers of the first chapter: the surprise effect has worn off, but the feeling is that of coming home. At the end of the journey, you can't say it wasn't worth it.
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Lies of P: Overture is a rich DLC, sufficiently long-lasting and well integrated with the base game, even though it is a prequel and therefore a separate adventure. There is plenty of plot, a great sense of discovery, just the right amount of horror, new quests, new weapons, new bosses (although not many): despite a few flaws, it is a quality product that managed to excite and entertain us. Players who loved exploring Krat are unlikely to be disappointed. Happy hunting, puppets!
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If you like the detective genre (e.g. you loved franchises like Ace Attorney), give Best Served Cold a chance: you are the bartender of a ‘speakeasy’, an establishment that illegally offers alcohol during the prohibition era. Your job is to please the customers so you can loosen their tongues between cocktails... while solving murky murder cases. Combine clues from conversations and make your own deductions. The title has a good storyline and a nice, well-rendered art direction that makes you really feel like you're behind the bar of an illegal bar, among jazz music, smoke and ice clinking in the glasses. A must try.
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Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is Don't Nod's new all-female graphic adventure, a ‘spiritual sequel’ to Life is Strange in atmosphere. In this first part, entitled ‘Tape 1: Bloom’, we discover how the friendship between four outsiders, the young Swann, Kat, Nora and Autumn, came about. What really happened in the summer of 1995? The title takes its time, giving us some juicy new clues only at the end of this first episode. Impossible to judge now, halfway through the adventure, we'll have to wait until 15 April to draw conclusions, but this first part has left us a little lukewarm: the more dynamic and realistic multiple-choice dialogues are a nice step forward, but will they be enough to make the title truly unforgettable? On the gameplay side there isn't much else, and even from a technical point of view the game has several smears. We'll have to see.
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While Waiting is not a boring game, as some might think: waiting for the little and big things along life's journey, one laughs and is even moved, but the important thing is always to be quick in solving puzzles and mini-games, thus obtaining all the achievements required by the 100 levels that make up the title. Too bad about the wooden controls and the general static nature of the whole thing, which make the experience not very dynamic and repetitive at times (it is inevitable to proceed by trial and error). A nice puzzle game without too many pretensions.
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Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist is the direct sequel to Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. The game offers nothing particularly new, but provides a challenging, adrenaline-pumping and fascinating second adventure. Music and scenery are wonderful, as is the carefully crafted design of characters and enemies. To complete Binary Haze's metroidvania requires reasoning and skills in equal measure. The overall difficulty level might be frustrating for the less determined, for everyone else it is an immersive experience from which it is difficult to detach oneself before reaching the end credits.
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Mindcop is a game that knows how to entertain and brings the player into the climax of investigative activity. Despite being a minute title both in duration and content, the story is interesting and the gameplay simple but satisfying. It is a pity that the only mini-game is a little listless, which can however be deactivated if necessary. On the other hand, the game is well cared for in terms of graphic style, animations and atmosphere.
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Let's help Wilmot decorate all the walls of his house by solving puzzles and hanging them in the rooms! In addition to the curious movement system (the player controls Wilmot, the smiling square, telling him which pieces to collect, drag and join), Wilmot Works It Out stands out for its mixed puzzle mechanics: the postmistress always delivers us a few more or fewer pieces, so we first have to work out which pictures we can reconstruct and which ones will have to wait for the next deliveries, as we are missing a few pieces. The game is long-lived (about eight hours to finish the ‘story mode’) and relaxing. Nothing too difficult, but entertaining.
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Slay The Princess: The Pristine Cut brings the visual horror novel to consoles, but that's not all: thanks to new avenues to explore and the Italian translation of the texts, grinding out game after game to unlock never-before-seen outcomes has never been so satisfying. This original title can last three hours, or much longer. To kill or not to kill? Investigate the mysterious voices accompanying the hero or just follow orders? Save the princess or give free rein to violence? It is up to the player to choose who to be and who to become, and if you are not satisfied... just select ‘New Game’!
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After Gris, Nomada Studio tries again with Neva, another short video game experience that reminds us why video games are, in all respects, a form of art. A true pearl as regards the artistic direction, between oriental landscapes and a highly refined audio section, but also a title with simple and solid gameplay, suitable for all ages and all gamers. It's difficult not to be moved and not to be carried away. A handful of hours of pure poetry.
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Until Dawn entertained in 2015, it entertains today in the same way. Despite a sometimes naive script and an all-too-intelligible plot, it's a narrative game with the right pace, based on well-curated atmospheres and an excellent cast. The usual problems remain, but Supermassive's title returns today in a remake that refreshes the experience graphically, offering even more expressive character models and striking lighting effects. It is, however, a familiar story, which may not be worth the expense if you expect substantial changes pad in hand. If, on the other hand, you are not familiar with this title (and maybe looking for something to do with friends on Halloween), go ahead and buy it without delay!
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