Penny’s Big Breakaway is a 3D platformer that harks back to the old days, creating a positive nostalgia effect, especially for its music and graphical choices. Its core and ideas work, proving to be original and well-thought-out. Even the aspects that aren’t original are well executed and have their own charm. It has some flaws, especially on a technical level, but still guarantees hours of fun
BlazBlue Entropy Effect presents itself to the player with style and a strong personality despite being a spin-off. The Characters are extremely refined and charismatic. The game shows its best in gameplay. Frantic, fast, satisfying and extremely varied. Despite this, a certain brevity of the main narrative arc and the few stages could discourage more “casual” players from replaying. An excellent title that gives hope for the future of this year.
Headbangers is definitely a fun, well-edited and completely crazy title. The minigames are very accessible but become frenetic as the rounds go by and the light-hearted mood puts you in a good mood even when you lose. The cross platform solution is excellent, so as to be able to involve a greater number of players. Regarding this, I noticed that unfortunately it didn’t often happen to me to be among 30 real people, because when the time ran out in the pre-match hub, the game adds bots to complete the session.
Cocoon is a pearl in the world of puzzle adventures. It has no macroscopic defects that compromise its structure. Its level and game design are constructed with precision like a sophisticated machine. The defects that we can find arise from the very genre to which the title belongs. If you love this genre, however, it is a title not to be missed, which evolves the previous experiences of Limbo and Inside and takes them to a higher level. A wonderful surprise of this year.
Fellowship is in early access and its still incomplete and imperfect, although the developers have added a lot of quality of life and made good changes. Despite the problems with balance, maps, resource management and pathing, Fellowship is still an interesting challenge and can become a fun and satisfying as well as a challenging title.
Par for the Dungeon does not hide its mobile nature, even if it avoids bringing with it the worst sides of this type of game. If Sleeping Giant maintains this line, without adding microtransactions that affect the gameplay, its hybrid nature can make it a puzzle game that still manages to amuse and entertain.
BOTI: Byteland Overclocked is a light hearted 3D platformer and should be taken that way. The game delivers what it promises, giving the player several hours of fun and exploration. Of course, there is no shortage of flaws. Small flaws in the physics engine and some inaccuracies in the management of certain skills can sometimes compromise the most complicated actions. Its strong point is the style and design of the characters and levels. If you are looking for a 3D platformer with a nice look, not challenging but well made, BOTI: Byteland Overclocked is the one for you.
Dros is a really good title, which intelligently quotes the great classics of the great N. Its excellent graphic style and its narrative are combined with an articulated and stimulating level design. A layered game that can be both lightly approached and delved into completing all of its side objectives. It is not free from defects, the weak action part and the bugs, even if they can be fixed with a patch, currently compromise the good design work done by the developers. The fact remains that we are really dealing with a little gem that I recommend trying. You will not regret it
Dredge is a solo fishing adventure with strong gameplay design and great sense of discovery. Even if it has some technical flaws, a certain basic repetitiveness and some narrative gaps, its granite design and horror atmosphere make this game a little gem to discover.
Fall of Porcupine is a bittersweet adventure that focuses on dialogue and a strong mature narrative. Critical Rabbit will accompany us to discover this world, but be careful. Appearances can often be deceiving.
Edited by Wired Productions and developed by Rogue Sun, Tin Hearts is not only a 3D puzzle game which will put your skills to the test. It’s also a bittersweet story about a family, tragic events, denial and redemption. All of this is told during the 51 levels and a moving epilogue.
Age of Darkness: final stand is surely a good surprise and a real deal, especially for old school RTS lovers. Campaign mode is very promising and got on the right way.