Justin Nation's Reviews
Opening with a pretty minimal understanding of what's going on, Death's Door gets off to a bit of a rocky start...
Ahh, ever since Nintendo released their Nintendogs series, which eventually also included feline friends, there has been a real thirst for another game to come along and pick up that mantle since Nintendo themselves don't seem to be interesting in doing so themselves...
As a big classic arcade fan I very much understand and appreciate the fun that can be found in a simplistic design that's well-implemented...
Licensed games are notorious for being hit or miss, though I'd say more often than not there's a struggle games have to properly capture the essence of the thing they're tied to...
While the fact that we’ve been inundated with roguelike deckbuilders over roughly the last two years can make new entries easy to be frustrated with, when they come to the table with a novel approach it can still be exciting...
When you're dealing with relatively well-known game styles, especially in the casual space, I'm certain it gets more challenging to set yourself apart...
When it comes to music and rhythm games there are those titles that take a familiar road, often mapping buttons to specific spots you’ll need to hit in rhythm, and then those that veer off to do things their own way...
Sometimes all you need to get excited about a title are a few evocative words, commonly referred to as an “elevator pitch”...
Whenever approaching a licensed property, especially one associated more with kids, veteran gamers are going to come to the table with a healthy amount of earned skepticism...
While for a little while the introduction of 3D platforming was seen as the path to gaming irrelevance for its 2D side-scrolling brethren, traditional platformers aren't only still around, they're still kicking ass and taking names...
With so much stress out there in the world right now I've been enjoying the bevy of great titles over the last year that have focused more on passive or relaxing themes and moments over more traditional tendency towards just action and intensity of some kind...
As a fan of games with a weird look or premise, certainly A Pretty Odd Bunny scratches that itch a bit with its red-eyed, carnivorous consumer of cute piggies...
The Switch has really seen a strong run of more obscure retro console shooters of late, and while the gameplay of Gynoug may be a bit more generic than its brethren there's no doubt that its general looks, enemies, and vibe is in a class all its own...
While it may be hard to believe, there's a dedicated subset of the gaming community that takes great enjoyment in the challenge of completing or (even crazier) trying to speedrun titles that are deliberately difficult...
It's always a bit tougher with revered classics to return to them long after they were originally made, worried about whether they'll continue to retain their classic qualities that made them shine when they were released...
Perhaps it’s the pandemic or the challenges of parenthood talking, but as much as I enjoy blowing things up or slashing them to pieces there’s real power in games that help you calm things down and find some inner peace...
I’ll freely admit to having a bit of a weakness for weird and quirky games, so I’d keep that in mind with my thoughts on Epic Chef...
I’ll admit the first thing that completely drew me in with this game was the look of the road racing itself, completely putting me in the classic OutRun space...
Treasures is a pleasant surprise of a game, to some degree delivering an experience that’s familiar with its platforming style, but then throwing in a serious twist with its unusual story and time reset mechanic...
This is a bit of an interesting one...