Justin Nation's Reviews
Of all the typical puzzle game variations I think the one I get bored by the most quickly tends to be the box pusher, partially due to its simplicity but then also because it has been so thoroughly done that it's unusual to find anything creative or really different offered with it...
Taking something old and juicing it up to help make it feel new again can be tricky business...
If you thirst for the good old days of dodging traps, knocking out monsters, and more often that not doing quite a bit of dying along your adventure when you fail, Horned Knight may be just what you're looking for...
One way to get some easy interest with retro-inspired games is to simply mimic specifics from classic games, the degree of success being a matter of finding a balance between borrowing elements and concepts and plain shamelessly ripping them off...
Ahh, the tightrope of going back to revisit classic titles that live in infamy...
Fans of a certain mustachioed carpenter (at the time) taking on a large and equally-famous gorilla will, no doubt, quickly notice some similarities here...
OK, so there's no doubt an audience out there for games that are challenging, that won't apologize for frustrating you and pushing you to execute flawlessly in order to progress...
Simplicity can work in either direction for budget games, either getting what it manages just right so it's a success or not quite putting the pieces together so it's only middling at best...
It's always difficult to review titles made with the intention of reaching a more casual and mild audience...
There's something to be said for games that aren't heavily geared towards objectives or even any real complexity, merely being a means for experiencing something and perhaps just helping you to relax...
When it comes to more casual fare like hidden object puzzle games differentiating one from another can be tricky since in essence aside from theming or the framing of story they're going to be inherently similar...
I've never hidden my general disdain for the rise of the "Souls-like" sub-genre and for me Hellpoint is a terrific illustration of the types of games that have taken on that moniker...
This is one of those games that feels odd to play since it's almost like it transports you back to another era in gaming, in this case the earlier days of 3D platforming and adventuring...
Having played so many games on the Switch it's always important to be mindful of the fact that there are many flavors of games for many different types of gamers...
Roguelikes have exploded in popularity in the past few years, with games like Dead Cells and Hades showing the way the last 2 years in how to make top-tier mainstream titles in the space...
As a huge fan of roguelikes and someone who appreciates games that can bring people together I’ll come out and say I have mixed feelings on this title, though as a whole I think it gets more right than wrong...
Hey, hey, hey... it's time to make some ca-raaazy money... Well, or not...
Operating somewhere between a visual novel and a classic adventure Dry Drowning is a bit of an odd bird...
Before they became Blizzard and released the likes of the WarCraft and Diablo series, among others, the folks at then Silicon & Synapse created a diverse set of 3 very different titles that showed they were set for greatness...
As a huge fan of weird and funky games PUSS! certainly has elements that give it appeal...