Bogdan Robert Mateș's Reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr feels like a collection of ideas that haven't yet matured.
Vampyr is a functional 30-hour diversion with occasional dashes of brilliance, but not much else.
Moonlighter provides an engaging loop of dungeoneering and shopkeeping.
FAR: Lone Sails is an excellent journey through silence and desolation in puzzle-platformer clothing.
Uncovering the truth behind Omensight's murder mystery runs the risk of feeling like a chore due to repetitive gameplay.
Pillars Of Eternity II: Deadfire is a gorgeous, meaty beast undermined by a short main quest and unimpressive naval combat.
City Of Brass is a satisfying first person rogue-lite adventure that brings a few neat ideas of its own to the table.
Frostpunk is an engrossing survival city builder that doesn't shun away from requiring difficult decisions on the player's part.
BattleTech's tactical core rewards planning and battlefield awareness, but difficulty spikes alongside pacing and performance issues take away from what's otherwise a great turn-based title.
Extinction is an undercooked, mind-numbingly repetitive action game that fails to do anything interesting past its first few missions.
Although its turn-based combat doesn’t hold up in the long run, Pit People is a hilarious, absurd adventure that’s worth trying out.
Bigger, brutal and visually striking, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is an insanely fun co-op title.
Complex under its minimalistic shell, Into The Breach is an excellent turn-based tactics game.
Bugs, messy combat and uninteresting platforming hinder the discovery of the Tarahumara mythology that Mulaka sets out to explore.
Wartile’s undoubtedly gorgeous battle boards are its highest point and presentation-wise, the title nails the feeling of a living boardgame. It’s a pity then that the tactical potential of its gameplay remains unrealized.
Candleman: The Complete Journey is a more sedate experience which takes players through a beautiful, well-paced and relaxing journey.
With exploration becoming less desirable the more it’s attempted, writing that shies away from going in-depth and an unsatisfactory ending, journeying through InnerSpace’s world is something that can safely be skipped.
t’s this brilliant mixture of wonderful music and touching narrative that made To The Moon a game I can recommend to anyone. It’s why I’ll do the same with Finding Paradise’s admittedly different, yet still powerful tale.
From its rich, detailed pixel art, to cheesy lines, from ironic commentary to flat out mayhem, Tower 57 comes off as an action-filled, top-down twin-stick shooter that’s a lot of fun to play through.
On its own, The Hideaway is better than The Depths, but given how lackluster the first part of the expansion was, that’s not necessarily saying much. Indeed, just like The Depths, it still lacks enough punch to be a noticeable addition.