Shannon P. Drake
Easy to start, but miles deep. THAT’S WAR, BABY!
It’s XCOM but less intimidating and overwhelming.
Surprisingly playable and fun for a reasonably complicated wargame.
This one’s pretty niche. If you need action and accomplishment, give it a pass. If you like atmosphere, dialogue trees, and sometimes running into cats that tip well, you will enjoy.
With space combat that feels just like the 90s and some nice, new quality of life features, Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is the game your 14 your old self would’ve killed for.
This one’s a very niche game, but if a puzzle game that could turn into a six figure salary sounds intriguing–or if you just like dressing up cats–it beats another run through CodeAcademy.
Ultimately, I feel like you have to buy in. If you want to start picking plot threads or quibble about level design, you can, but I don’t think there’s a lot of value to it. Get in, loser, we’re going to find humanity.
Ultimately, The Bard’s Tale IV is a very good game, but it’s an old school launch in both senses.
Battlechasers is an RPG to kick back and enjoy.
They will make video games after this but they shouldn’t, perfection has been achieved.
Untitled Goose Game is one of those quiet little games that come along and shake everything up, the kind of hit a major publisher would kill for.
Finally, a roleplaying game where you play a role instead of “press button, make the number go up.”
It’s a hell of an artistic achievement.