Overall, Care Bears: Unlock the Magic is a neat little game if the purpose is to introduce a very young audience, or non-gamers, to the world of multiplayer minigames, as the ones seen in Mario Party. If you are even just vaguely adept at gaming, you will likely want to fall asleep after a little bit, but let me reiterate: you are not the audience this game was made for. It is a great way to encourage those around you to play games with you, but you might want to push them onto other games pretty quickly after that.
The return to the Savage Planet was a long road, but it’s been worth it. Becoming more of a collectathon and metroidvania than the first game was a great choice, making the game a bit more focused on what your goal is. While you can just push the main story missions, much like any game, it’s way too easy to get distracted and just lose yourself jumping around on mushrooms to get to higher ground to find another goo-egg to increase your health, or to find a new piece of clothing to wear so you can look like a raccoon. The perfect change for a game of this style.
Overall, I don’t really know who Disney Villains Cursed Café is actually for, as it utilises a lot of older villains that appeal to a slightly older audience, but has a very simple gameplay loop and feel that are best suited to younger players. My best bet would be Disney adults with younger kids, especially if you want to instill that kids lie and shouldn’t be treated as something special, thanks to Captain Hook and Maleficent. Besides that, this game has little return factor and, unfortunately, won’t really scratch the itch from any other game.
Hello Kitty Island Adventure is a lot of fun and will easily scratch the itch for a lot of people that have been sitting on Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the past five years. I’m almost not surprised anymore that Sanrio managed to make a better social sim than Nintendo has been able to, and I’m absolutely not complaining at all. Adorable characters mixed with some relaxing gameplay really lets you melt away from the world for a little bit without some raccoon harassing you about your debt.
Overall, while there’s a decent amount of content in Sniper Elite: Resistance, it feels like an upscaled DLC that didn’t exactly need to be released as its own separate game. On that note though, it was released as it’s own game and still features the best campaign of the series that I’ve played. The lack of map variety means the maps that are there are utilised to their fullest extent throughout the campaign, which is nice to see. The biggest issue overall are the glitches, which in time can be fixed at least, but at this time made the game a little more frustrating than it needed to be.
As it stands, Antonblast feels like it should do everything right. In reality, it feels quite hollow. There’s no real relatability to the characters. The game is fine and everything, and the way it’s laid out makes sense even if it does kind of hide levels from you for some reason. Still, there’s a lack of real spirit that doesn’t make it fun beyond just the fact it plays well. It’s really frustrating because when a game does a lot right, but still feels really bland at the same time. Just playing well at this point doesn’t make a game great, and that’s the only place where Antonblast truly succeeds.
In such a crowded genre, it’s hard to say that Yars Rising would manage to truly stand out, even though it did try its hardest. There are too many sections to either just didn’t fit in very well, such as the aforementioned lack of flow in the hacking bits, or just too much stuff other metroidvanias ended up doing a lot better. It’s not a bad game by any means, and it can be enjoyed if you’re a metroidvania or old-school Atari fan, but I can’t say it would be on the upper echelon of my recommended games list by any means.
The multiplayer is fun, although just like it’s been for years, the skill-based matchmaking is horrendous still and the maps are generally not great overall. Zombies modes are my bread and butter and it feels like this is as “back” as zombies can be. Hopefully, they’ve learnt to new mess around with this anymore, every time they try something massively different, it absolutely kills off the player base for the mode. The fatigue is officially gone, I feel myself wanting to sit down and play a Call of Duty game daily again, and I’m not complaining at all.
I had a bit of fun with The Rocky Horror Show Video Game, but I think that stems mostly due to me liking the source material. It will only be enjoyed by die-hard Rocky Horror fans. It has its charm, but as previously mentioned, it’s far from being perfect. The visuals are passable, considering the aimed art style, and whilst the chiptune songs sound fun at first, they are repeated ad nauseum, to a tiresome degree. It’s a somewhat decent way to spend an hour, but that’s about all you’re bound to get out of this game. Especially considering it only lasts for about that timeframe, with no incentive for replayability.
I’ve always expected to have fun with a brand new Just Dance, even if it has been 10 years since I last played an entry, but I didn’t expect to have this much fun with this 2025 iteration. It’s a great reason to get up and move, as well as burn some calories. If you put the effort in, it’s a great exercise, and thanks to how polished, intuitive and well-optimized the game is, it’s enjoyable to play for longer periods of time. Get ready to feel the burn, because this is exhausting work. One that still manages to put a smile on your face.
It’s a lot of fun to drive trains, and this is a great game for anyone with any slight interest in trains or looking for something relaxing to play and might be done with something like Powerwash Simulator. There are enough updates in Train Sim World 5 to get excited about moving to the new game, and all previous DLC is compatible as well from my understanding, which is a massive plus side.
Overall, Fairy Tail: Dungeons is a fun little romp around for a while. It’s not a game I see myself coming back to too often as there are just a lot of Roguelike games that do various aspects of its gameplay better, but it’s still a fun way to spend a few hours as you search around for some of your favourite characters.
Considering the mature sense of humor and somewhat obscure references, the simplistic gameplay loop and premise don’t fit at all with its “charming” Lego-esque vibes. There are so many sections that miss the mark, and this game relies fully on the series names and characters that are in it. Some of them might be neat, but rarely do they feel like a reason for you to even consider picking the game up. Add in game breaking bugs, softlocks and more, and there’s basically no reason to give Funko Fusion a go, even for an ironic playthrough.
That is basically the long and short of it without going too far into spoiler territory. Five Nights At Freddy’s: Into The Pit is a great standalone game for anyone who’s into retro horror, even without understanding all of the additional throwbacks, it’s a fun game that pretty much all ages can enjoy, just be ready for jumpscares. If you are into Five Nights At Freddy’s as a franchise, get ready for a whole lot of questions that will never be answered because that’s exactly how this series works, but that’s just a review. A GAME REVIEW. Thanks for reading.
When it comes to big expansions like this, there’s always still a lot to come. For example, the first raid of the expansion won’t be available for a couple of weeks still, giving plenty of time to gear up your characters. As it stands right now, especially where we sit in the story, this feels like a new start for World of Warcraft. The War Within feels like it’s taking into consideration a lot of complaints that fans have had in the past with the story, and the big main enemy, and crafted this new trilogy around fixing it.
Long story short, we get it: some mobile games are cool and worth porting to a wider console-based audience, but if you’re willing to do so, you need to adjust many of its mechanics in order to properly fit within the appropriate playstyles of such systems. This is not a free-to-play game, and nor does it feature an in-game store, so I really didn’t like how frustrating it was to constantly hit a difficulty wall, only for me to feel forced to go back to previous levels to grind incessantly. The gameplay loop is really repetitive, and the difficulty scaling is a mess, but it works in small bursts.
As a whole, I think Little Kitty, Big City is really cute. It’s a fun little game that even managed to motivate me to get all of achievements for. It’s far from perfect, it’s definitely not going to be for everyone, but if you want something to play with your kid, or you just like games where you can be kind of annoying, then running around as a cat is perfect. If you want something thought provoking, I’m not sure why you read this far because the title of the game tells you almost everything there is to know about the game.
As a first experience with MotoGP, 24 was a great start point. While older versions are obviously on sale now, it’s worth shelling out the extra money for the cleanest feeling game. The biggest tip I can give if this is your first go at a MotoGP game is stick with it. Figure out what’s feeling wrong, figure out why you keep taking corners too wide, or falling, or whatever else may be happening. There’s a very steep learning curve, but even though I’m still “bad” at the game, I’m learning more and getting a better feel for it every single race. Now I just really need to get down not dying in the rain.
In a world absolutely oversaturated with Soulslikes at the moment, it’s hard to say that Another Crab’s Treasure will even make a splash. While it’s cute, and has the difficulty levels to fit the genre, the actual controls don’t feel particularly cooperative, and I found when I was trying to dodge attacks, I would very rarely move the way I feel like I should. Unlike other games in the genre, Another Crab’s Treasure starts to look bland very quickly.
Overall, Sker Ritual was a lot more of what I wanted and way more than I could have expected from it. Is this going to be a Call of Duty: Zombies killer? Maybe not as of now, but it’s clearly a really good step in the right direction, as that series simply doesn’t care about having to improve anymore. Even though it’s completely different from its predecessor, Sker Ritual is a pleasant surprise, a well-polished game, and something I definitely plan to continue returning to often, especially if there are any big content updates in the future.