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Discounty is a charming game that makes you feel relaxed, but also intrigued at the same time with several interesting characters and problems in its town. It may lack some depth in few areas of gameplay, but it still presents you with challenges that come with managing a shop.
and Roger is a short and fast-paced visual novel with engaging and thematic interactions that enhances the deep and emotional story.
Not exactly a retro throwback so much as pulling the past forward, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution mixes the best of classic charm and more modern design sensibilities to make for an outstanding game that's fun to play and is going to be amazing to speedrun.
New players will undoubtedly love the fast paced RTS action, the Army Painter tool, and the potential for easily accessible mods that the Warhammer 40K: Dawn Of War Definitive Edition provides. Veteran players might also love all those things, but may balk at having to pay for what is essentially a quality-of-life patch for a game they already had.
Whether it is your first time playing OFF or you are trying to recapture a memory, this remake invokes the feelings of wonder, amazement, and terror that captivated hearts and minds for over 15 years.
While Static Dread: The Lighthouse sets a compelling tone with its Eldritch horror setting and an eccentric cast of characters who each come to our doorstep with their own branching story to tell, it's massively let down by its tedious gameplay, which relies too much on repetition and not enough on generating actual horror.
Drill Core is roguelite mining at its finest but it also never manages to solve the problem of repetitive gameplay
Beautiful, challenging, and truly impactful—Artis Impact is an RPG that will end up as one of the most special experiences you'll find on the indie scene this year.
Tiny Bookshop maintains a great balance between vibes and gameplay, which is a strong point in any cozy game. It allowed me to become the book salesman of my dreams by catering to a variety of customers with different tastes in genres.
With unforgettable characters, beautiful graphics, fun mechanics, and secrets to discover, Back to the Dawn is a fun and replayable RPG that gives the prison escape genre a refreshing twist.
The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily is great strategic fun with situations that test you, but you must be prepared to invest several hours into its gameplay.
Dead Take stands out in the genre of horror walking sims with its intriguing story, talented cast and FMV elements. Unfortunately its horror aspects are where it falls flat, as it tries to cram itself into the genre with the use of cheap jump scares and horror clichés.
A chimera of Nintendo's best franchises infused with new ideas and a real narrative heart in Pauline, Donkey Kong Bananza is a must-play on Switch 2 and kickstarts the next generation of Nintendo with an all-time great.
While Heartworm isn't very challenging in its survival horror, its creative and well-designed puzzle elements still present a fun gameplay experience. It wears its inspiration of 1990s survival horror classics on its sleeve, while also making its own footprint in gorgeous, colourful visuals and lonely atmosphere.
There's a strange feeling of, "wait, was it like that before?" with Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition. Accept that this is an earlier game and take it on its own terms, and you'll at least come away with a better understanding of how the genre evolved.
Going against the grain in many aspects, Primal Planet is a self-described "dinovania" that feels more like a classic 2D platformer with RPG elements. Charming, beautiful, and at times intense.
While Luto is a beautiful game with experimental visuals and storytelling, holding an impactful message on the emptiness of grief, its pacing issues, inconsistent tone and lack of actual horror kill off the momentum set at the beginning of the game.
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers feels like a labor of love from start to finish. It does justice to the Soulslike formula, amplifies it, mixes it with another culture, and delivers something that has a lot more depth behind it.
Though it struggles to nail down its atmosphere and can fall apart towards the endgame, Wheel World's bicycle-driving core elevates it into one of the year's premier racing titles.
It's hard to see Len's Island as anything but a low quality effort to get a toehold in the survival-crafter genre. Non-existent narrative, actively hostile character progression, and a likely unoptimized graphics engine destroy any ease of use or enjoyment one might accidentally find.