HIGH Beautiful game and intuitive mechanics.
LOW Not as unique as expected.
WTF The amount of grubs I’ve eaten.
Tag: Early Access
PREVIEW: Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone
Joining the surprisingly robust genre of sci-fi survival games about the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Chernobylite 2 takes the warped-landscape scrounging of the original and supersizes it, putting the player in the role of a mercenary working for an interdimensional colonial exploitation project.
PREVIEW: White Knuckle
The title delivers on its promise — I was gripping my mouse so hard by the end of it that my knuckles were literally white.
This Is Not A Review: Tokyo Xtreme Racer (EA)
Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas, and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.
PREVIEW: Selaco
Waking up in a hospital is never a good sign. Even worse when that hospital is on a space station currently under siege by terrorists. Such is a day in the life of Dawn, a futuristic super-cop and the protagonist of Selaco.
PREVIEW Witchfire
Witchfire is a roguelike first-person shooter with a fantasy theme. Its world is under attack from witches and his holiness the Pope has sent witch hunters to deal with them with magic and firearms.
SVG REVIEW Black Skylands
This is a transcript excerpt covering the score awarded to Black Skylands on the So Videogames podcast, episode 352: Support SAG-AFTRA
EARLY ACCESS: Inkbound
HIGH The combat is a uniquely engaging turn-based system that never feels unfair.
LOW Online play is already sparsely populated.
WTF Half the NPCs in the game hate me…
Flame Keeper Review
HIGH Enjoyable loop with a decent amount of challenge…
LOW …that quickly runs out of steam.
WTF Jumping challenges from a tilted overhead perspective?!
PREVIEW: Marauders
In 2012, I purchased a Star Citizen ship. I paid top dollar for a Cutlass Black — a small, sleek freighter with plenty of cargo space for booty — as my friends and I fully bought into Chris Roberts’ grandiose vision, dreaming of when we would sail the high galactic tides as space pirates.