HIGH Engrossing building/optimization. Crispy isometric graphics.
LOW Writing is uninspired. Save system is cumbersome, UI cruft abounds.
WTF Carrying a dozen tennis balls and 50 heatsinks in my inventory like a freak.
Tag: no more robots
PREVIEW: Starless Abyss
When I played Slay the Spire and Into the Breach for the first time, I knew each one would exert major influence, and that many devs to come would offer their own spin on the mechanics canonized in these titles. What I didn’t expect, however, was that developers would take these two very different games and fuse them together. However, the Tactical Roguelite Deckbuilder is here to stay.
Let’s Build A Zoo Second Opinion
You Get A Rabbit! And You Get A Rabbit!
HIGH Selling 100 cola products and getting Captain Cola to visit the zoo.
LOW Having a hundred tasks to keep track of.
WTF Filling the pizzas with chili to sell more colas…
Let’s Build A Zoo Review
Rabbits Are An Economic Powerhouse
HIGH Plenty of options for customizing and tweaking.
LOW Menus aren’t very intuitive.
WTF I dressed the stray dog up as a lion.
Hypnospace Outlaw Review
The More Things Change…
HIGH The authenticity in capturing the time period.
LOW Using Switch controls for a game clearly designed for PC.
WTF Growing to hate a fictional teenager.
Nowhere Prophet Review
Guiding Light
HIGH Intricate, polished systems. Excellent style and worldbuilding.
LOW Enemies whose troops abuse the “Taunt” ability.
WTF Why are Slay the Spire and Monster Train fans not talking about this?
Yes, Your Grace Review
Heavy Is The Crown
HIGH Dynamic characters and decisions.
LOW Keeping track of which petitioner is which.
WTF Deaths that are spoilers.
Descenders Review
Choose Your Own Path
HIGH Double-backflipping over a train.
LOW Just how much speed do I need for the Firewatch jump?
WTF Skipping the trail and racing straight downhill, and still getting a win.