Lost Epic is a 2D action-RPG with beautiful character and world designs. Brought to us by “Team Earth Wars”, the developer of Earth’s Dawn, Lost Epic is only their second release. A mixture of many different gameplay elements, Lost Epic attempts to meld the best elements of all your favourite RPGs into one sprawling adventure;…
Bright Memory: Infinite is a single player first person shooter with melee combat brought to us by FYQD Personal Studios. Players take the role of Shelia, a special agent from the SRO who is sent to the site of a major incident to save the world. A black hole has appeared in the sky, and…
Salt & Sacrifice by Ska Studios is the sequel to Salt & Sanctuary, a game that took Dark Souls gameplay and delivered a side-scrolling masterpiece. The second entry in the Salt franchise has made changes to the formula, some of which may have returning fans excited and others frustrated. Starting off with character creation, you…
Alwa’s Legacy is the sequel to a game we reviewed in 2018, Alwa’s Awakening. The original was a fun, 8-bit styled adventure that stayed true to the era it was emulating. Alwa’s Legacy evolves and makes steps into the 16-bit era, but does not fully advance in the ways I was anticipating. The adventure begins…
Originally on Kickstarter as Steamboat Billy back in 2018, Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a transformation from the traditional idea of an RPG in many ways. On top of that, it appears to be an adjustment from their Kickstarter plans as well. Dropping you immediately into a tutorial, the game begins with…
UnMetal by Fran Games is, at first glance, a Metal Gear parody. Released in 1987 on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Metal Gear was a pioneer of stealth/action gameplay. The series is celebrated to this day, and is one of my personal favourites. The basic premise involves starting off with no equipment, focusing on stealth to…
Cris Tales, brought to us by Modus Games, promises an “indie love letter to classic JRPG” experiences. I learned about this game late in its development, but it had been scooping up accolades at various game tradeshows since 2019. Boasting beautiful hand drawn art, fantastical music, great voice work, and inventive time manipulation mechanics, Cris…
Originally launched under the name “Pixel Shinobi: Nine Demons of Mamoru” as an early access Steam game in 2017, Ratalaika Games has ported and published “Within the Blade” for console release on July 16, 2021. Boasting epic stealth, platforming, and RPG mechanics on their launch page, Within the Blade seemed to have all the components…
Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World is a remake of Monster World IV that was first released in 1994 on the Mega drive. It was the sixth and final game of the classic Wonder Boy series. After recently playing 2018’s exceptional Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom, I was hoping fora new title in the…
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