A grim, largely mundane city is overcome by the plague and a group of condemned are sent in as a last attempt to save it. The concept for Black Legend carves out a historical fiction niche often not explored, and does a fantastic job setting up the premise and its atmosphere; unfortunately it does little…
Imagine waking up on a stormy night to discover that you crashed your car into a tree. Nothing looks familiar. You’re lost and desperate for help. You spot an ominous-looking mansion down the road, so you walk toward it. As you approach the front door, you notice someone in a semi-lit room on the top…
Independent game developer Nicolas Meyssonnier wanted to recreate the nostalgia of PlayStation 2 platformers when he quit his job in 2019 to finish work on Pumpkin Jack. Originally released October 23, 2020 I feel that he was entirely successful at bringing back gameplay rarely felt in modern releases. The game takes place in the Boredom…
The day has once again come to grab 60ft of air only to bail and somehow not snap your board in half, or even your leg for that matter, because Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 is here. Fans of the once revered franchise can rest easy because this is the epitome of how…
I don’t play mobile games, not due to their quality but as Blizzard likes to point out I’m a pleb without a fancy intelligent phonicular device. Not that they sound overly appealing, an entire genre of low effort, repetitive microtransaction stores with something similar to a game hastily built around them. The simplicity of the…
Much like the dark and despair filled world state that is beautifully rendered visually, the early access release of Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights mixes the good with the bad by allowing players to dive into its promising experience but for only a portion of it. While it’s not often that we review early…
Released in September of 2020, Warsaw takes gamers back in time to Europe during the Second World War. In particular, the folks at Pixelated Milk position you at the heart of the resistance in Poland in the year 1944. Warsaw, which is the capital city of Poland is war-torn and surrounded by Nazi forces. The…
I always enjoy when an indie studio has an idea for a game, and they just do it. Morbid: The Seven Acolytes manages to combine lovecraftian visuals, early isometric fantasy and single player soulslike elements into a game both familiar and unique. Combat is strategic and can be as slow or fast paced as you…
To be honest, when I first saw Graveyard Keeper announced, my reaction was one with a shrug and a dismissive tone. I had most recently played Stardew Valley and I believed that Graveyard Keeper was just trying to ride the successful pixel art train at the moment. I let it fall into my backlog of…
