Category: Reviews
The Ardenfall Demo is ArdenFULL of Surprises
•
You’d think with how popular Bethesda Softworks’ Elder Scrolls series is, there’d be more of an effort to replicate it. The good parts, mind, not the obligatory laundry list of release-day bugs. It’s no small feat crafting an immersive open world filled to the brim with dungeons and danger… but…
The Echo Generation 2 Demo Deals Out Delight!
•
I… have a confession to make. What? No, not THAT kind of confession! Siddown! And keep those grubby mitts to yourself, pal! As I write this review, I have never played Echo Generation 1. If it’s anywhere as radical as this demo is, though, I might have to pick it…
The MOLE Demo is MOLE Than You Bargained For!
•
The White Rabbit Signal: a mysterious smorgasbord of messages broadcast from deep below the Earth’s surface. Dead relatives, old friends, familiar voices… all of them imploring the listeners to perform the same task: DIG. Off Black Creations’ and Oro Interactive’s MOLE is a puzzle horror game that puts you in…
Worthy of Asking What It’s For: The Use of Life
•
Imagine you live in a quiet, peaceful village. You grow up among a small community of familiar faces, a kind family, a loving partner, everything perfectly how it should be. Then one day, without warning, all of it is ripped from you by a force you cannot control. Your home…
Moto Rush Reborn: A Sleek, Thrilling Addiction
•
If there’s one thing I love more than breaking every traffic law in existence, it’s playing a game about breaking every traffic law in existence. Moto Rush Reborn is a neck-breaking 3D runner from Baltoro Games that sends you racing on a bullet-fast motorcycle through retro-futuristic Tokyo. A motorcycle that,…
Does GRIDBEAT!’s demo keep its rhythm?
•
Dungeon crawler meets rhythm in GRIDbeat!, an upcoming game from developer Ridiculous Games and publisher Acclaim, Inc. GRIDbeat! puts you into the world of hacking, if hacking was a rhythm-based dungeon crawler with puzzles and turret systems. A mysterious client hires you to break into a big bad corporation’s system,…
Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts Makes Silly Art With Lots of Love
•
You know that brand of medieval art where everyone’s faces look the same, animals are super wonky, and it looks like the third dimension hasn’t been invented yet? That’s exactly the kind of art you get to bring to life when you step in to the Middle Ages in Scriptorium:…
The Devilry Reservation 2 Demo: A Hilarious Mystery with Post-Soviet Vibes
•
The Devilry Reservation 2 demo was a hilarious delight to play. GentFish has introduced a sequel to their original The Devilry Reservation. This is a pixel-graphic game where, through the lens of dark fantasy with undertones of Slavic folklore, you find and contain anomalies. This demo included the first episode…
The Manny’s 2 Demo Leaves You Hungry For More!
•
August 1945. Somewhere in the Pacific… A skeleton crew of Japanese Imperial Navy Soldiers guard what might be the smallest island in the sea. The sun is harsh, food is scarce, and there’s nothing but open ocean as far as the eye can see. To make matters worse, the captain…
Spirit Talk Offers Potential for a Gentle, Heartfelt Story
•
What if the people we’ve lost could come back for one more conversation? That question is the premise of Spirit Talk, developer Tortita Studio‘s cozy visual novel about a witch who can summon the recently departed to speak with their loved ones. Spirit Talk has a demo out now and…