The roguelike elements didn’t quite work out for me, but I’m sure it’ll find its audience. Though I learned not to hate them, I would have preferred the game stuck closer to tradition. It becomes a good game, but until you really become acquainted with how it works, it can be a frustrating and monotonous slog.
There’s a new game out on Steam Early Access this week. It’s called Dead Cells and if I were to grab you in an elevator and throw a few buzzwords at your face, I’d call it Dark Souls meets Groundhog Day meets Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. That’s good. In fact, the game itself is rather fantastic in its design and key gameplay hook: Death.
After nearly ten years in development, Owlboy is out - and critics are calling it one of the best games of the year.
Song of the Deep is a brand new, water-filled Metroidvania adventure from the minds behind Sunset Overdrive and Ratchet and Clank
Beautiful, but tough as nails, Ori and the Blind Forest is a platformer you need to play.
A trademark for Harmony of Despair showed up recently, and sparked hope that it would be a new Castlevania game. sounds awfully Castlevaniary, doesn’t it? New reports suggest that it is indeed a new 2D Castlevania – but one that’s much more than anybody could have hoped. Word is the new game will be a 6-player affair, and will be …
As one of the unfortunates who played the abysmal Castlevania 64, the series first foray into the third dimension. It was horrible, with clunky a camera and a control system that needed more inputs than the N64 provided. After that mess I’d sworn off 3D Castlevanias forever, opting to rather play the Metroid inspired entries on my DS. After watching …
The film adaptation of Konami’s NES classic has not not had an easy ride. The film was originally set to be written and directed by the wholly mediocre Paul W.S Anderson – responsible for cinematic masterpieces such as Resident Evil, Alien vs Predator and the abysmal Soldier – but suffered years of development hell. Delays, re-writes, staffing changes and budget …
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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