Category: Reviews
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Elroy and the Aliens Review: The 1990s Are Still Real To Me, Damn It
The best kind of nostalgia is often the stuff that sneaks up on you. That feeling when you encounter something that you didn’t even realize that you fully had nostalgia for. When I think about games that I played as a kid and in my early teen years, I mostly think about JRPGs. I vividly…
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Cattle Country Review- This Tale Is Not Blossoming
A review code was provided for this game by Keymailer and Playtonic Games Sometimes, there are signs that things aren’t going to go well before you even realize that they are there. As I opened up Cattle Country, a cozy farming sim with a western bent to it, I set out to name my farm.…
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Bionic Bay Review- Let’s Try That Again
I try very hard to avoid using “trial and error” as a major critique when talking about video games. Because inherently, all video games are trial and error if there is any difficulty whatsoever attached to them. When you play a difficult action game where you need to learn enemy attack patterns, there is an…
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South of Midnight Review- Existing On Vibes And Hoping For The Best
We all have that one friend. The guy who just has a great all-around vibe. He’s easy to talk to. He can light up a room. He’s funny. He’s just a good hang and a solid friend. But when it comes to the basics of life, god damn, he does not have his shit together.…
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Review- Greatness Inspires Greatness
How do you respond when you encounter greatness? Across any field, greatness can either be something that evokes feelings of inspiration or it can completely demoralize you. Almost every great artist had someone that came before them that pushed them to reach the level that they ended up at. There are many others who we…
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Promise Mascot Agency Review- The Yakuza Standalone “Minigame” You’ve Been Waiting For
If you have ever played a Yakuza or Like a Dragon game, you know that in that series, sometimes the minigames are actually the game. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that I often spend 1/3rd of my time in those games just playing minigames. Each game also has one “minigame” that feels…
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Split Fiction Review- The Bar Is Raised One More Time
After winning Game of the Year at The Game Awards in 2021, I imagine that there was a lot of pressure on Hazelight studios for their next game. It Takes Two was one of the craziest and balls to the wall games I have ever played. One upping that was always going to be a…
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Avowed Review- Completely Expected In The Most Unexpected Way
I’ve often joked that Obsidian is my ultimate 8/10 machine. If they put out a game, I’m probably going to give it an 8/10. I don’t view this as derogatory at all. I generally love their games. They are well-made experiences that often bring something interesting to the table. But they’ve also never quite been…
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Koira Review- What A Human-Dog Relationship Really Means
There is an entire movement around making sure you can pet the dog in any game that has a dog. Despite all this love for dogs in the video game space, even games that have deep interactions between the human characters never seem to truly capture what the human-dog relationship is actually like. I’m not…
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Cabernet Review- RPG Elements Make Everything Better
Life is a fickle thing that is incomprehensibly different for almost every single person who experiences it. Despite this, there are some undeniable truths to our existence. Life is precious. Life is not fair. You have to love yourself if you want someone else to love you. Touching grass is good. And, of course, the…
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