Tag: review
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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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Dungeons of Hinterberg Review: When Ambition Meets Execution
I was overcome by an interesting feeling each time I booted up Dungeons of Hinterberg for this past week. At times, I felt like I was playing something incredibly familiar. Each time I dove into one of the games’ titular dungeons, I almost could have sworn I was playing a Zelda game. Each time I…
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Unicorn Overlord Review: The King of Modern SRPGs
One of the hardest parts about playing Unicorn Overlord is its name. Whenever I’m playing it on the go with my Switch, I inevitably will get asked by someone “Hey, what game is that?” And early on, I felt uncomfortable with that question and found ways to duck it or be vague. I’m a pretty…
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Animal Well Review: A Hipster Metroidvania Paradise
Hipsters get a lot of flak. They want to be different, cool, and edgy. Sometimes, they want to be different so badly that they come across as desperate and, even worse, cringe. But sometimes, hipsters have a point. Sometimes, the uniformity in popular media can get a bit annoying. Sometimes it’s nice to consume media…
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Harold Halibut Review: Worth The Wait
There are some games, even some I absolutely loved, where the credits hit, and I immediately skip them and move on to something else. And then there are the games where the credits roll, and I end up sitting there and just taking it all in. I become lost in thought, reflecting about what just…
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