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[REDACTED] offers fluid and incredibly fast-paced action in a roguelite mode that balances difficulty and upgrades quite well. The focus on speed and urgency drives much of the tension, which makes each run still feel important since you not only ...

Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered is a fascinating and slightly dated game that is unlike anything else out there. The story and humor can be a bit rough, but the shooting and main characters are incredibly fun. If you're already into ...

The SaGa series is near and dear to my heart, with SaGa Frontier 1 & 2 being two of my favorite games on the PlayStation 1. The series has a notorious reputation for being hard to get into with not a ton of entries in the series being what one would ...

Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town is a ridiculously charming and relaxing game that perfectly fuses the appeal of Shin chan with an addictive but laid-back gameplay loop. Some might find it a bit slow, but if you need a game to wind down with, this ...

I've been saying it for a while now, but gaming needs more "comedy" games to make a splash. Triband agrees, with their "What the ___" series of games focusing on giving you laughs and microdoses of novel gaming experiences. And while What the Car ...

Athena Crisis is a pleasant spiritual successor to the Advance Wars franchise, even if it has a few unpolished corners. The variety of units, strong pixel art, and map/campaign editor make this a game filled with the potential for quite a bit of ...

I like it when you know exactly what a game is all about from the title. Final Fantasy? Bullshit, there's a million of the damn things. Dark Souls? What is this? Some kind of dark exploration of a fallen world and its impact on the human soul? Sounds ...

A short, tough swordsman makes his way across a beautiful, quirky world to defeat the evil wizard. Sound familiar? Of course, but what's wrong with that? The Plucky Squire Developer: All Possible Futures Price: $30 Platforms: PC (reviewed), PS5, ...

It's been well over ten years since we last saw Captain Titus of the Ultramarines face off against the Orks and Chaos, so it's comforting to finally get to continue his story after so long of wondering if we'd ever get a sequel to that original game. ...

I generally find genre mash-ups to be a fun way of breaking up the monotony that is sure to come from a genre getting a hit game. Even in the past few years, the amount of Slay the Spire clones I've just reviewed is high, not to mention how many are ...