Saints Row Review: A Tentatively Touching Throwback
Unambitious to a fault, Saints Row doesn’t want to do anything but return to the era of 2010s Open World Games and seemingly set the stage for a brand new group of Saints. And I’m on board.
Tag: Xbox
Tunic Review: Satisfying Secret Solving
Nearly Five years after the initial announcement, Tunic is finally out. Was the wait worth it? Without a shadow of a doubt.
22 Indie Games to Watch in 2022
I’ve got more than a little trepidation about writing a list of 22 Indie Games to Watch in 2022. Because, hands up, I was ambitious about 2021. Too ambitious. Of the 21 games I listed last year, only 13 actually came out. So let’s take those as DEFINITELY coming out in 2022 and that we’re all excited for them. So if you’re here for anything listed here, then go back, all my comments still stand. For everything else, let’s go through 22 Indie Games to Watch in 2022. (And please let’s all pretend they won’t slip to 2023)
22 AAA Games to Watch in 2022
I’ve got more than a little trepidation about writing a list of 22 AAA Games to Watch in 2022. Because, hands up, I was ambitious about 2021. Too ambitious. Of the 21 games I listed last year, only 13 actually came out. So let’s take those remaining as definitely coming out in 2022 and that we’re all excited for them. So go back, all my comments still stand. For everything else, let’s go through 22 AAA Games to Watch in 2022. (And please let’s all pretend they won’t slip to 2023)
Battlefield 2042 Review: A Sideways Step in Scale
Battlefield 2042 takes all the series components to date and slots them back together in new, bigger, different ways that won’t quite work for every fan of the series.
Unpacking Review : Effortlessly Economical Storytelling
Unpacking combines artfully simplistic puzzle gameplay with a narrative so confidently delivered that it accomplishes in four hours what some games can’t do with dozens.
LiS: True Colors Review – Dramatically Distilled Decision Making
Life is Strange is one of my Favourite series. I was a little worried that True Colors would drop beneath a very high bar. I’m so very happy to be wrong.
Lake Review: Methodically Mellow Mail Delivery
It would be easy to dismiss Lake as another example of the “Pastoral Saviour” genre, akin to Animal Crossing/Stardew Valley. A stressed city slicker takes a break and goes out to the country to find themselves, their love and reset their life. They fix their life, and bring a little modern culture back to the boonies. You know this plot, because it’s also every other Hallmark movie. But that would be doing Lake a disservice. Because it is sort of that, but presented so beautifully and interrogated in such a meaningful way that it’s hard not to fall for the quiet pines and placid Lake.
Last Stop Review: Celebratory Cinematic Sci-Fi
Last Stop is almost everything I want from narrative games. An anthology of well presented short stories, each with a solid thematic throughline. It falters slightly with the wrapper story that the whole game comes in, but the experience is a delight for the most part.
Biomutant Review: A Confusedly Chimeric Creation
Biomutant, appropriately, feels like the hybrid blend of so many existing games. But there’s more than a few evolutionary dead ends to deal with in this flawed creation.