As I peruse the demos currently available on the PlayStation Store, I am bombarded with a staggering number of similar looking RPGs. Typically a genre that consumes a whole lot of one’s time, RPGs are kind of a big commitment, and so it makes sense to check out the demo first in order to decide if this is a game I want to spend a lot of time with. One such RPG that stood out to me was Earthlock.
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One of the games I grew up with was The Lost Vikings for the SNES, where you would control three unique characters in order to solve puzzles and reach the exit alive. Recently, I downloaded a demo of a game called Trine 2: The Complete Story that feels somewhat similar. You control three characters, Amadeus the wizard, who can levitate objects and create blocks out of thin air, Pontius the knight, who is equipped with a sword and shield, and Zoya the thief, who is armed with her bow and trusty grappling hook.
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Spelunky falls into a broad category of games that I have heard good things about, but have never actually played. Thanks to the trial version that I downloaded on the PS4, I finally had a chance to experience this game for myself. Though my initial impression was fairly neutral, I quickly grew to appreciate Spelunky for its high difficulty and randomly generated levels, where you never quite know what’s going to happen.
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G’day, folks, in recent times, I have taken to downloading free demos as a means to experience a greater variety of games without having to pay for something I may not end up liking. (Y’know, the very reason demos exist.) Being someone who adores animals, especially those of the feline variety, it was no wonder that Cat Quest was my first choice, a bright and colorful RPG starring, well, little cartoon cats. Please note that this review is based on my experience with the demo only and not the full game.
Continue reading Cat Quest: Demo ReviewToday we begin our playthrough of the PS4 remaster of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, an action RPG where one must collect myrrh in order to protect our village from the deadly miasma.
Join us as we play the PS4 remake of Shadow of the Colossus, a BAFTA Games Award-winner where we must defeat 16 massive colossi in order to revive a young woman named Mono.
There are a whole bunch of award-winning games out there that I tend to avoid because they seem more like interactive experiences than actual games. Video games are an amazing medium for storytelling, and while I love a good story, I still don’t want that game aspect to be forgotten, either. (Otherwise, I’d just read a book, y’know.) Nevertheless, sometimes it pays to take chances with games one might not normally want to play, and What Remains of Edith Finch is a prime example of that. (This post is not appearing on Virtual Bastion because Cary already covered this game in an excellent review of her own.)
Continue reading Clinging to the Past in What Remains of Edith FinchToday we begin our playthrough of Hatoful Boyfriend, a bizarre little game where you…um, date…pigeons?
Over the years, I’ve been slowly catching up on a whole bunch of popular indie games. Undertale, Cuphead, Hollow Knight, and most recently, Celeste. Like Cuphead, I went into Celeste with a mixture of excitement and trepidation because I had heard that this game was brutally difficult. On the surface, the game follows Madeline as she attempts to climb Celeste Mountain, despite warnings that weird things happen to people who do so.
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Always on the hunt for interesting indie games, The Last Campfire is one of the newest additions to my digital library. Aside from watching a trailer at one point that I now no longer remember, I went into this game knowing almost nothing about it aside from the fact that it involved solving puzzles. While it’s not always wise to buy a game with very little research, I’m pleased to say this is one minor gamble that certainly paid off.
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