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Sword of Convallaria
Boasting glorious pixel art and a soundtrack composed by a legend, TRPG Sword of Convallaria has a lot going for it, but there’s a big ‘BUT’.
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Kena: Bridge of Spirits
This game explodes with charm and feeling, from the visuals to the character investment, and even the platforming and combat are all full of emotion.
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SCHiM
Play as a disembodied shadow, hopping your way between patches of shade as you chase down your human, in isometric platformer, SCHim.
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Codename: Ocean Keeper
Codename: Ocean Keeper is a roguelike, bullet hell, dungeon crawler-type game that comes to us from the Ukrainian studio RetroStyle Games. My initial impression of the game was great, as it took me back to my days on the school computers playing a game called Motherload circa Miniclip.com. Shoutout to all those Motherlovers out there.…
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Noreya: The Gold Project
Noreya: The Gold Project is an indie Metroidvania of impressive scale – does it turn out to be a shimmering treasure or just fools gold?
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We Were Here
After enjoying the latest two games in the series, Drew and Gaz jump back in time and clear the original We Were Here from the backlog!
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Duck Detective: The Secret Salami
Even a grizzled PI like Eugene McQuacken could not have known that a simple case of lunch theft was hiding so many sinister twists and turns.
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Wild Seas
From watching Captain Pugwash or being bathed by Matey Bubble Bath as a kid, I’ve always felt there’s a romantic idea about pirates. As I grew up, Disney taught me that they were playful scallywags who journeyed the Caribbean looking for treasure, rum and a brothel. This couldn’t be further from the truth, as pirates…
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SokoMage
I am an absolute sucker for both pixel art and puzzle games. If you waved a boxed copy of Piczle Cross in front of me whilst my shed was on fire, my garden would be full of smouldering ashes in no time. In a more realistic turn of events, when Afil Games reached out to…
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Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution
What’s that old saying? Ah yes. There are three certainties in life, taxes, death and the annual Hyperdimension Neptunia entry. At any given point, the team at Compile Heart is seemingly just weeks away from releasing another entry in their dungeon-crawling RPG series and I’m all for it. Last year, we had Sisters Vs Sisters,…
