Posts Tagged 'Platformer'
Stealth Bastard Review
Warning: This review contains detailed narrative spoilers but only moderate mechanical spoilers. Stealth Bastard was developed by Curve Studios. Direction, design, and coding were provided by a chap known as “Bidds”. The art is courtesy of Tikipod and the music
Stealth Bastard Review
Warning: This review contains detailed narrative spoilers but only moderate mechanical spoilers. Stealth Bastard was developed by Curve Studios. Direction, design, and coding were provided by a chap known as “Bidds”. The art is courtesy of Tikipod and the music
Review: Rochard
Not at all what I was expecting. When you hear the title Rochard you think of something discreet, something possibly French, something with gravity based platforming and shooting (okay, I knew that before I went in). You expect an experimental,
Review: Rochard
Not at all what I was expecting. When you hear the title Rochard you think of something discreet, something possibly French, something with gravity based platforming and shooting (okay, I knew that before I went in). You expect an experimental,
Sequels that should have been: Doki Doki Panic
Somewhere, if we ascribe to the comic book based theory of alternate worlds, in another earth we are playing Doki Doki Galaxy instead of Mario Galaxy. In America, we would have localized it to Heartbeat Galaxy, and we would be
Sequels that should have been: Doki Doki Panic
Somewhere, if we ascribe to the comic book based theory of alternate worlds, in another earth we are playing Doki Doki Galaxy instead of Mario Galaxy. In America, we would have localized it to Heartbeat Galaxy, and we would be
Review: Kirby's Return to Dreamland
Suddenly, with little warning, a new Kirby game. And not just a new Kirby game: the first great Kirby game since the underappreciated Kirby: Canvas Curse. Watching it at E3, there were doubts in my mind how Kirby would take
Review: Kirby's Return to Dreamland
Suddenly, with little warning, a new Kirby game. And not just a new Kirby game: the first great Kirby game since the underappreciated Kirby: Canvas Curse. Watching it at E3, there were doubts in my mind how Kirby would take
Preview: The Bridge
Most indie gamers can remember when they first played Braid. The 2008 game kind of put indie development on the mainstream map, and it established to the fringe gamer that there was more than just mainstream, big budget entertainment out
Preview: The Bridge
Most indie gamers can remember when they first played Braid. The 2008 game kind of put indie development on the mainstream map, and it established to the fringe gamer that there was more than just mainstream, big budget entertainment out
Death and a Platformer: The End
BBC’s The End has a laudable goal: to get people to think about death. As such, it falls under the encompassing banner of educational games, but it presents its concepts in a way that makes them seem unlike any sort
Death and a Platformer: The End
BBC’s The End has a laudable goal: to get people to think about death. As such, it falls under the encompassing banner of educational games, but it presents its concepts in a way that makes them seem unlike any sort
Why Shadow of the Colossus is Overrated
Warning: This opinion piece contains detailed narrative spoilers but few mechanical spoilers for Shadow of the Colossus, ICO, Prince of Persia (2008) and God of War. To celebrate the release of The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection, I
Why Shadow of the Colossus is Overrated
Warning: This opinion piece contains detailed narrative spoilers but few mechanical spoilers for Shadow of the Colossus, ICO, Prince of Persia (2008) and God of War. To celebrate the release of The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection, I
Maldita Castilla Preview
Warning: This preview contains detailed mechanical spoilers but only moderate narrative spoilers. If it wasn’t immediately apparent, the aesthetics and gameplay of Maldita Castilla are heavily inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, an old platformer notorious for its difficulty. My familiarity with
Maldita Castilla Preview
Warning: This preview contains detailed mechanical spoilers but only moderate narrative spoilers. If it wasn’t immediately apparent, the aesthetics and gameplay of Maldita Castilla are heavily inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, an old platformer notorious for its difficulty. My familiarity with
Owlboy Preview
Warning: This preview contains detailed mechanical spoilers but only moderate narrative spoilers. Owlboy, as you might have guessed, stars an anthropomorphic owl. This creature, named Otus, has large, robust wings that give him the ability to fly. And unlike many
Owlboy Preview
Warning: This preview contains detailed mechanical spoilers but only moderate narrative spoilers. Owlboy, as you might have guessed, stars an anthropomorphic owl. This creature, named Otus, has large, robust wings that give him the ability to fly. And unlike many
The Iconoclasts Preview
Warning: This preview contains some moderate narrative and mechanical spoilers. “Unfortunate souls, floating lifeless in the night! What horrible things have happened in your pasts? Such young faces, likely shipwrecked and left for the microcosms to devour. The thought of
The Iconoclasts Preview
Warning: This preview contains some moderate narrative and mechanical spoilers. “Unfortunate souls, floating lifeless in the night! What horrible things have happened in your pasts? Such young faces, likely shipwrecked and left for the microcosms to devour. The thought of