This is a guest post from Contributor Chris Nunes. My current experience with the “VIP” demo for BioWare’s Anthem has put a javelin size hole in my heart. To say that my time with the game has been frustrating would be an understatement. I have had the demo downloaded for a week with the anticipation…
While I love the idea of sampling something early, I’ve never understood exactly how it works. To me, it’s a bit like throwing a party and purposely inviting a few exclusive guests over early. The sun is still out, the floors haven’t been cleaned yet, and I’m still walking around in an unfortunately revealing bathrobe with appetizers in the freezer. Most of those exclusive guests would apologize for showing up early and walk out. And if they were also gamers they’d then complain about my unfinished party on Reddit.
Though only the second game to date from Compulsion Games, We Happy Few proves one thing about the studio – they know how to create a captivating world to explore. The studio’s follow up to 2013’s Contrast is an incredibly ambitious title that has grown leaps and bounds since it first hit Early Access nearly two years ago. Their ambition growth as a team paid off in some ways and in other ways they seemed to miss the mark.
It’s rare for a game to be so simplistic that anyone can pick it up and feel confident in their skills, yet deep enough that genre veterans flock to it. Somehow that’s exactly the case with Sirlin Games’ new fighter – Fantasy Strike. With no complex motions or special moves there is no need to…
