The aim of a solid puzzle game differs very little from any other game – it serves to create a rewarding sense of accomplishment. In this genre, that sense of accomplishment is usually generated by the player feeling smart. Q.U.B.E. 2 (Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion), the follow up to the 2012 indie sci-fi puzzler…
On the sun beaten planet of Zircon V, a blue-haired wanderer heads into the wastes to put down hundreds of mutants, robots, and cultists. Instead of flashy uppercuts and round house kicks, this wanderer follows the way of the passive fist, a style that relies on well timed parries and dodges designed to wear opponents…
This holiday, Bethesda is leaning hard into some of their firmly established properties, with two Nintendo Switch ports and three VR games. Each one has been a solid hit so far, with both Doom and Skyrim being perfectly portable on the Switch. Skyrim VR has set a new standard for VR, showing us that anything is possible. DOOM VFR, while not being a straight port like Skyrim VR, attempts to bring the fast fluid combat of 2016’s Doom to VR.
Super Mario Odyssey is a homecoming. Many have argued about what Mario games are and aren’t sequels to Mario 64. It’s never been cut and dry, with Sunshine’s F.L.U.D.D or Galaxy’s linear level design changing up the formula drastically. It’s safe to say that Odyssey is the Super Mario 64 sequel we’ve all been waiting for.
This is what the game does best, it gives you a definite sense that you are alone, things are dire and, if you fail, mankind fails with you.
The 90s are back and it’s everywhere you look and everywhere you go.
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For the unfamiliar, SUPERHOT is a first person shooter… but not really. It’s also a puzzle game… but not really. The gist? When you move, so does time around you.
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is proof that developer Yacht Club Games still has new tricks up its sleeve for the newly rebranded “Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove”, a collection of the original campaign bundled with the current and future DLC. The new campaign follows a similar format to its predecessors, but is able to…
