Teen angst, a diverse cast, and simplistic interactivity accompany a real life music EP.
Soundfall plays like an extended pop album, each level a three minute burst of music that initially fizzes and delights. Yet playing on repeat proves shallow. The music is killer, but the gameplay is filler.
Vibrant and self-assured, Hi-Fi rush happily embraces the 00s' cheese - and is all the better for it.
A sensitive remaster of the PSP prequel that's recontextualised in the wake of Remake.
Just as it did with Two Point Hospital, Two Point Studios has combined neatly overlapping managmenet systems with an irrepressably oddball charm.
It's a small gripe, though. Please Fix The Road isn't really trying to taunt you, it's trying to teach you its mannerisms. It's arguably a meditation on humans and nature, destroying environments only to rebuild them in organic and inorganic ways. But mostly it's just a wholesome and gratifying puzzle game that's impossible to be frustrated with. Even the title is polite.
Missing the elegance of FromSoftware, Lords of the Fallen is let down by Soulslike clichés and performance woes.
Flood of Light has an evocative mood, but its narrative is ultimately as lifeless as its central character. The gameplay centres on a single concept that’s mundane, fiddly and gets tiresome quickly. It’s not a bad game per se – it’s just not very exciting.
Frenetic action and precise manoeuvring add to this cyberpunk game in which success wobbles on a blade edge
Respectable platforming and classic Sonic elements are undermined by inconsistent new ideas.
A fascinating but flawed experimental musical game that fails to live up to some heavenly potential.
An expressive, characterful entry point for metroidvanias.
A unique and artful celebration of Russian folklore.
This short little adventure is sometimes laborious, but it’s all so charmingly presented that any flaws are easily forgiven.
Lumines Remastered offers the opportunity to play an iconic puzzle game if you missed it the first time round. Now, there are no excuses.
What Tales of Kenzera lacks in creative game design it makes up for in vital, passionate storytelling.
Rebirth is a playful take on an emo classic that's bloated but full of character in a bid to justify its own existence.