It’s been almost twelve years since we saw an entry in the Little Tail Bronx series. With CyberConnect2’s original Tail Concerto being lost in the mix of .hack// and Naruto Ultimate Ninja games over time, a spiritual successor to the game finally came out last October in Japan: Solatorobo: Red the Hunter. It looked like the game may not see an American release, but XSEED stepped in and picked up the title. READ MORE
The original Puzzle Agent was a surprise to a lot of gamers who expected just another traditional Telltale adventure title. What we got was a unique mix of Professor Layton-style puzzles with clever writing and a rather intriguing story. However, many questions were left unanswered by the very end of the first game, leaving plenty of room open for a sequel. READ MORE
If you’ve ever played a Professor Layton game and thought to yourself that the game would be much cooler if Layton had a mustache, Luke was a girl, and Layton and Luke sometimes engaged in some turn-based combat, then… wow. You have quite the imagination. Also, Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights is the perfect game for you. READ MORE
This week, we’re looking at a card game co-designed by the creator of Magic: The Gathering, a school sim from Kairosoft and an adorable aquatic platformer.
Kard Combat (Universal): Hothead, once on our radar largely for their work on the Penny Arcade games and, more recently, the DeathSpank titles,has taken lately to releasing lots of smaller projects on the iOS platform. Kard Combat, their latest, seems to combine Magic: The Gathering‘s element-based mechanics with Mortal Kombat’s aesthetic. By that, we mean they did exactly that. The campaign is a tower of increasingly-difficult opponents, everything is dark and bloody and full of glowing eyes, and yeah, for some reason we have a bunch of unnecessary K-for-C substitutions. Oh, and they hired Richard Garfield, Magic‘s creator, to co-design the gameplay. (We’d be impressed if he hadn’t guest-starred like this more often lately.) READ MORE
This week, we’re solving crimes by looking at pictures, then committing them by driving fast in cars.
Women’s Murder Club: Death in Scarlet: Based on a James Patterson book, this game has you trying to solve murders and crimes by finding items hidden in pictures. The main problem with this, though, is that most of the items don’t pertain to the crime you’re investigating. Trying to find a butterfly won’t help you solve a murder. Some of the items are also very small, something that will hurt gamers with small screens on their phones, since you do have a 5-minute timer. READ MORE
