When designing a “god game,” it is very important to make the player feel powerful, yet still include a game with difficulty. With Arcen Games’ Skyward Collapse, this balance is hit very well. Skyward Collapse offers some twists on the usual formula. For one, you don’t continually choose between benevolent and vengeful. You don’t have to follow the usual good-versus-evil trope. You are largely indifferent to the daily lives of your subjects, and you don’t need them to worship you. You simply want them to fight. READ MORE
Daedalic Entertainment seems to be having a good run with the point-and-click genre. The adventures of the ’90s seem to be a lost art these days, but companies like Daedalic are working their hardest to change that. Both Deponia and Harvey’s New Eyes have been critical successes. The Night of the Rabbit, though, may be its best yet. READ MORE
Console re-releases of handheld games are always risky propositions, no matter what the game in question is. Often you get poorly-handled ports that look awful, and don’t adapt well to the console control schemes. On rare occasions, however, you get an updated version that matches the original game and feels right at home on consoles. Resident Evil: Revelations, last year’s 3DS release, is now in HD on modern consoles, and it’s a perfect fit. It probably won’t satisfy those who have already experienced the original version, but it provides evidence that not all re-releases are worth skipping. READ MORE
In today’s world of action-heavy, military-based first-person shooters, it can be hard to find a game that appeals to an audience looking for something a little different from the norm. Shooters are everywhere these days, but not many of them attempt things that would feel out of place in a Call of Duty or Battlefield game. Thankfully, Ukraine-based developer 4A Games knows just the solution. Metro: Last Light, the sequel to cult hit Metro 2033, is here, with promises to improve upon the central mechanics while maintaining what made the original so memorable.
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Tower defense is a difficult genre in which to innovate. Stray too far from paths and towers and you’re no longer making tower defense, but stay too close and there is nothing to separate you from all of the other TD games out there. 11 bit found a great way to stand out with the original Anomaly: Warzone Earth in which, instead of placing towers as a disembodied defender, you controlled the squad of attackers. Anomaly 2 iterates on that concept, and it’s a great alternative to the other, more traditional TD games in my library. READ MORE
