Appropriately Named
HIGH Lighting-fast runs. Innovative design.
LOW It’s hard as hell. Luck plays too big a role.
WTF Why are there so many explodey monsters?
Ring Of Pain Review
Tag: indie
Going Under Review
Working Harder AND Smarter
HIGH A colorful, hilarious roguelike parody of startup culture.
LOW The framerate can be rough, especially in later dungeons.
WTF I really need a job.
When The Past Was Around Review
‘Tis Better To Have Loved And Lost Than To Backtrack
HIGH Sharing a biscuit over tea with the owl.
LOW Having to backtrack two rooms to find a clue I forgot about.
WTF Breaking all the tombstones in the cemetery.
Double Kick Heroes Review
Pedal To The METAL!!!
HIGH Intense soundtrack. Incredibly fast action.
LOW Difficult to follow the on-screen action.
WTF The entire plot, really.
Inmost Review
Fever Nightmare
HIGH Astounding production values for a game of this scope.
LOW A few frustrating and over-scripted enemy encounters.
WTF The story doesn’t start making sense until the very end.
Undermine Review
Going Deeper
HIGH It’s got that ‘just one more go’ quality.
LOW The slow-burn first boss.
WTF The soundtrack sounds like synth System of a Down.
Hypnospace Outlaw Review
The More Things Change…
HIGH The authenticity in capturing the time period.
LOW Using Switch controls for a game clearly designed for PC.
WTF Growing to hate a fictional teenager.
Manifold Garden Review
A Tasting Course
HIGH Crossing the first gap.
LOW The main giant sliding block area.
WTF So we’re just going to end with a 2001-esque light show, huh?
Welcome To Elk Review
Telling Stories
HIGH The first karaoke minigame.
LOW Losing the ‘stack’ minigame four times in a row.
WTF The first time a source is revealed.
Struggling Review
Appropriately Named
HIGH Adorably gruesome characters, great sense of humor.
LOW That motherf***ing part with the mountain climbers.
WTF Who thought that opening backstory was a good idea?
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