It Takes Money To Make Money
HIGH Bizarrely addicting. Fairly educational.
LOW many upgrades in the base game are too expensive or unnecessary.
WTF Trained moles??
Turmoil: The Heat Is On Review
Tag: indie
The Procession To Calvary Review
That Is A Pretty Big Key
HIGH Winning the necklace, and its immediate aftermath.
LOW The pearl puzzle is a bit too obscure.
WTF Wait, getting rich and being waited on by cherubs isn’t winning?
The Eternal Castle Remastered Review
Alternate History
HIGH Mindblowing visual style, great intrigue.
LOW The game crashed before I saw the ending.
WTF I get it’s an artistic choice, but these fonts need to be readable.
60 Seconds! Review
Nicolas Cage Is Never Wrong
HIGH It’s a cheery apocalypse!
LOW Pop culture references abound.
WTF Those spider bites are drastic.
This Is Not A Review: Ciel Fledge
Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.
The subject of this installment: Ciel Fledge: A Daughter Raising Simulator, available on Nintendo Switch and PC, developed by Studio Namaapaa and published by PQube Limited.
LUNA The Shadow Dust Review
In Love With The Moon
HIGH The gorgeous hand-drawn visual aesthetic.
LOW A melodramatic and cliché finale.
WTF My companion is a Furby?
Half Past Fate Review
A Meet-Cute Adventure
HIGH Each character’s story weaving in and out of the others.
LOW The same music on repeat over and over.
WTF Rabbit dolls as save points?
In Other Waters Review
Unexpected Depth
HIGH Filling a taxonomy entry and finally getting an illustration.
LOW Occasionally rushing while power and oxygen meters dwindle.
WTF The amusingly rudimentary names Dr. Vas comes up with.
Horror In A World Of Horror
Shortly before the world changed, the
pre-release build of World of Horror by indie developer Panstasz arrived
on X-Box game pass for PC. The 1-bit title screen immediately filled me joy.
Eldritch tentacles, mysterious cults, supernatural architecture, and creepy
lighthouses flashed onto my screen and I knew this game was going to sink its
scaly claws deep into my flesh.
Curious Expedition Review
Robbing Indigenous People For Fame And Profit
HIGH A fresh roguelike take that veers away from fast action.
LOW Forgetting the ‘examine’ function mapped to Y existed.
WTF Trying to finish the final map.
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