Vicious Vermin
HIGH Fantastic premise, fantastic art.
LOW The difficulty curve spikes midway and the game doesn’t teach enough.
WTF They… They really ate him?
Tag: indie
Last Day Of June Review
Isn’t Groundhog Day In February?
HIGH Top-notch art direction and animation.
LOW Repetitive puzzle elements.
WTF The endearing character models look creepy after a while.
Graceful Explosion Machine Review
Kaleidoscopic
High Blasting aliens with kaleidoscope explosions and chiptunes.
Low The game becomes too repetitive about halfway through.
WTF Wait… how did I just lose 2 hours to this?
Dream Daddy Review
Daddyshack
HIGH The Dad’s relationship with Amanda is heartwarming and authentic.
LOW The second date with “Fitness Dad” Craig outstays its welcome and is confusing to begin with.
WTF Fix that Garg!
Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic Review
It Neither Bites, Nor Is Magic
HIGH It’s like Darkest Dungeon, but less stressful and more humorous.
LOW It’s just as hard as Darkest Dungeon, but has less persistence.
WTF So, this is Bat Country?
Nidhogg 2 Review
Rancid Muppet Battle
HIGH It’s still the same Nidhogg, which was great.
LOW The new weapons don’t feel balanced or enjoyable.
WTF Who in the world thought this new art style was a good idea?
Masquerada: Songs And Shadows Review
It’s A Pun
HIGH A truly gorgeous game that offers as much emotionally as it does visually.
LOW The frequency of loading screens was frustrating.
WTF The sheer number of animals that don’t care that there’s war going on around them.
Sundered Review
Thunder Blundered
HIGH The art style and music.
LOW Absolutely everything else.
WTF Jotun was made by the same people? Are we sure…?
ICEY review
ICEY. Do UCEY?
HIGH Tracking down an unfinished section of the game, then hearing the resulting explanation.
LOW Most of these enemies should be way more interesting to fight.
WTF The phone call.
Ronin Review
Sharp As Hell
HIGH Killing a guard by recalling my sword in mid-air.
LOW Failing to see a ceiling I could grapple for way, way too long.
WTF No checkpoints in the final level?
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