Tag: Physics

Graviter

A Puzzler That Pulls You In

HIGH The satisfaction of clearing a stage with minimal pauses.

LOW Input lag and speed of the comet make the pauses hard to time.

WTF Directing a comet towards paw prints in order to rescue a cat devoured by a black hole!?


Kosmokrats Review

Comrades In Space


HIGH Original and unpredictable.

LOW The levels with asteroids, ice on the components and incoming fire.

WTF How are they growing potatoes out here?


Glyph Review

Nearly Serene

HIGH Transforming robobugs are awesome. The chill, early exploration.

LOW The Time Trials.

WTF Some of the hidden skins are ridiculously hard to get.


Drunken Fist Review

Ad Nauseam

HIGH Entertaining for the first ten minutes.

LOW Severely diminishing returns after the first ten minutes.

WTF Laying puddles of urine as traps, only to slip on them.


Bonkies Review

A Space Odyssey, Monkey Style!

HIGH Diverse levels and puzzle mechanics.

LOW Too difficult to play with… anyone, actually!

WTF No remappable controls in 2021? Are you serious!?


This Is Not A Review: Kill It With Fire

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: Kill It With Fire, developed by Casey Donnellan Games and published by tinyBuild.


Skater XL Review

Skateboarding Is Not A Crime (Or A Complete Game)

HIGH The dual-stick controls are tough, but rewarding.

LOW No actual modes.

WTF How did a curb cause catastrophic bone loss?