Blisters On Me Fingers
HIGH Finishing a 30x combo.
LOW Getting hit right before finishing a 30x combo.
WTF Waiting hours to unlock basic mechanics.
Scourgebringer Review
Tag: pixel art
There Is No Light Preview
The staff at GameCritics were unusually excited about There is No Light, a successfully Kickstarted project coming from developers Zelart in Q3, 2021. In this rare double preview, we have thoughts from both Dan Weissenberger and Eugene Sax, each written independently of the other.
Batbarian: Testament Of the Primordials Review
A Labyrinth Of Secrets
HIGH The three imp guards.
LOW The Map.
WTF So Styx is one of my partners? Weird.
Star Renegades Preview
The first and most important thing to note about Star Renegades is that it’s gorgeous — the world is rendered in some of the most detailed and animated pixel art I’ve ever encountered. This isn’t a case of people using pixel art for budgetary reasons, these are artists embracing the chunky rawness of the pixel art aesthetic to build their world.
Elden: Path Of The Forgotten Review
Fight The Unknowable Evil
HIGH The third attack spell is basically a cheat code.
LOW Losing to the first boss because he kept locking me in place.
WTF I beat the game and still have no idea what was going on.
Driven Out Review
Solving The Riddle Of Steel
HIGH I’ve rarely felt this satisfied beating a final boss.
LOW Spending ten minutes lost because an arrow wasn’t visible onscreen.
WTF The shocking number of dead clones left scattered across the map.
Death Road To Canada Review
Running Out Of Gas, But Never Out Of Class
HIGH Surviving the first siege.
LOW The parting words of a beloved friend.
WTF Those parting words are usually ‘WHAT-ever’
Boss 101 Review
Welcome To Bullet Heaven
HIGH Finishing construction on Gopher City!
LOW I accidentally unlocked everything before starting the real game.
WTF The return of the boss-maker.
Let Them Come Review
When Firepower Isn’t Enough
HIGH Finally killing that super-worm.
LOW The Blob that convinced me to quit the game.
WTF Why do the bloodstains disappear? I want to see the whole screen covered in alien guts!
Rain World
Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall
HIGH Finally finding the character I’d spent the game searching for.
LOW Dying ten times in a row because it’s not super clear how drowning works.
WTF I think my tutorial robot is fantasizing about killing me. Huh.
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