Catch A Rising Star
HIGH Strong, iterative puzzle design.
LOW The pulled-back perspective frequently leads to missed jumps.
WTF The Rock can teleport by swallowing the Star.
Tag: Puzzle
Youropa Review
Puzzle-Platformer Youtopia
HIGH Outmaneuvering rain.
LOW Frantically kicking through swarms of dogs.
WTF An underexplored paint theme.
Subaeria Review
Repeatedly Wrecked By Ruthless Robots
HIGH Finally figuring out the attack patterns and beating the first boss
LOW dying over and over, only to start from the very beginning of the game every time
WTF Why is Styx sending herself messages?
Etherborn Preview
Gravity has had an odd place in gaming history, often serving as a secondary embellishment to the action in brawlers or platformers instead of earning its own place at the forefront as a central mechanic. Not so in Altered Matter’s puzzle-platformer Etherborn, where the entire game design revolves around the manipulation of gravity, both figuratively and literally.
Pop-Up Pilgrims Review
Heavenly Demonic
HIGH Charming Japanese design.
LOW Difficult, frustrating control scheme.
WTF This game is a literal pain in the neck.
The Fall, Part 2: Unbound Review
Must Recompile
HIGH I still love ARID.
LOW Getting stuck in unintuitive scenarios over and over again.
WTF The train sequence near the end was a singular level of awfulness.
Chromagun (Switch) Review
Is There Cake?
HIGH Intelligent puzzle design.
LOW Spotty save points.
WTF Does paint really hurt these droids?
Cold Iron Review
The Gun Is Hungry
HIGH Gunning down a foe before they can touch their weapon.
LOW Trying to notice which of my enemy’s eyes are twitching.
WTF The ‘victory lap’ players get to run on the final boss.
Slayaway Camp: Butcher’s Cut Review (Xbox One)
Worth a Butcher’s
HIGH The attention to detail and affection for ’80s slasher fans
LOW Is too much content a bad thing?
WTF Why do I care about cats?
Gorogoa Review
Perpetual Motion
HIGH Impressively intricate parts coming together in neat ways.
LOW Flipping between screens for long periods without finding a solution.
WTF I have absolutely no idea what the story is about.
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