This Mouse Means Business
HIGH Finding the Moleshevik Republic.
LOW 50% of the Arena Bosses.
WTF Great, now I’m haunted by a picture of the long-dead mice that inspired this game.
Tails Of Iron Review
Tag: Soulslike
Grime Review
Not Exactly Rock Solid
HIGH The visuals.
LOW The visuals.
WTF The visuals.
Tails Of Iron Preview
From Redwall to Moss, fantasy scenarios about adorable mice are a safe bet when it comes to intriguing an audience.
Remnant: From The Ashes (PS4) Review
Deep from the Soul(s)
HIGH Intense and entertaining combat.
LOW The attempts at worldbuilding.
WTF Useless melee weapons in a soulslike?!?
Demon Skin Review
Interesting Combat, Linear Problems
HIGH Unique combat system.
LOW Glitches on boss fights.
WTF That damn avalanche jumping section.
This Is Not A Review: Katana Kata
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: Katana Kata available on PS4, PS5, XBX/S, XBO, Switch and PC. Developed and published by Stas Shostak, Stanislav Shostak and Samustai Limited.
Pascal’s Wager Review
Terrence & Norwood In The Fog
HIGH Switching characters.
LOW Laggy combat.
WTF A talking egg?
Blue Fire Review
Gimme Fuel, Gimme (Blue) Fire
HIGH A soulslike platformer!
LOW If I miss that jump one more time, I swear…
WTF Can someone Google what a fetish for elevators is called?
Chronos: Before The Ashes Review
Streamlined Souls
HIGH Great setting, neat concept, innovative mechanics. Streamlined.
LOW Fighting the heavy shield enemies is a huge drag.
WTF This prequel was more enjoyable than the full game that came later.
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.
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