So many games and movies have cliché setups, and while the setting of a post-apocalyptic world sounds like more of the same, there a twist. What if little woodland critters ruled the ruined world? You will find out in BIOMUTANT when you control a warrior critter of the far future that has irradiated the world and given rise to sentient creatures with no humans in sight. With powers and weapons you must save the world (or burn it?) while making allies and fighting foes along the way in a vast wilderness. Right off the bat, there is a weird dichotomy in this game of whether or not it’s for kids. The setting is the horrible irradiated wasteland, but everything just seems to come off as…
The whole world is quite well versed in platform fighting games, and with Nintendo putting out quality games with such high polish, it’s hard to stand out. Since quality can’t be beat, that means idea and gameplay mechanics that are new and fresh have to be your bread and butter which is where Warshmallows can play on even ground. With no real story to speak of, other than there are multiple living marshmallows intent on defeating one another, there isn’t much to go on. But with an arena battler, that’s not really an issue either. With a few different characters to choose from, all with different abilities, it’s nice to have some choices beyond aesthetics that can actually change the flow of the game. You…
Standing out in the video game market is a tall order. You can be very good at what you do, only to have your work compared to many others with little difference. One way to be different is to use a different control scheme for your adventure. Some use silly controls like “I am Bread”, but others go for a more nostalgic control like the text only adventures of yore. Fishing Cactus has taken up that torch, and is trying to blend the new and the old with a fantasy setting by making you type your choices in Nanotale –Typing Chronicles. Typing your way through a game is technically nothing new, in fact it’s a very old way to do things, since hardware of the…
Top-down RPG’s hold a special place in many hearts. They symbolize a time long past in which things were simpler and remind us of when we were young. From Zelda to Chrono Trigger there are so many examples of quality games with compelling stories and interesting gameplay. RedEmber now wants to crystallize that feeling and to actually improve on it if possible and somehow mix the old and the new in Good Night, Knight. Having a top-down view and pixel graphics definitely sets you in the mood for nostalgia, but it becomes immediately apparent that things are different this time. You are a knight killing monsters of course, but now it’s a charged attack that takes stamina, and with the dynamic field of view, you…
There are so many types of games in the world, in no small part due to the fact that there are so many different types of people in the world. The term “there’s something for everyone” really does apply, from the hardcore FPS gamer to the casual gamer matching colors in a mobile game. With that in mind, strategy games offer a lot of world building and growth, in which you must create your own world brick by brick to eventually defeat your enemies or their country. HongShou Studio is mixing this genre with several others in The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia. The fusion of Japanese RPG’s character interaction with attractive artwork, the use of sprites to represent your troops, an over-arching plotline and world…
Please wait...
