‘Kingdoms: Merge & Build’ Review – Prince Eddie Proves Unready
The kinds of games we see come to Apple Arcade has certainly shifted in the general sense over time. I can understand why, as Apple tries to get the biggest engagement bang for its bucks. Why blow the bank on a bunch of games that people will play through once or twice and then never…
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‘Unpacking’ Mobile Review – Best on iPad
While I’m still waiting for a few games from my list of games I’d like to see hit iOS, I’m super happy that Witch Beam’s narrative puzzler Unpacking ($9.99) has gotten an excellent conversion on iOS through Humble Games. Over the last week or so, I’ve been replaying Unpacking on iPhone, iPad, Switch, Steam Deck,…
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‘Kizuna Encounter ACA NEOGEO’ Review – A Lucky Encounter After The Heavy Reign
A few months ago, SNK and Hamster released Savage Reign in the ACA NEOGEO mobile line. In my review, I gave it a bit of a drubbing due to its slap-dash mechanics, poor thematic consistency, and general lack of any real distinguishing features in SNK’s ocean of great fighting games. It was less about it…
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‘Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out’ Review – From Out of the Darkness, Another Ray of Light
It’s been a bit over five years since the release of Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind, a game that I loved just as much as its predecessor The King of Dragon Pass. That might seem like a bit of a wait for a sequel, but the gap between the first and second game was…
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‘Bullet Hell Heroes’ Review – Saving the World Doesn’t Come Cheap
The mobile ecosystem has done pretty alright with shoot-em-ups over the course of its history. Indeed, some of the earliest cell phone games were shooters. When the iPhone launched, we soon had a bunch of great conversions of Cave’s arcade shooters amid a number of indie games. Sky Force, Phoenix, Danmaku Unlimited, .Decluster, and more…
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‘Molecano’ Review – I Really Dig This Hot Word Game
What do you mean “you used up all of your allowable puns in that headline”? Developer Thomas Young gets to make two whole games full of dad jokes and I only get those two words? Sigh, fine. Let’s talk about that developer’s latest game, Molecano (Free), and let’s do it while leaving the groan-worthy word…
Read More‘Remnant 2’ Steam Deck Review – Verified by Valve but Still Needs Some Work
When Remnant 2 from Gunfire Games was announced, a friend of mine kept trying to get me to play the first game. I ended up liking Remnant: From the Ashes quite a bit when I finally played it on Nintendo Switch for review. Read my review of the port here. Having experienced the first game…
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‘Stone Story RPG’ Review – ASCII No Questions, I’ll Tell You No Lies
Stone Story RPG (Free) is a very carefully crafted game. Every bit of it feels deft and deliberate, both good and bad. It catches the eye immediately with its distinctive ASCII art, particularly when it starts moving. The mysterious nature of the game evokes things like A Dark Room, and that’s a good place to…
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‘Peglin’ Mobile Early Access Review – Nearly Perfect on iOS
Just like when Jared wrote about it for Game of the Week, I was in two minds about reviewing Red Nexus Games’ pachinko roguelike Peglin (Free). On PC, Peglin is available as an early access game, which means it will keep getting new content or fixes as it heads to its full release. On PC,…
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‘Gravitas!’ Review – This Puzzler Takes Its ‘Meteos’ Inspiration Seriously
We’re getting dangerously close to being two decades removed from the launch of the Nintendo DS and Sony PlayStation Portable. It was an exciting time. Would Sony do to Nintendo in handhelds what it had done in home consoles? What kind of wild games would arise from the beefy specs of the PSP and the…
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