Around a quarter of my way through Weird West, I made one of the most barbaric moral choices I’ve ever made in a video game. I usually play the good guy in games that involve a moral compass, but in Weird West, you’ll be playing as five different
The defeat of Sarffog was only the beginning of our Twofold heroes story. Quill and her Reader, having rescued her uncle, embark on a journey to gather Moss’ Glass before the evil Tylan and his Reader can rewrite the books to suit their whims. You and Quill must travel the
Throughout the years the amount of dialogue and cutscenes in games has grown exponentially. For the most part, I am a proponent of this – I love seeing the video game medium become a bastion for renowned storytelling and for games to push the limits of what players expect from a
Point-and-click adventure games have been making a slow, but steady resurgence in recent years, long after initially gaining popularity in the early 90s mainly thanks to Lucasfilm’s incredible releases and Ron Gilbert’s fantastic Monkey Island series. Those of us that grew up with these games view them with
How people can still dismiss the video game medium as a valid means of storytelling is beyond me – video games have always told great stories, but throughout the past few years independent studios have really set the bar for the types of experiences the medium can convey. Unique stories complemented
Tango Gameworks’ Ghostwire: Tokyo is quite an ambitious game; part first-person shooter, part RPG, and part horror game, Ghostwire tends to teeter between the three genres, never fully investing in any but creating a unique experience nonetheless. It is all at once trippy, horrific, funny, and tense – a fascinating mix
2020’s Paradise Killer was a fascinating, open ended murder mystery with no definitive answer. Once you were satisfied with the clues you found exploring the island, you could start the trial and present your case. With a cast of interesting and out-there characters, anyone could have been the killer.
After setting out to become certified Alchemists, Sophie and Platcha find themselves in a strange forest. Before an even stranger tree, a portal appears before the two and sucks them in. Now alone in a mysterious dream world, Sophie makes it her mission to find Platcha and a way back
