Game Reviews

If you ask me for my favorite Nintendo series, you might be surprised that I’d probably lump the BoxBoy! franchise of games up there with the Rhythm Heaven and Paper Mario games. Their simplistic yet innovative puzzles (at an affordable price, I might add) were a wonderful fit for

The Gunman Clive duology holds a special place in my heart. The second game was actually my first Opencritic review, and it actually inspired me to pursue games writing, so you can bet I was excited to see what Bertil Hörberg had up his sleeve next. Enter Mechstermination Force, a

Though I didn’t know it at the time, the opening hour of Days Gone is a surprisingly thorough preview of how the rest of the game is going to go. You’re thrown without context into a complex web of post-apocalyptic survivors struggling against each other, then get brief

Image & Form Games may not usually top the list of people’s favorite developers, but with every game the studio releases, it’s building its case for being one of the most consistent in the business. Every few years, a new Steamworld game appears, and while none have taken

Months ago, I threw myself into My Time at Portia with abandon, logging upwards of 90 hours of gameplay while the game was still in Early Access. I fell in love with this large, colorful world full unique of characters, and was delighted to see that my opinion was shared

Forager is a tough game to pin down. A sprinkle of casual adventuring, a dash of crafting, and a pinch of idling contribute to the game’s unique flavor. To the avid gamer who is all too familiar with the Minecraft-led survival zeitgeist, Forager’s gameplay trifecta should tread on

I have an awful feeling of deja vu as I sit down to write about Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 04: VR Kit. Almost exactly one year ago, I experimented with the first Nintendo Labo Kit and came away incredibly mixed. I found the cardboard Toy-Con themselves ingeniously designed and fun to

If you judge just based on its trailer, Katana Zero appears to be a fast-paced, gory, stylish action game with a killer synth soundtrack and a heavy reliance on ‘80s action movie tropes. And it is all of those things, but it’s also smarter, funnier, sadder, and more careless