It's been a while since I reviewed a game. Between my July vacation and BattleBit Remastered as a multiplayer distraction, it took a while to get to it. Didn't help that this game sucked me in for a good while. Weird West. An RPG by a group of former Arkane Developers in one of my … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #56: Weird West

A modern successor to the Castlevania formula, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night manages to feel familiar even to me… and I haven't played Symphony of the Night. From the very beginning, this demon-infested journey feels familiar simply because I've toyed with Castlevania NES, and the movement feels similar. As an ode to those old games, … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #55: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Enter the Gungeon is in my top ten games of all time list. To me, Enter the Gungeon perfected roguelites, dungeon crawlers, top-down shooters, and puns all while forming a hilarious love letter to every gun you've ever liked. Does Exit the Gungeon carry that same charm? Yes. It does. But is that enough? Exit … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #54: Exit the Gungeon

Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot, two platforming stars that defined a console generation. At least, for PS1 owners. The two couldn't be more different either. Spyro charges about wildly, careening through levels and challenges with speed. Crash is more stiff, moving and spinning in eight directions through focused platforming challenges, all while burdened with … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #53: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

Most platformers have the decency to give the player feet and an ability to jump. Heave Ho doesn't play by the rules. Instead, as a head with two arms, I have to grab and sling myself across the ground, ceiling, and walls. It's a blast. With simple controls that give me just enough guidance to … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #52: Heave Ho

I've established through this game series that fighting games are not my thing, right? Injustice tried to prove me wrong. It failed, but it was a valiant attempt. As fighting games go, Injustice is pretty simple. The combos are not too long, the button-presses are simple relative to some games, and each character's like of … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #51: Injustice — Gods Among Us

When I first caught wind of My Friend Pedro, I assumed it would be too hard to play. I mean, it's a game all about shooting two people in the head at once while doing a skateboarding flip in slow motion and juggling a frying pan, right? That sounds stressful, difficult, and complicated. In truth, … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #50: My Friend Pedro

All I wanted was a Dark Souls styled boss rush. And yet, Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption only served to make me appreciate the design that goes into 'Dark Souls' bosses. Yes, even the bad ones. Because the bosses in Sinner are far, far worse. The concept here is nice. Each boss has its own lore, … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #49: Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption

Fetching beer, cooking meals, fighting slimes, sharpening swords, picking berries, mining for stone, chopping down trees, all just an average day for a Graveyard Keeper. Oh, burying bodies? I did that twice during my first hour of the game. Graveyard Keeper is much more than a graveyard sim. It has a life around it, a … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #48: Graveyard Keeper

Back in the day, I played the first Force Unleashed game. It was a simple Star Wars power fantasy. With a story that felt a little too bombastic to fit into Star Wars, TFU was a simple fun time with a bit of heart to go along with it. TFU2 raises all that power up … Continue reading Steam Cleaning #47: Star Wars The Force Unleashed II