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The Ramp Review: Minimalist Skateboarding Zen

Tobia — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 14:31:00 +0000

4SteamArcade game with steez The Ramp is a minimalist arcade skateboarding game developed and published by Paul Schnepf, also known as Hyperparadise. It released in August of 2021. In this relaxing sandbox, there are no objectives, time trials, or other imposed challenges. You’re given a skateboard and 4 stages: a half-pipe, a swimming pool, two connected bowls, and a megaramp. A quick tutorial teaches you everything you need to know, which isn’t much. You can do basic aerial tricks, and […]

The Fall Review: Atmospheric, Yet Clunky

Tobia — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 14:40:00 +0000

2 Steam GOG Epic The Fall is a 2014 puzzle-solving-sidescroller developed by Over the Moon Games. You play as ARID, an artificial intelligence in charge of a high-tech combat suit, tasked with escorting its unconscious user to safety. The Fall’s gameplay is reminiscient of point-and-click-adventure games, consisting of solving puzzles mainly through utilizing previously found items, which in turn allow access to new areas. It is the first episode of an as of 2019 unfinished trilogy, with Part 2 having […]

Prey Review: A Sci-Fi Gaming Masterpiece

Tobia — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 15:05:00 +0000

5 Steam Prey is a 2017 immersive sim shooter developed by Arkane Studios. You play as Morgan Yu, a scientist aboard the Talos I, a space station involved in researching the Typhon, a hostile alien species. When all goes horribly wrong and these creatures escape confinement, it becomes your mission to survive and find a way off the station. Prey was built as a spiritual successor to 1999’s System Shock 2. There are always multiple paths to complete a certain […]

STRAFE Review: Fast-Paced Nostalgia with Flaws

Tobia — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 14:45:00 +0000

4 Steam GOG STRAFE is a 2017 rogue-lite FPS. Its plot is simple: you play as a scrapper, sent on a scavenging mission to the space ship “Icarus”, when something goes awry. That’s as much as the player needs to know. Shooting monsters is the story.The gameplay revolves around blasting your way to an exit. Sometimes this entails unlocking doors through finding keycards or similar devices…

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Dear Esther Review: A Poetic Walking Simulator

Tobia — Sat, 13 Jul 2019 15:02:00 +0000

5 Steam Dear Esther is a 2012 exploration game, often also called a walking simulator or interactive movie. It follows the narrator’s journey on an uninhabited island, grieving the loss of his wife. The premise is to explore this island, gaining insight into the backstory and the character’s state of mind through short audio clips triggered by passing certain locations. This is not a traditional game in which agency is given, rather, what is offered is an on-rails atmospheric experience, […]