Reviews

Tales from the Dragon Mountain: The Strix is an adventure, puzzle game from Cateia Games. You play as Mina who heads back to her grandmother’s house in search of inner …
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Goosebumps is nothing short of an iconic franchise, having managed to take a genre intended for mature audiences and aim it towards children. R. L. Stine’s spooky books are the …
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Banner of the Maid is a highly unique entry in the shoulder-to-shoulder “thin red line” of turn-based JRPGs. Its alternate take on the French Revolution provides a wonderful backdrop for some of the best strategic gameplay I’ve experienced since Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
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I suppose if you’re going to turn a medieval French castle into a hotel, you have to expect some supernatural shenanigans. You expect priceless necklaces to go missing. You expect guests to fall into comas. You expect ghosts to haunt the wine cellar. What you don’t expect is for all of this to be so…dull.
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Country Tales could be a construction and management simulation to win over those who might otherwise overlook the genre. With the option for a relaxed difficulty, that dreaded timer isn’t …
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Distraint 2 is a game that does not pull its punches, dropping you immediately into its dark themes and the intensity of the emotions that come with them. It opens …
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We Should Talk is a simulation communication adventure game. This type of gameplay is a first for me, so let’s see if it’s worth the $6.99 asking price.

If you …
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Set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Nowhere Prophet places you at the head of a group wandering in search of a safe haven at the mystical Crypt. The collapse of civilisation …
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It took a while, but Starlit Adventures Golden Stars on the Nintendo Switch has won me over.

My initial undecided stretch stemmed from starting the game in single-player. When tackling …
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Creepy Tale is aptly titled. This Nintendo Switch platform-adventure game from No Gravity Games takes you on a mysterious journey through an eerie forest. With a cryptic puzzle dynamic and …
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The PN crew published 47 reviews during July. That’s our highest total since November 2019! We covered a variety of games, with scores ranging from as low as 3 to …
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Jisei: The First Case HD is a visual novel, murder mystery game from Sakevisual. It was originally released for PC in 2010 and is now on the Nintendo Switch for …
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Dodo Peak is “a throwback to the classic arcade platformers of the past,” but it comes up short in addictiveness.

At first glance, the game is reminiscent of Q*bert. But …
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Epic Word Search Collection 2 is a word search puzzle game from Lightwood Games. This game comes with four word search packs, each containing well over 1,500 words. Needless to …
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Mittelborg: City of Mages is a strategy, simulation game from Armatur Games. When I hear the word “mages,” I get excited. In this game, you play as the Chancellor of …
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On your way down the dungeon dive, make sure you don’t get run over by any demons on the rise. Demon’s Rise – War for the Deep is a dungeon crawl RPG with lots of character and equipment options. Let’s take a look around the game world, shall we?
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Paper Mario: The Origami King is another action and adventure game from Nintendo. I have personally been waiting for a new Paper Mario game for a long time. When this …
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A great party game isn’t as easy to find as you might think, but Explosive Dinosaurs almost manages to pull it off. It offers 40-plus arcade-style minigames, and more often …
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