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Review: Cipher Zero

Review: Cipher Zero

A plentiful number of interesting rules, wrapped around an elegantly minimalist aesthetic, makes Cipher Zero an easy recommendation for logic-tinkering, puzzle fans. Its communication isn't flawless, but its distilling puzzle's purest form to a couple of inputs, is impressive all the same. Part of the joy

Review: Wuchang: Fallen Feathers

Review: Wuchang: Fallen Feathers

Despite an overburdening start – brimming with systems and mechanics to grasp – and momentary technical issues, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers' extensive build depth and nods to Soulslikes' subtler qualities, make it a pleasant if not entirely revolutionary take on the genre. While most conversations will often revolve around the implementation

In Silksong's Absence, Constance Could Very Well Be The Game to Fill That Hollow-like Void

In Silksong's Absence, Constance Could Very Well Be The Game to Fill That Hollow-like Void

No matter the genre, no matter the size and stature of that which is revered so, whenever a game releases that attracts so much of both a critical and cultural zeitgeist, sooner or later there are bound to be ample imitators whose clear (some might say, blatant) love and admiration

Review: Ruffy and the Riverside

Review: Ruffy and the Riverside

Despite its early promise, fuelled by an intriguing texture-swapping mechanic, Zockrates Laboratories' 3D collectathon quickly loses steam and much sign of ambition – a platformer that feels inadequate and at times, unsure of itself. While the rest of the world may have been quick and/or comfortable on the notion

Flick Shot Rogues' Ricocheting, Billiards-Like Chaos Makes It An Immediate Addiction

Flick Shot Rogues' Ricocheting, Billiards-Like Chaos Makes It An Immediate Addiction

Maybe it's the three word onomatopoeia-like punctuating effect these words have: fli-CK, sho-T, ro-GUES. Maybe it's the fact each of these words are consigned to a single syllable, thus rendering it a name you can quickly rattle off without having to concern yourself over its pronounciation.

Ball x Pit is the Vampire Survivors/Breakout Mash-Up That Proves Mounting Strength Doesn't Mean Diminished Weakness

Ball x Pit is the Vampire Survivors/Breakout Mash-Up That Proves Mounting Strength Doesn't Mean Diminished Weakness

Unlike a lot of people, I was fairly late to getting all-but-lost in the intensely-addictive, intensly-moreish cycle of "one more go, then I'll quit I swear" that was (and most likely still is) Vampire Survivors. A game that, in the years following, has carved out a

Öoo, Like ElecHead Before It, Champions The Genius of Visual Language Through Minimalism

Öoo, Like ElecHead Before It, Champions The Genius of Visual Language Through Minimalism

"Öoo" – the name of Japanese developer Nama Takahashi follow-up to the brilliantly-minimal yet cleverly-constructed puzzle-platformer ElecHead. But also the first sound one made upon discovery that said game now has a public demo. Of which you can check out for the oh-so simple cost of around fifteen to