Diversity is sometimes a forgotten topic in the world of video games. For many years, developers struggled to simply to push the limits of the medium in terms of graphics and gameplay. That push is still going on today, but not throughout the entirety of the gaming industry. For the smaller studios, they tend to … Continue reading Ikenfell – RPG Review
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First Impressions: Small Saga Demo
Growing up in the VHS-era 90s, there were a lot of popular stories about mice and rats. The most notable ones were The Secret of NIMH, American Tail and the Redwall series of novels. There were countless other examples, so much so that it became a trend. These stories were popular enough to inspire many … Continue reading First Impressions: Small Saga Demo
Potato Flowers in Full Bloom – Mini Review
Potato Flowers in Full Bloom is a dungeon crawler RPG that incorporates turn-based combat. You explore several dungeons, encounter monsters, and engage them in combat. When you first begin, you can recruit up to eight different characters into your party. With each character, you can choose their race, their appearance, their name and their class. … Continue reading Potato Flowers in Full Bloom – Mini Review
Unsighted – RPG Review
RPGs get their names from many sources. A lot of them get their titles from the world they take place in. For some, they are named after one of the main characters. Others are named after something important to the story. Unsighted gets its title from a little bit of all of those, since the … Continue reading Unsighted – RPG Review
Struggle for Talyria – RPG Review
I grew up with the classic RPGs of the 90s. I am well familiar with the gameplay and design styles that came from that era. Revisiting those games, whether it be playing the classics or in the new games that pay homage to the new style is one of my favorite things to do. One … Continue reading Struggle for Talyria – RPG Review
Pecaminosa: A Pixel Noir Game – RPG Review
Whenever you see a new project that pays homage to a classic genre, there’s an expectation that it will take inspiration from the classics while still being unique. Film noir was a style that piqued in popularity in the 40s and 50s and had many stories that centered around hardboiled detective crime dramas. It had … Continue reading Pecaminosa: A Pixel Noir Game – RPG Review
Coin Crypt – Mini Review
Coin Crypt would be best described as a deck-building roguelike RPG. However, instead of building decks of cards, you gather a bag of coins and use them to battle different opponents. There are many different coins and they have a myriad of different commands ranging from attack, defense, healing and support. You gather coins from … Continue reading Coin Crypt – Mini Review
Pixelot – RPG Review
As gaming continues into each new generation, graphics have advanced to new levels of enhanced resolution and fidelity. The look and feel of the newest, biggest games can be impressive. However, there was a time when the most impressive visuals were a dot bouncing against two slightly larger dots. As far as graphics have come, … Continue reading Pixelot – RPG Review
ChessLocke – Mini Review
Chess has been around for over 1000 years. Throughout that time, there have been many ways that the game has maintained its popularity. New strategies have been implemented, the board and pieces have been redesigned in countless ways, and there are a bunch of chess-themed puzzles available. Chess has been played competitively on a global … Continue reading ChessLocke – Mini Review