The Rise of the Golden Idol (PC) Review
Earlier this year, I came across the term, “Thinky games,” something describing games where the player is tested via their wits and logic rather than dexterity, patience (for the grind), and coordination. Portal and World of Goo can be considered thinky games, as can Fez, The Witness, and Into the Breach. Ah, we mustn’t forget Return of the Obra Djinn and its detective-based gameplay loop of solvi...[Read More]
Crush Depth update hits for Abiotic Factor
The official details are below. Enjoy! London, UK, August 12th, 2024 – Deep Field Games and Playstack are thrilled to announce the release of the highly anticipated “Crush Depth” update for Abiotic Factor, now available to all players in Early Access. Alongside this major content drop, the game has reached an incredible milestone of 600,000 units sold worldwide, marking a signifi...[Read More]
Balatro Receiving Physical Release
Play your hand when the smash hit Balatro gets a physical release later this year. After reading the official details below, be sure to check out our review! Playstack & LocalThunk revealed a surprising Ace from their sleeve with the announcement of the physical release of Balatro on Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch. This much-anticipated launch will bring the 2024 indie hit Balatro to t...[Read More]
Abiotic Factor (Chumps Preview)
Chumps Preview is a special kind of post where we unofficially preview games in Early Access, Beta, or are otherwise “unfinished.” This kind of preview is meant to be a first impression rather than a definitive review where we provide a rating to determine a game’s value. As such, we fully expect a game covered in a Chumps Preview to have room for improvement, some bugginess/incompleteness, and ot...[Read More]
The Last Faith Review (PC)
One of my biggest issues that emerge when reading video game reviews occurs when a reviewer will express disliking a genre, reviewing a game of that genre, and then holding genre-defining gameplay elements as reasons to complain about the game being reviewed. I get it, we can’t expect every reviewer to love every genre, but we should attempt to be fair and as unbiased as possible when assessing a ...[Read More]
AK-xolotl Review (PC)
One of the easiest way to catch my attention is by blending two seemingly contradictory ideas together. Things like a bullet wielding a gun, a lamb that’s leading a cult, and an axolotl with a machine gun. Wait – an axolotl with a machine gun? That exists? If that caught your attention – great. It should have. The first time I heard the idea of AK-xolotl I thought I was experiencing a fever dream ...[Read More]