The protagonists in horror games are often under-powered individuals, with the scare factor emanating from the fact that these everyday weaklings have to face off against fearsome foes. Well, Krillbite Studio’s went for the jugular when they made the protagonist of their first-person horror game, Among the Sleep, a toddler. Read more …
I don’t like racing games, yet I love Mario Kart. I think it’s the fact that it completely ignores the tropes of the genre, i.e. ultra-realism and pedantic mechanics, in favour of silly, OTT fun that is as attached to real-life go-karting as Metal Gear Solid is to actual warfare. Mario Kart 8 gleefully continues this tradition, bestowing its drivers with the ability to defy gravity. Read more …
We’ve seen some wonderful video games in recent years. We’ve seen game after game on the cutting edge of graphical fidelity. We’ve seen game after game selling millions of copies, crammed with characters voiced by the cream of Hollywood. Despite all this, when it comes to telling good stories, most video games just don’t cut it. Read more …
In a park outside of a Soviet consulate, you sidle up to a man in a trench coat and a fedora. He offers you a stick of gum. You accept, chewing the gum and blowing a respectably large bubble. Read more …
Recently, I seem to be playing and reviewing many more indie games than triple A titles. Perhaps, as I mused in my review of Octodad: Dadliest Catch, it’s the sense of boundless, unbridled imagination that seems to fuel indie games rather than sales figures. Perhaps it points towards a dissatisfaction with many big-budget ‘style over substance’ titles.
I’m not sure why this game is called Lifeless Planet, when (without wishing to spoil), life is found within five minutes of exploration. I suppose ‘Planet With a Bit of Life’ doesn’t have as much of a ring to it.