So I still like platformers, huh? Once again a great platformer is taking the month’s spotlight, and I’m pretty excited about that. This month was pretty surprising for several different reasons. Another great platformer from a developer I didn’t know before the month began. A great first-person shooter that bucks the trend of boring combat fests with non stop action and no characters. A Kentucky Route Zero game that didn’t immediately draw me in, but I’m still gonna have to get back to that at some point. Mario Kart, which wasn’t really a surprise that it was so good, but more of just a comfort that it’s just as good as it ever was. These Summer months are usually pretty slow for new games, but good stuff has been coming at a pretty consistent pace. Let’s hope it stays that way. (more…)
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Just One More Round With One Tap Quest
Did you do it? You could have already played the game several times by now.
One Tap Quest is a very simple RPG where you have no control aside from the first move you make. You’ve got a board filled with powerups and creatures, and all you can do is place your character and watch them run into a field of obstacles towards the finish line. (more…)
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Games of the Month – April 2014
Yeah, so this one’s a little late. With the amount of games releasing lately, it’s hard to find the time to play everything that’s on my plate, and fairly judge them comparatively in these “best of” posts. The plus side of this taking so long is, well, there’s a ton of awesome games out right now. Between April and May, I’ve had just as much to play as almost any other time this year. There have been some incredibly surprising games that came essentially from out of nowhere, and ended up taking up a ton of my time. And of course there’s still Hearthstone, which I think I’ve played almost every day for the last few months, but I digress.
Mibibli’s Quest
Take everything you love about Mega Man, make it a whole lot weirder, and you’ll have Mibibli’s Quest. The tight platforming through varied stages rivals anything we’ve seen in the genre in the last few years, and the huge amount creativity carries you through a dozen or more hours of excellence. I love the original Mega Man games, and this comes almost as close as MegaMan Unlimited to bringing back that feel, and then adds its own madness on top.
The Wolf Among Us: Episode 3
Everything is picking up steam, and we’re finally starting to see some of the real players behind this story. Scene after scene, I was being bombarded with action, character development, and more twists and turns. After the excellent reveal of the second episode, this episode starts and barely ever lets up. By the last hour, I was literally on the edge of my seat, awaiting the next choice I was going to be forced into. I love this series so far, and the relationships between each character feel realer than ever in this one; I can’t wait to see how they grow after this.
Trials Fusion
In what feels like a mix between BADLAND and Donkey Kong Country Returns, the newest Trials game is the best in the series I’ve played yet. Each level is brilliantly designed around setpieces, and has the pacing to make you want to binge the whole thing in one sitting. The level designs are varied throughout, and there’s always a punchline at the end, whether you’re abducted by aliens out of nowhere or a giant sand monster drags you to its depths. The creativity on display here is matched by few other frantic platformers, and it’s a shame that the last couple hours shed the high speed races for slower, physics based puzzles that the series (for some reason) seems to pride itself on. It’s a blast for those first several hours though, and I’d gladly play through them again.
Honorable Mentions:
Monument Valley
In case you missed the first time I talked this game up, it’s a beautiful, brief experience that builds a better world and characters in an hour than many games do in twenty.
Hearthstone
Hearthstone makes one of these lists again because it’s on iPad now, and I’m still playing it every day since like five months ago. Help. -
Hubol’s 2 is Metroid and Much More
2 is a brightly colored, endlessly creative game with influence from 2D Metroid, but it’s also much more than that. It seems unassuming in its opening moments; you walk across a couple of rooms, use some keys to unlock doors, and get some health. And then slowly, things start to open up, and you see what kind of game you’re really in for. (more…)
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Mibibli’s Quest is the Best Weird Mega Man Game
I just stumbled into this one a few days ago, and it feels like it was made just for me. Take the best parts of Mega Man (lots of well designed stages, cool boss fights) and mix it with a really unplaceable sense of humor (jokes about the futility of existence, a strange man who loses more articles of clothing every time you defeat him) and you’ll have Mibibli’s Quest. First off, just say “Mibibli” a few times to yourself out loud, because it’s a really funny name. Next, play this game immediately because it’s probably the best new game you could be playing, and I’m going to talk about it forever. (more…) -
Games of the Month – March 2014
If you know anything about me, it probably won’t be too hard to guess what my favorite game this month was. I’ll try not to spend the whole page talking about Dark Souls, because there were actually a few other good games that came out in March (but Dark Souls was my favorite). This one’s late due in part to a busy past couple of months with plenty of stuff to dig through, and due to the fact that I’ve become hopelessly addicted to Hearthstone and replaying the original Dark Souls. (more…)
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