The indie scene has been booming over the past few years, leading to the creation of more personal projects. We’ve seen games like Papo & Yo, To the Moon and, most recently, Gone Home. These titles may not tell true stories specifically, but they center on topics that are easily relatable. The latest in this growing trend is The Novelist, a game that utilizes supernatural elements to tell the story of a family in crisis.
We’re human. We don’t always get to every game before the end of its year of release. This is our way of making amends: the best games we missed out on until 2013. Because we can’t go back in time and honor them in a more timely fashion. READ MORE
Coming in to SteamWorld Dig, I had no idea that I was going to be playing a Metroidvania game. Rusty doesn’t realize it when his uncle leaves him a mine, but there’s a lot more than digging up and selling pieces of Trashium for one dollar a piece in his future. READ MORE
To some extent, fighters fall into a specific niche that only certain players can get into. When you dig deeper, that number gets even smaller, especially with anime fighters since, in general, knowledge of the source material is needed. If there were ever an award for most obscure source material, Aquapazza would win it easily. How does it hold up as a fighter when not many Westerners are familiar with the licensed characters and setting?
Has there ever been a developer you want to love, but can’t simply because its games were not for you? For me, that team was Media Molecule. For the longest time, I was able to appreciate the LittleBigPlanet series from a distance, but found the act of playing it less than enjoyable. It allowed players to express their creativity in remarkable ways, leading to some entertaining user-created content, but it ultimately wasn’t for me. Recently, it released its first Vita title, Tearaway. LittleBigPlanet demonstrated some of Media Molecule’s undeniably charming ambitions, but Tearaway feels full to the brim with its specific brand of creativity.
