Last year in May, the teaser trailer for Paper Ghost Stories: Third Eye Open was revealed. This May, an even more exciting revelation follows. As part of this year’s LudoNarraCon happening on Steam, Malaysian indie studio Cellar Vault Games and publisher Chorus Worldwide Games unveiled the playable demo (and a new trailer!) for the second installment to […]
Tag: Narrative
Paper Ghost Stories: 7PM – Review | Hungry Ghosts Out To Play
Horror games are usually not my jam, but with a story set during the Ghost Month, Paper Ghost Stories: 7PM certainly caught my attention. Initially titled Short Creepy Tales: 7PM, Paper Ghost Stories: 7PM is a 1-hour narrative-driven horror adventure game by indie developer Cellar Vault Games. Published by Chorus Worldwide Games in September 2020 for the PC (Windows), this […]
Growing Up – Review
Experience the laughter and tears of growing up through Vile Monarch’s newest baby. Growing Up is a life sim released for PC in nine languages on 14 October 2021. Set in a U.S. city during the 1990s, Growing Up puts players in the shoes of a child who is navigating the strange maze of life. It is a cyclic […]
Lost Judgment – Review | When is Justice Just?
Judgment was one of my top titles this year. While it originally came out in 2019, I played the 2021 PS5 remaster. Its thrilling story, amazing world, and superb gameplay make it well worth playing. The sequel Lost Judgment has a lot to live up to. So does it? Yes and no. Read on as we […]
Don’t Forget Me – Review | Forget Me, Forget Me Not
Released for PC in six languages on 20 April 2021, Don’t Forget Me is an indie cyberpunk mystery adventure game by The Moon Pirates. In this four to seven-hour game, play as Fran, an amnesiac who is trying to make sense of what is happening around her after Bernard, the owner of a memory clinic, took her […]
World’s End Club – Review | An Uninspired Experience
As someone who was (and still is) a huge fan of the Danganronpa and Zero Escape series, it was really exciting to read that both of the directors, Kotaro Uchikoshi and Kazutaka Kodaka, teamed together to deliver a new game in World’s End Club. There is definitely a void to be filled after the departure of Danganronpa and […]
Say No! More – Review | The Power of NO!
One of the biggest takeaways I had after playing CAPCOM’s Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is its iconic phrase — Igiari (Objection)! Well, maybe not the phrase per se but the idea of being firm and raising objections to things that are simply nonsensical. I thought I would never find a game that is centered around this […]
Judgment Remastered – Review | Taking Justice
Judgment, a spin-off of the well-known Yakuza series follows Takayuki Yagami in this crime-thriller. Originally released on PlayStation 4 in 2019, a remastered version has now come to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X. Lawyer Turned Detective While working as a lawyer, Yagami successfully defended a client on a murder charge. In a country where […]
Woodsalt – Review | A JRPG If You Remove The Gameplay
When I first heard of Woodsalt, I was immediately hooked. A psychological adventure game in the style of a 90’s JRPG? Sign me up. I am a 90’s kid after all, and anything that panders to my aging sense of nostalgia is fine by me. Let’s face it, that decade was a groundbreaking sequence of […]
Refraction – Review | An Adventure Across Parallel Worlds
Introduction. Refraction, indie studio Universe Zero’s debut game, is a sci-fi visual novel with a slice-of-life story about Jackie Shields who one day finds herself traveling between two parallel universes. Released on 28 August 2020, this original English language visual novel features an intriguing plot based around the concept of a multiverse and has a […]