It’s time for yet another entry in the long-running Mario Party series! Super Mario Party Jamboree adds its own twist onto the formula with the new Jamboree mechanic and takes us beyond the board game with several new modes. It’s-A Me, Mario! For newcomers to the series, the main mode in Mario Party involves four […]
Tag: Puzzle
Nine Noir Lives – Review | If Cats Could Solve Crimes
Point-and-click puzzlers. A genre synonymous with early PC gaming. Brain-bending puzzles wrapped within strong narratives, carried by a gripping cast of characters. Nine Noir Lives makes an attempt in earnest to tick all of these boxes, though with an added difference – cats! Developed by Slivernode Games, Nine Noir Lives offers a “point-and-lick” puzzle adventure, in a gritty city […]
Hazel Sky – Review | Hazy > Hazel
Developed by Coffee Addict Studio and published by Neon Doctrine (formerly Another Indie), Hazel Sky is a story-rich puzzle adventure game where Shane Casey would undergo the Trials in hope of becoming a full-fledged engineer of Gideon. This indie 3D game was released for PC (Windows), Xbox One, Playstation 4, and Nintendo Switch in July 2022. It […]
Mini Motorways – Review | Road Puzzles On The Go
Starting from the Apple Arcade in September 2019, Mini Motorways has since traveled across platforms to PC (Windows, macOS) in July 2021 and later made its way to Nintendo Switch in May 2022. Hop onto the transportation planner’s seat in this indie strategy simulation game by Dinosaur Polo Club and command various road networks around the globe! […]
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 – Review
It wasn’t that long ago when Puyo Puyo was a mostly unknown franchise outside of Japan. Barring some fringe releases here and there, Sega seemed mostly content with allowing it to stay that way. That all changed with the release of Puyo Puyo Tetris in 2017, which was a roaring success worldwide. Since then, the […]
Hoa – Review | Paint Me a Puzzle-Platformer
Hoa, a hand-drawn puzzle-platformer from Scrollkat Studio, has some of the prettiest hand-drawn animation I’ve seen in gaming. While the visuals and soundtrack are compelling, Hoa’s gameplay and narrative are light on substance. If you’re the type who can enjoy relaxing for a few hours as you’re transported to a beautiful world, Hoa might be […]
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon – Review
It’s hard to overstate just how impactful Shovel Knight has been as a series. Not only did the wonderful people over at Yacht Club Games create one of the best 2D platformers of all time, but they went above and beyond and provided free DLC for years after release. Huge reworks of the core formula […]
Beyond a Steel Sky – Review
Revolution Software are known for their visionary approach to the puzzle adventure genre and with Beyond a Steel Sky (a spiritual successor to 1994’s Beneath a Steel Sky), they have coated a classic formula in a new sheen of paint. Having spent a great deal of my formative gaming years bending my head around the multilayered puzzles of […]
Arcadia Fallen – Review | Heroes of Anemone Valley
Set in a fantasy world where alchemists, spirits, and mages exist, Arcadia Fallen is an Original English Language Visual Novel (OELVN) by Galdra Studios. It brings players on an 8 to 11-hour adventure where they will be tackling malicious demons, moral decisions, and logic puzzles. Arcadia Fallen was successfully funded through its Kickstarter campaign in 2020 and this […]
Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain – Review
Do you feel your brain has been a bit more stiff than normal? This is the question that Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain poses right at the start. And whether you’re still working on multiplication or spend your days in spreadsheets, it has a minigame to stretch those unused lobes. Quick and Correct Big […]