Thymesia is the latest title donning the mask of “Soulslike”. This time around, it takes inspiration from Plague Doctors, while trying to fill a hole that was Borne a fair few years ago. The Man in the Fragrant Mask Thymesia puts you behind the plague mask of “Corvus”. They’re the kingdom’s last hope at stopping a maddening […]
Elden Ring is, of course, the latest release developed by From Software. From their humble beginnings on the Playstation, with King’s Field, I don’t think anyone could reasonably imagine the iconic place their games would come to hold in the modern scene. I’m not going to spend too long on the history of their titles, but it […]
The year was 2015, and a little game known as Bloodborne was unleashed. Now, I was never much for the Dark Souls franchise myself. The punishing gameplay was enough to frighten me off. Something was enchanting about that release though. It was utterly beautiful and aesthetically pleasing. So, I dove in headfirst and got immensely frustrated. I’ve never wanted […]
A Love Letter Every once in a while, a game or franchise comes along that so flawlessly executes its concept that the formula it lays out becomes a sort of genre unto itself. In recent years, one of these titles is the incredible Dark Souls series. It’s very difficult to talk about Mortal Shell without mentioning this, because at […]