These five videogames were beacons of joy in 2024’s tide of misery.
Tag: Nintendo
No More Snow Review
While mechanically sound, No More Snow’s level design fails to create good environments for twin-stick shooting.
Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons Review
Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons is an adequately sized, moderately difficult nonogram puzzle collection that should do more to interest players in its source material.
Blasphemous II – Mea Culpa Review
Mea Culpa reinforces my evaluation of Blasphemous II: Good, great even, but conventional.
SCHiM Review
SCHiM vexes me. I want it to be incredible. It’s a boring platformer with an empty protagonist and a wasted story.
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince Review
Trine 4 is made with refinement, intelligence, and heart. It is easily the best videogame in the series so far.
Europa Review
Europa’s whimsical movement and watercolor art style contrasts poorly with its dreary and misanthropic backstory.
The Karate Kid: Street Rumble Review
Street Rumble is an average beat ’em up at the core of an adaptation that frustratingly misses the point of its source material.
The Last Faith Review
The Last Faith is derivative of other, popular videogames. This does not mean it’s bad.
Outer Wilds Review
Outer Wilds’ meticulously designed solar system should be displayed in a museum even if its overarching mystery is a little rough.