Set in the Swiss Alps, Mundaun is an effective first-person horror game that boasts a unique visual style and a strong sense of mood and atmosphere. Even though it doesn’t exactly stick the landing, it still provides a unique and memorable experience.

When the game starts, a young man named Curdin is on his way to the mountains of Mundaun in Switzerland. He has received a letter from the local priest, Father Jeremiah, informing him that his grandfather has died in a fire, but that there was no need for Curdin to come for the funeral. Sensing something is amiss, to Mundaun Curdin goes.

One of the first lines of dialogue in Mundaun is about the uniqueness of the setting. [...]

Shadowrun Returns is a Tactical RPG set in a cyberpunk world populated by fantastical creatures having to deal with corrupt corporations and shady religious cults. The game, however, fails to capitalize on all these elements, telling a barebones story plagued by underdeveloped characters and themes.

“Your apartment, three o’clock in the morning. It’s got four walls, a roof, and isn’t on fire. Even the cockroaches have fled in search of better accommodations,” the story starts. The narration is aptly trying to evoke Noir, painting a dangerous, littered world ruled by cynicism, where anyone can be bought for the right price – even the main character, if [...]

Pokémon Legends: Arceus feels like a promising prototype for what could be a terrific finished game one day. It shakes up the stagnated Pokémon formula but just that, presenting many great ideas but failing to fully develop any of them.

Arceus is an Isekai, the type of story where the protagonist is thrown into a strange, alien world they know nothing about. Here, it starts with the divine being Arceus – Pokémon‘s equivalent to God – speaking with them in a dark void. God asks about our appearance, mods our cell phone, and throws the main character into a beach, where we meet a professor called Laventon, who just witnessed them drop from a rift in the sky. When we find [...]

Kirby Star Allies is a disappointing follow-up to the excellent Planet Robobot, being a less complex, creative, and engaging game in almost every aspect. It banks on nostalgia, recycling old ideas, characters, and music, in the hopes that they will be sufficient to appease fans.

Star Allies is much less narrative-driven than its predecessor. Here, a dark, mysterious wizard makes a spell that corrupts the hearts of the people of planet Popstar. Kirby, then, must help his old friends and enlist their help to defeat the wizard.

The main gimmick of Star Allies is the ability to have three allies accompanying Kirby in his adventure: Kirby can throw a heart at an enemy to [...]

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A diamond in the rough, Epic Mickey offers an ambitious blend of elements from 3D Platformers and Immersive Sims. It introduces a fascinating world that encourages exploration with a focus on choice and consequence, but lacks commitment to its design: the game seems hesitant about itself, as if it were afraid to double down on its core concepts.

The story tells that one day, Mickey Mouse was brought to a wizard’s workshop by a magical mirror in his bedroom (“I don’t know if the mirror was being mischievous or malicious,” the wizard ponders.). This character, Walt Disney’s alter ego from Fantasia, is building a maquette said to [...]

Just like its predecessor, Horizon Forbidden West is a perfectly decent open-world adventure game that excels when it comes to offering spectacle but suffers from a bland, predictable protagonist, and a world that, despite making a great first impression, lacks mystery and depth.

Aloy, the young outcast turned savior, is now looking for the backup of Gaia, an AI designed to control the terraforming process that is now destroying her machine-infested world. To that end, the now famous Nora hunter heads west, into Tenakth territory, tracking down her old mentor, Sylens, who has kept things from her and may know about Gaia’s location.

Now that she’s deemed a savior [...]