War has always been a rough foundation for stories about suffering, ambition, and the collapse of humanity, but in Valor Mortis, it is something more. The game takes those ideas, twists their meaning, and makes them much darker. Valor Mortis is set in an alternate Napoleonic era of France in a nineteenth-century world where soldiers, the military, and the empire are
Read MoreAncient ruins, abandoned settlements, forgotten civilizations, and landscapes swallowed by supernatural corruption all suggest an adventure game set in a world with its own history. The challenge, however, is turning that atmosphere into something more unique and meaningful than another open-world filled with side quests and repetitive waves of enemies. With Enshrouded, we find that quickly by playing a game that
Read MoreAlpha Nomos is a rogue-lite that combines third-person hack-and-slash combat with rhythm mechanics and progression known from the genre. We play as Cello, a young warrior traveling through a ruined world overrun by murderous puppets. She uses musical instruments as weapons and the soundtrack as a guide to her combat. Attacks, dodges, and abilities are connected to the beat of the
Read MoreThe original Star Wars: Episode I Racer game remains one of the most memorable examples of games in the franchise because it stepped away from being focused only on lightsaber battles or blaster stand-offs. But since then, racing has remained a side attraction or even a forgotten part of games in that universe. Released by Fuse Games and Secret Mode on
Read MoreSilver Pines is a game that combines survival horror, detective fiction, psychological mystery, and some Metroidvania exploration into a 2.5D adventure that is inspired by Twin Peaks, Silent Hill, Alan Wake, Widow’s Bay, The X-Files, and Resident Evil. What makes Silver Pines immediately interesting and different from other games of the genre is that it builds everything around atmosphere, creepy visuals,
Read MoreControl Resonant has been highly anticipated by many fans of the Remedyverse. For years, fans have hoped to see a return of Jesse Faden and that Control was not just a one-and-done game. Instead, Remedy has taken one of its strangest worlds and surprised fans by deciding to push forward, change the protagonist, change the setting, the structure, and even the
Read MoreIn the Silent Hill series, the name of the town was never the most important part of the games. What really mattered was the feelings those games brought out in the players: uncertainty, guilt, fear, disturbing symbolism, and the sensation that something bad will happen. Silent Hill: Townfall takes that idea further than most recent games, moving the series to the
Read MoreFrom the first announcements, The Blood of Dawnwalker was revealed to be a dark fantasy RPG. But when many people saw the trailer, they started to compare it to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. And it was not surprising because the studio that made the game, Rebel Wolves, was founded by veterans of CD Projekt Red. After spending time with The
Read MoreIn 1993, Doom changed the entire landscape of what a first-person shooter PC game could be. While there has been a lot of history that happened before the iconic series debuted on home computers, it was not created in a vacuum. That is where Doom Video Games: How A Doomed Space Marine Changed Gaming Forever by Mat Bradley-Tschirgi comes in. This expansive
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