Not A Game Review

Image Credit: CBE Software This is probably the first time in my life that I am writing about a game that was released just last month; if you didn't know already, I almost never play games upon release. I might catch up with some a year later, or a decade - my habits are simply too erratic in this matter. Someday You'll Return is a game that starts off really well - it checks all the right boxes; music, setting up the story, a beautiful environment. But the closer you look, the cracks start showing up, until they're impossible to ignore. And then, the only thing you can do is marvel at how something that seemed so unique and promising simply failed to live up to its appeal. It was an uphill battle finding the patience to see it through to the end.  Simply put, it's buggy - I couldn't get a decent framerate at anything but low settings even though my machine more than meets the recommended specs. There are audio issues. The voice acting is average at best....

Image Credit: ONE-O-ONE GAMES I've never been one to state my opinions publicly. Deeply rooted beneath the strong belief that arguing over one's point of view on the internet is an exercise in futility (I'd rather do actual exercise) lies a tendency to disown the things I like for fear of being judged. But recently, someone close to me has been encouraging me to be more confident. There's a difference between keeping a distance from online debates that lead nowhere and not having confidence in oneself. So I'll just say it: for all the controversy surrounding it, I enjoyed playing The Suicide of Rachel Foster. You play as Nicole, returning to the family hotel to conduct an inspection to follow through on selling the property. In typical horror fashion, you get trapped there owing to a particularly severe snowstorm. The hotel itself is very spacious and beautifully designed. Described as an indie game, I definitely wasn't expecting this level of visual p...

Image: Remedy Entertainment In between bites of triple-choc ice-cream and thoughts of the recently beaten A Machine For Pigs, I sit down at my desk and surprise myself by writing about a completely different game instead that I can't seem to get out of my head since the last few weeks. I'll be honest - I tend to avoid shooters. Many of them fall prey to a pitfall of the genre - repetitiveness. That's a major reason as to why I give them a wide berth and stick to acclaimed, narrative-rich walking sims. This probably comes off as ignorant - I know there are tons of shooters out there with a gripping story - but for me, the first ones I came across were made by Remedy. Today, five years after I first encountered Max Payne on a seedy website that promised me a free .iso, I'll happily fight swarms of enemies if it's a Remedy game. I always appreciate innovation in a game. Nothing does it for me like the feeling of playing something new, something never seen before. ...

Witty writing with several genuinely hilarious moments. Don't go into this expecting a re-run of Oxenfree and you will most likely have a good time.