These PAX West games wear their inspirations on their sleeves, on their pants legs, and on neon headbands on their forehead.
Games Inspired By Other Games at PAX West 2023
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Shmuptember 2023: AK-xolotl is a cute but brutal twin-stick shooter
Don’t let the adorable characters fool you, AK-xolotl is a tough Rogue-lite shmup that’ll have you coming back for one run after another!
Adore Mixes Monster Taming with Diablo for a Faster-Paced Monster Catching Experience!
Adore puts an action twist on the monster-catching formulate to try to make Pokemon for people who get bored playing Pokemon.
Lies of P Has a Silly Gimmick, but the Core Gameplay is Perfect
I assumed that the Pinocchio gimmick was all Lies of P would have to offer, but after just a few hours it’s already my favorite non-From Souls-like!
Shmuptember 2023: Escape from Terror City – Review
Escape from Terror City is an unpolished low-poly shmup that seeks to answer the question, “What would Contra have been like as an N64 game?”.
Retro Revivals from PAX West 2023
PAX West 2023 featured a few games that throwback to a simpler time in gaming, but with some modern twists (for better or worse).
30XX Is Great, But Might Be a Bit Too Random
30XX is an immensely satisfying and easy-to-pick-up Megaman-like, but victory feels a bit too dependent on random ability upgrades.
AEW: Fight Forever’s New Stadium Stampede Mode is Perfectly Stupid
The Stadium Stampede matches in AEW are some of the dumbest things I’ve seen in professional wrestling, and the new game mode matches that tone wonderfully.
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