The style, action, and story of Going Under all work really well on their own, and in comparison to that other run-based action rogue-lite brawler that overshadowed it.
There are few joys simpler than a good run-and-gun shooter. Enter Mighty Goose. This game brings great gameplay, a ridiculous story, and wonderful presentation.
Troy got a chance to chat with Matt Kap and Jon Lepage, the creators of a new retro-action platformer called Astalon: Tears of the Earth!
I am totally engrossed by Beautiful Desolation, but it is not a game I could easily recommend to a stranger. From the graphics to the gameplay, the whole package feels like a relic from a bygone era. This game feels old, but in a way that I love.
Now that it’s finally out, I’ve had a few hours to explore it’s post-apocalyptic, cybernetically enhanced, biologically mutated world in order to try to figure out what this game actually is.
Xenogears was ahead of its time in a lot of ways; crucially, that its development cycle reads like that of a modern Kickstarter-funded game.
