Deponia By: Daedalic Last week, I played Dead Synchronicity, a disturbing point-and-click adventure that really sucked me in. As much as I liked it, I've been in the mood for something lighter like Broken Age. Deponia, by Daedalic, the same publisher for Dead Synchronicity, is a comedy and one that I was looking forward to playing based on the 2D hand-drawn artwork I had seen. Unfortunately, the game did not pull me…
Lara Croft GO By: Square Enix Montreal The first thing that hit me in Lara Croft GO was the gorgeous soundtrack that begins at the title screen. I knew from that moment that I was about to experience something special. And I wasn't wrong. Not only does the chill, ambient music stay strong throughout the game, but the visuals and gameplay are also outstanding, making this game the full package. Many have…
Dead Synchronicity By: Daedalic Entertainment GmbH Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today, by Daedalic Entertainment, is advertised as a dark, disturbing, dystopian point-and-click adventure, and it more than delivers on that promise. This is a game that's mostly devoid of humor and has you making some morally questionable decisions to "do what you gotta do" to get things done. The game starts with the protagonist waking up in in a trailer home in…
Year Walk By: Simogo I finally got around to playing Simogo's Year Walk after all these years and countless people telling me to play. It would be an understatement to say I had high expectations. So let me say I straight out: I loved Year Walk. But I also hated it. The game is named after a Swedish practice of starving one's self, then taking a spiritual journey through the woods, hoping…
Whispering Willows By: Night Light Interactive They say first impressions are everything. In the case of Whispering Willows on iOS, this is mostly true. My first reaction to it was "what is this madness?!" when I booted up the game on my iPad Air 2 and it was upside-down. This was both puzzling and annoying, as I've always held my iPad with the home button to the left and now I couldn't.…
The Guides By: Kevin Bradford and Luke Lisi I got my hands on the cryptic puzzle game The Guides a couple weeks before release. I was instantly intrigued and excited at the prospect of a puzzle game that was designed around mobile devices. I loved the idea that everything I needed to know is contained inside the app, since I've been turned off by similar games that required too much outside knowledge.…
Gathering Sky By: A Stranger Gravity Last week I tried a game called KOI - Journey of Purity that looked like a relaxing and zen puzzle game. While it is pretty, I ended up quitting early on out of frustration. So I was excited to try another artsy game this week, called Gathering Sky by A Stranger Gravity. When I saw the trailer for it, I was excited at the prospect of…
KOI - Journey of Purity By: dawei lee KOI - Journey of Purity is one of those games I saw in the App Store and bought on whim, based on the description and video. I had just recently played Prune and had an itch for another artsy and tranquil puzzle game. But while KOI is most definitively a pretty game, it's by no means tranquil. The game has you controlling a small…