Developer: Zaum StudiosPlatform: PCGenre: RPG / Isometric / Story Rich / Open World It’s a rare thing for a video game being shown at a conference to leave me with such an amazing lasting impression but Disco Elysium did just that when…
#LoveIndies – Lornsword Winter Chronicle
Developer: Tower FivePlatform: PCGenre: Action / RTS / Early Access / Tower Defense (Offense) Lornsword Winter Chronicle is an action strategy game, with elements of RTS and a little bit of Tower Defense. You are the General of your army and…
#LoveIndies – GTFO
Developer: 10 Chambers CollectivePlatform: PCGenre: Action / FPS / Horror / Co-op I know we’ve been talking a lot about some of our favourite indie games that we’ve played over the years, but lets not forget that there are still amazing indie games…
#LoveIndies – Deep Rock Galactic
Developer: Ghost Ship GamesPlatform: PC, Xbox OneGenre: FPS/ Co-op/ Action It might still be in early access, but there is no doubt that Deep Rock Galactic is already a very good game. Deep Rock Galactic is a co-operative mining FPS where you…
#LoveIndies – Below
Developer: Capybara GamesPlatform: PC, Xbox OneGenre: Rouge-like, Adventure, Survival, RPG Sometimes games are announced so early on, that the hype for them can either die off before it releases or it just won’t live up to the expectations. Below was…
#LoveIndies – Risk of Rain 2
Developer: Hopoo GamesPlatform: PCGenre: Rouge-like, Co-op I never played the first Risk of Rain, generally I’m not a fan of the bullet hell style, and whilst you might argue that it isn’t bullet hell, it certainly looked like it from…
#LoveIndies – Far: Lone Sails
Developer: OkomotivePlatform: PC, PS4, Xbox OneGenre: Adventure, Astmospheric When I first got to play Far: Lone Sails I was instantly drawn in to the world, the visuals and the sound track, it left me with an amazing first impression which…
Draugen Review
In Norwegian Folklore the appearance of Draugen – the re-animated corpse of a drowned mariner, heralds death. Draugen haunts the black seas in a shattered boat, the beast has a mans body and wears a sou’wester. But instead of a…
Geekly Review #284
This week has a very heavy theme of shooters for some reason… Insurgency: Sandstorm Insurgency: Sandstorm was one of my favourite games of last year and is still pretty high up the list for current favourite games that I’m keeping…
Community roundup #3
It’s time to share some more love from the gaming world in another roundup of community content! Video Game Culture: Crash Course https://backlogcrusader.blog/2019/05/22/the-changing-landscape-of-video-game-culture/ Backlog Crusader explores the shift of video game culture in the mainstream media. “When am I not…