Claire Ferrin's Reviews
Fantastic little city builder to play for a few hours at a time. Generally lacking in content, but enjoyable nonetheless.
Beautifully crafted adventure game. Some of the best pixel graphics to come out as of late and with a fantastic soundtrack to match.
Good adventure game with a large world to explore, unique items, and diverse combat. Suffers from many technical flaws however.
More a work of art than a game, Last Day of June depicts a beautiful, powerful story that works wonders when combined with Steven Wilson’s music and aesthetic.
A fun game to play overall, especially when played in short bursts. There is a lot of content to explore, a wide variety of game mechanics to master, and plenty of replayability offered.
Fairly standard beat ’em up game. The cooperative gameplay elements were well executed and the branching storyline was a very cool addition, but the enemy diversity really could have used some work...
Oriental Empires is worth taking a look into if you're a fan of 4X strategy games or Eastern Asia in general. Although the combat and UI can be confusing at times, there is a lot more to this game!
A beautifully drawn world, great soundtrack, and solid puzzle/level design throughout. The game may suffer from awkward movement and long loading times, but it is worth it.
A great sequel to a great game. SteamWorld Dig 2 takes what made the original fun and expands on it, adding several new features to keep the experience fresh.
The game may have its moments, especially with all of the references to real-world browsers and technology, but ultimately it is just a generic story slapped onto some great artwork.
Inmates is a relatively average horror game overall. There is an actually decent story in there and the puzzles were somewhat fun, but I do not think it was worth the time in the end.
An overall solid entry to the series. There may be a couple weaker games included, but the majority are a blast to play with both friends and family.
An average hack and slash game overall. The gameplay lacks any real depth and the story is mediocre, but the real draw here is the erotic content. Avoid if that is not what you are looking for.
A solid horror game overall. The incredible job done towards maintaining its atmosphere and the sheer amount of exploration to be done are my favorite aspects of this game.
Caligo sets the bar high and fails to meet it. The graphics are beautiful, but come at the expense of poor optimization and a lackluster story that barely lasts 50 minutes
An average platformer overall. It does not particularly excel in any area outside of its presentation, but it is not an entirely bad game either, it just simply lacks in content.
A solid metroidvania game. The game’s visual design and soundtrack are fantastic and the enemy variety is large enough to not make the experience feel repetitive.
Does not really bring anything new to the genre, but it does capitalize on what made the series popular in the first place, and that is just fine. The soundtrack being an added bonus on top of that.
Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection does not shake up the JRPG formula too much outside of its unique EXP mechanic, but it does offer a fun dungeon-crawling experience with a good soundtrack to match.
Hyakki Castle looks and plays great, but simply has too many issues to recommend to a general audience. What the game achieves in its setting design and leveling system comes at the cost of a half-baked “party splitting” feature, a frustrating save system, and a 720p resolution lock.