SNW “Memento Mori” Review
See Picard, this is how to do titles. Call your episodes something but translate it to Latin, use a line from a poem, or as we’ll see next time use a bit of wordplay. Directed by Dan Liu, best known for some Walking…
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Planet of Lana (PC) Review
Stunning from the word go, Planet of Lana is something I’ve been at least mildly excited about since I saw it during the extravaganza of beige that was E3 2021. This hand-painted, beautiful platformer is Limbo/Inside if they knew what RGB stood for.…
Final Fantasy XVI (PS5) Review
I’ve been playing Final Fantasy games since I was a kid. I’m no stranger to the franchise, even some of the ones with… questionable quality. With that in mind, I was very curious to see how Final Fantasy XVI fared after the…
Exoprimal (Xbox Series X) Review
Capcom spent the last decade redefining itself as an underrated publisher and developer. The influence is palpable. We literally have a Pokemon game that mimics the gameplay loop of Monster Hunter. For 2023, Capcom’s releases of Resident Evil 4 Remake and Street Fighter 6 set the stage…
SNW “Ghosts of Illyria” – Review
Though I enjoyed “Children of the Comet,” it wasn’t my favorite. However, Akela Cooper & Bill Wolkoff’s “Ghosts of Illyria,” directed by Leslie Hope, is one of the worst episodes. Probably best known as Teri Bauer of 24 or Kira Meru of DS9, Hope’s…
Ember Knights (PC) Review
Multiplayer games are something that I tend to purchase a lot these days. With the amount of free time that my friends and I have, we often seek out games that we can all play together so that we can still hang…
Dordogne (PC) Review
As French as using a baguette as a weapon in civil unrest, Dordogne is something I’ve had my eyes on since it appeared in the 2021 Wholesome Direct. If it isn’t obvious, it is that really beautiful game that looks like it was hand-painted with…
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (Switch) Review
As frequent readers might know already, we’re big fans of the Story of Seasons franchise here at Phenixx Gaming. As such, we’ve followed along with various entries in the franchise since its split from Natsume, with XSEED Games/Marvelous continuing the franchise under…
Liberte (PC) Review
When I first received Liberte, I was not impressed. The key had arrived when the game was in the last month of Early Access and there were so many rough edges with it. The experience of Liberte felt hollow. However, there was…
Sludge Life 2 (PC) Review
When I reviewed Sludge Life in 2020, I was a bit put off by its overbearing feeling of “What do I do now?” When I completed Sludge Life 2, I finally understood what I was missing out on. The old saying “It’s not the…