Sayonara Wild Hearts (PC) Review
It is extremely rare for a game to bring me to tears, but as I begin this review, there are a few in my eyes after wrapping up Sayonara Wild Hearts. I was reeled in by a brief trailer that I assumed…
Category: PC Reviews
Marie’s Room (PC) Review
Content warning: This review contains mentions of domestic violence, child abuse, and homophobia. Marie’s Room, by like Charlie, is an exploratory short story game. It is free-to-play through Steam, and won an award in the Brazilian Independent Games Festival’s “Impact: Social Matters”…
The Almost Gone (PC) Review
While I typically enjoy playing a mindless shooter or platformer, I’m not afraid to broaden my horizons and try genres I otherwise wouldn’t. I had the opportunity to do just that with The Almost Gone. My puzzle game experience doesn’t extend much…
Keen: One Girl Army (PC) Review
There are two things I love in the gaming industry, Turn-based combat and puzzle games. Obviously, these two things don’t really meet up all that often, but when they do I am usually very excited. This is where Keen: One Girl Army,…
Waking (PC) Review
I’m always going to take issue with a game that can’t determine what it wants to be in its identity. Unfortunately, Waking is yet another case of a game that seeks to brand itself by inspiration from several other games. There’s elements…
Sludge Life (PC) Review
When a retail game is offered for free in its release window, that’s usually a bad sign. It could mean the game is half-baked, rushed for release, etc. Thankfully, it looks like it was a case of good will from the Epic…
Crypt Of The NecroDancer (PC) Review
Being bad at a video game has never felt so good. I’m not kidding here. I’ve played Crypt Of The NecroDancer, the 2015 rogue-like rhythm game from Brace Yourself Games, for 8 hours according to my Steam library. In that time, I…
Kraven Manor (PC) Review
Kraven Manor, by Demon Wagon Studios, is a puzzle and horror game produced by thirteen grad students from SMU’s Guildhall over a six-month span. Released in 2014, it is available for free via Steam. Initially, this was plenty attractive to me. Gaming…
If Found (PC) Review
As I have mentioned before, diversity and inclusivity were both important parts of our mission statement when Phenixx Gaming was created. This is true both in attempting to bring on writers and in the types of content we cover. Since June is…
Isle of Spirits (PC) Review
As someone who played Minecraft in its early iteration a decade ago, I’ve seen a large amount of imitators, clones, and games that took inspiration from the literal groundbreaking title. Still today, games like Isle of Spirits are capitalizing on the successful…