metroidvania

Rebel Transmute is another Metroidvania that doesn’t break the mould: Moon Mikono crashlands on an unforgiving planet full of aliens and environmental hazards – “but if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” as the old adage goes. Rebel Transmute feels very much like Metroid and Axiom Verge, which should...

I spent 20+ hours playing The Last Case of Benedict Fox and after that ordeal, I feel like have a strange relationship with it. It feels odd to even say that out loud, that there’s a possibility I formed a bond with a piece of virtual entertainment as if...

What is immediately noticeable about Axiom Verge 2 is that it breaks from the traditional Metroidvania mould by…actually having colour. Instead of the dark, brooding, claustrophobic settings often associated with the genre (and the first Axiom Verge for that matter), Axiom Verge 2 takes place in an open-air alternate...

Several years have passed since Juan’s spectacular victory over Calaca in Guacamelee! and Juan is now overweight, happily married and a father to two kids. Tacos are for dinner but Juan ate all the avocados and everyone knows you can’t have tacos without guacamole! So into town you go, where...

Dr. Alphonse Omega is one bad-ass son-of-a-bitch! After creating the Alpha Elixer, which is basically the Super Soldier serum Captain America is jacked up on, he successfully transforms the country’s army into an impenetrable force. However – PLOT TWIST! – Alpha Elixer mutates all of the soldiers into mutants....

  Super Daryl Delux is super duper weird, and the developers know it. This RPGvania with brawler-style combat is unique, to say the least. Coming from artist-programmer duo Dan & Gary games and funded by Kickstarter this game is clearly a labor of love. I played this on the...