Game Reviews5.8/10
In a Broken Asylum, Renée’s Memory Is the Real Horror
A broken asylum holds a girl's memory in fragments. A tale of abuse, a lover erased, and a mother's ruin.
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Tag: narrative games
Game Reviews5.5/10
Shadwen Review: A Stealth Game That Asks a Question It Never Answers
A stealth assassin and a child caught between shadow and light, in a tale that never quite resolves.
Game Reviews7/10
Anodyne Review: A Quiet, Dream-Like Walk Through Twenty Rooms
A dreamlike wander through a strange world, guided by a voice in the distance — Anodyne reviewed.
Game Reviews6.7/10
The Longest Five Minutes Recalls Its Hero’s Memories Piece by Piece
A hero fights the Demon King while memory slips away piece by piece, in this brief, tense tale of memory loss.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Afterparty Review: A Hell of a Night Out, Until Last Call
Afterparty sends Milo and Lola to Hell to outdrink Satan for a way home. Night School Studio's college-town underworld is sharp; the drinking contest isn't.
Game Reviews7.6/10
A Space Station Puzzle Game Where the AI Is the Only One Talking Sense
The Turing Test review: Bulkhead's first-person puzzler on Europa pairs human intuition with AI logic, and asks who you'd kill to keep a secret.
Game Reviews8.1/10
Always Sometimes Monsters: A 30-Day Journey Through Morality and Desperation
Always Sometimes Monsters review: a broke author has 30 days to cross the country and stop a wedding. Vagabond Dog's 2014 RPG scores 8.1/10.
Game Reviews8/10
Heavy Rain Review: A Father’s Fear, Still Uncomfortable in the Right Way
Heavy Rain review: Quantic Dream's 2010 thriller follows four people hunting the Origami Killer and still lands its hardest scenes. 8 of 10.
Game Reviews7.4/10
The Empty House in Gone Home Still Says More Than Any Jump Scare
Gone Home review: Fullbright's 1995-set exploration game sends Katie Greenbriar through an empty house to find her sister Sam. Score: 7.4/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
RiME’s wordless island still lands its final punch
RiME review: Tequila Works' 2017 island adventure maps five stages of grief onto five levels, with perspective puzzles and a twist ending. 7.3 of 10.
Game Reviews7.9/10
A decade on, Oxenfree’s ghost story still gets under the skin
Oxenfree review: Night School Studio's 2016 ghost story uses a walk-and-talk dialogue system, radio puzzles, and a time-loop plot. Score: 7.9/10.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Firewatch: Two Voices Across a Valley, and the Ending That Divides
Firewatch review: Campo Santo's 2016 walking simulator about Henry, Delilah, and a Wyoming summer. Great dialogue, divisive ending. Score: 7.9/10.