If CICADAMATA crashes the moment you launch it, freezes during the opening screen, or throws you straight back to the desktop when you try to start a new game, I know how frustrating that can be. There is nothing worse than finally sitting down to play a new release, watching the game boot for a…
After playing a ridiculous number of movement shooters, I’ve developed a pretty good idea of what makes one feel great and what makes another feel like a collection of flashy mechanics looking for a game to live inside. CICADAMATA falls firmly into the first category. It is fast, strange, deliberately minimalistic, and much more interested…
If there’s one thing I love about indie games, it’s when a developer takes a familiar idea and gives it enough personality to make it feel completely fresh. That’s exactly the impression I get from CICADAMATA. I’ve been keeping an eye on this one because it looks like the kind of game made for players…
