If you come into Vapor World: Over The Mind expecting a typical 2.5D action platformer where you can mash your way through enemies, the game is going to humble you pretty quickly. This is one of those experiences that seems manageable for the first few minutes, then suddenly puts a grotesque creature in front of…
If there is one thing I have learned from playing Soulslikes for years, it is that developers love taking something you just got comfortable with and ripping it away from you. Mortal Shell 2 does exactly that. The sequel opens with a familiar face. Harros the Vassal returns as the first Shell you control, giving…
Mortal Shell 2 is shaping up to be a very different beast from the compact Soulslike that first put Cold Symmetry on the map. The original Mortal Shell had a reputation for being tough, stylish, atmospheric, and—most importantly—short. You could finish it without dedicating an entire month of your life to the grind. The sequel…
I’ll admit it—I wasn’t paying much attention to The Relic: First Guardian when it first appeared on my radar. Another dark fantasy action RPG? Another game people immediately compared to Dark Souls? That happens every month. Then I watched extended gameplay, dug into the mechanics, and started reading developer interviews and community discussions. That’s when…
The Relic: First Guardian surprised me more than almost any action RPG released in recent years. I jumped into it expecting another Souls-inspired adventure with familiar mechanics, but after several hours I realized Project Cloud Games wasn’t interested in copying the formula—they wanted to bend it. Instead of chasing experience points or endlessly farming levels,…
The moment I saw The Relic: First Guardian, I knew it wasn’t going to be another forgettable Souls-like chasing trends. The ruined world of Arsiltus immediately caught my attention, and after digging through the game’s systems, technical details, and PC implementation, I became even more curious about how it would translate to Valve’s handheld. That’s…
There are games where you overpower everything with flashy combos, and there are games that remind you every few minutes that overconfidence is the fastest way back to a checkpoint. Samurai: Ronin’s Path belongs firmly in the second category. After spending dozens of hours testing different weapon combinations, experimenting with builds, and getting absolutely destroyed…
The Souls-like genre has become one of the hardest spaces to impress me. Over the years I’ve poured hundreds of hours into games like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Nioh, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Lies of P, Ghost of Tsushima, and countless smaller indie projects trying to capture that same feeling of tension and mastery. Most…
