Indie Game Review: Clickr
The Indie Game Reviewer crew get together for some good old PvP in Clickr, a slick and fun new tile-based puzzle game from NTREEV Soft. Read the full round-table review…
Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time
Read IGR’s review of the wacky time-shifting puzzler Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time from indie developer Stickmen Studios.
Kindle Game Review: Triple Town by Spry Fox
You know, Kindle users probably aren’t expecting much more than some X’s and O’s or Solitaire when they lay back on their pillow – which is what makes Triple Town so much more of an acheivement; to invent a non-violent, slow refresh game that fits perfectly within the demographic and platform while bringing something fresh to the table.
Review of Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Recetter: An Item Shop’s tale from indie developer Carpe Fulgur involves old school Zelda-style hack and slash dungeon crawling combined with a casual store-keeping game you might catch your mom playing. Sound like an unlikely combination? It is. Does it pay off? It does. I think we’ll look at the two elements individually, then tie them together
Review: Super Meat Boy
Indie Game Reviewer does what it does best and covers 2010’s most talked about, highly anticipated indie – Super Meat Boy from indie superstar Edmund McMillen and programmer Tommy Refenes. Does it live up to the hype?
Review: Tommy Tronic
Tommy Tronic is every little boy’s imaginary adventure come true. The game takes a wee lad with a giant noggin, arms him with a bright, plastic weapons (each complete with the bright orange safety muzzle) and sends him on a daunting quest through an enchanted forest, full of nasty veggies, bugs and a large assortment of other creepers. Read the Indie Game Review and find out why this ain’t just another Mario clone…
Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World
An indie game review of Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World from Cateia Games – wherein we discover whether this Steampunk-influenced Point & Click in Space stands out from the pack…
Review of Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes
Review Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes -from Silent Dreams comes a slanted look at an East-meets-West tactical strategy RPG. A bountiful bosom or a botched boob-job?
Review: Shank
Exploitation films have made a comeback recently and so have old-school 2D Platform games. The good people at Klei Entertainment asked, why not blend the two? Why not, indeed. Shank is certainly a strange breed, but it got the best features of both parents. Be forewarned though, the best parts of exploitation film is NOT under any circumstances meant for children.
Review: Desktop Dungeons
From developers QCF in Capetown South Africa, Desktop Dungeons is an official entrant to IGF’s 2011 Festival that pays tribute to the early dungeon crawler Rogue which used randomly generated dungeons and has since become its own genre. QCF adds a twist by giving the player a finite amount of choices with which to solve the micro maps. Read on for the full review.
Review: The Ball
From independent developer Teotl Studios and Tripwire Interactive comes The Ball – a solid first person shooter and puzzle game built on the Unreal engine coming to Games for Windows and Steam. See what IGR’s reviewer’s thought…
IndieCade 2010 Coverage - Review: Fractal
A review of Fractal from developer Cipher Prime as Indie Game Reviewer covers the IndieCade 2010 independent games festival in Culver City, California.
“Slick, explosive and wickedly addictive. Fractal brings together the best parts of Hexic and Lumines, and then blows them both to itty-bitty pieces.”
Razor2: Hidden Skies on Steam
Read the Indie Game Review of Razor2: Hidden Skies now available on Steam. Are its superb graphics backed up by its gameplay?
Delve Deeper - Retro turn-based fun
Delve Deeper harkens back to a time when simple graphics and good gameplay were enough to keep us occupied. It reminds us of why side-scrolling puzzle games like Lemmings and Lost Vikings were so much fun.
Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent
An indie game review of “Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent” from Telltale Games available for Windows PC, Steam, iPod and iPad.