Review: Gateways
Gateways is a 2D Platformer and successor to indie game developer Smudged Cat Games’s The Adventures of Shuggy. Gateways pushes the platformer with puzzles, portals and ponderous processes. But does it prevail? Read the full review…
Review: Legend of Grimrock
From developers Almost Human comes Legend of Grimrock – a dungeon role-playing game strongly inspired by Dungeon Master, and Ultima Underworld. Read the review…
Review: Containment: The Zombie Puzzler
Containment: The Zombie Puzzler from Bootsnake Games is a top down puzzle game following the theme of surrounding a particular kind of tile with another type. It’s an interesting twist. Read the full review…
Review: Space Pirates and Zombies (SPAZ)
While scouring distant corners of the galaxy, an unspeakable evil is uncovered. Collect resources and build fleets of ships, lest humanity end up devoured in Space Pirates and Zombies (aka SPAZ) from MinMax games.
Review: Dungeons
A review of Dungeons from indie game developer Realmforge Studios and distributed by Kalypso Media recalls Dungeon Keeper and Diablo as a theme park sim.
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: 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…
Jolly Rover - Pirates Do It Doggy-Style
Read IGR’s review of indie game Jolly Rover – a new puzzle / adventure game available for Windows, Mac and on the Steam powered engine from Brawsome Games.
Shatter - An Indie Game That Offers A New Twist On An Old Genre
A review of indie game Shatter from Sidhe Interactive – a radical twist on a very old video game genre.
Everyday Shooter - The Hip Indie Scenester Version of Asteroids
This review is about a game by Jonathan Mak called “Everyday Shooter.” It’s a testament to the developer that this game is actually pretty hard to describe because of the level of abstractness he achieves.
Review: Braid
In a world of multi-million dollar budgets in video games, independent video games are gaining ground. And within that field holds some of the creative and inspiring games; one of which is Braid. Braid is a puzzle/platformer, but so much more.