Category: Reviews

Mineko’s Night Market is the latest in a long line of life-sim games that are becoming quite popular as a genre these days. These are games that focus on the player spending time in a relaxing, non-threatening environment where there is little or no violence, and the gameplay loop is intentionally kept simple enough to play at the end of a long day without much thought. After the success of Stardew Valley in 2016, we have seen quite a few such games, but Mineko’s Night Market does add a few twists to the formula, some of which are quite welcome, and some which slow down the experience quite a bit.

Jusant is a breath of fresh air in the crowded gaming calendar of 2023, and I mean this literally, because the game asks you to climb a tower and get lots of fresh air along the way.

Coming from the creators of the critically acclaimed Life is Strange franchise – Don’t Not Entertainment – this short climbing adventure provides a relaxing journey that borrows heavily from the indie-game formula, but still manages to leave its own mark.

Over the years I have tried many times to get myself to play a Yakuza game from start to end, and have always failed, because I simply didn’t connect with the core gameplay loop of watching a long cutscene and then getting into a fight, with some mini-games sprinkled on the side. The series, now called Like a Dragon to match the original Japanese name, has only been growing, with multiple games coming out in a short span of time. With The Man Who Erased His Name promising a shorter story and launching day one on game pass, it felt like the perfect time to give this series a try again, and this time, I finally got a good understanding of this franchise’s formula, and even appreciated it a bit.

Forza Motorsport comes at a time when its spin-off franchise Horizon has delivered back-to-back hits, and the people who play racing games casually are asking themselves, “Do I really want to play this more serious sim-racing game when I can have more fun in Horizon?”

As one of those racing casuals, I have found little to like in the new Forza Motorsport, and a lot to dislike, in the form of an annoying bug that has stopped me from completing the game’s career mode entirely. Let’s get into the details to see what’s happening with Forza Motorsport.

Spider-Man is all about nostalgia. This character has been active in one form or the other since 1962, and continues to remain relevant even after 61 years. And the latest avatar in which the web-swinger is dominating conversations is Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man series of video games. The new game is titled Spider-Man 2, but it is actually the third game in the franchise, or fourth if you count the remaster of the first game. So Insomniac Games already has a lot of previous experience on which to build this sequel. There’s very little to complain about, and this game ensures that you have a good time overall, but let’s see what exactly the game has to offer.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage is a soft remake of the first Assassin’s Creed game that came out all the way back in 2007. There are many similarities between the two games – but this also means Mirage repeats some of the mistakes made by the first game, making it feel a bit difficult to play in 2023.
Let us see what exactly happens in this short, but interesting trip to Baghdad.