GiN Review: Upgrade The Game 2 the Max
This week Billy is checking out a mobile game called Upgrade The Game 2 that features a neat concept, but only mediocre gameplay.
Category Archives: Reviews
Cuphead Explained and Reviewed
Cuphead is a brilliant indie title that has taken the gaming world by storm, but it’s also designed to be extremely difficult and packed with unforgiving, old school boss battles. Find out in our review if Cuphead is your cup of tea, or just another porcelain poser.
Embracing Super Supporting Characters in Black Frost
Black Frost is book 4.5 in the Demon Accords series by author John Conroe. As such, this is a smaller book, only 114 pages in paperback. But it’s unique in that it largely ignores main characters, focusing on interesting subplots going on behind the scenes.
Enjoying the Charm of A Hat in Time
A Hat in Time is a game that is so full of magic and whimsey that we can’t imagine anyone not enjoying playing with this amazing indie title. The platforming is also some of the best we’ve experienced, so it’s got the look, heart, and great gameplay.
Cubito Mayhem Changes Up Twin-Stick Shooting
This week out Time Waster is wrapped up in the twin-stock shooter game Cubito Mayhem and its interesting twist on the genre.
Send in the Clones for Echo’s Unique Action Adventure
The gorgeous adventure game Echo is more than just a pretty façade. Faced with an army of clones, players will need to be careful what they do, lest the evil copies learn how to accomplish the same things like shooting guns, opening doors or leaping from ledges.
Bob is Back in For We Are Many Novel
Following up on the quirky We are Bob, We Are Many finds the hapless Bob Johansson still dead, and his intelligence still powering space probes looking for habitable planets. But everything else has changed, including the loss of most of the rest of life on Earth.
Rocking with Robonauts Gravity-defying Gunplay
Blast your way through an alien-infested asteroid belt in the planet-hopping platform shooter Robonauts, where graceful gravity-switching is just as important as good gunmanship. This action-packed cartoon adventure is available now for the PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Switch.
Digimon Links Mobile Review
This week our Time Waster is tripping on childhood nostalgia while checking out the Digimon Links mobile game that just came out.
Like Blade Runner? Experience Observer’s Dystopian Paradise
Explore a dystopian world in which technology has advanced well-past our collective humanity in Observer, a clever cyberpunk and sci-fi adventure starring Blade Runner’s Rutger Hauer, and just about every human vice you can imagine.