Who knew that a thousand-year-old game could make such a new splash? Chess Ultra for the Nintendo Switch plays well, and provides some of the most eye-popping backdrops for a game of chess ever created. Plus, it works great when played on a television or the portable Switch screen.
This week our Time Waster is getting lost in a wingsuit exploration game called Superflight, and its the good kind of lost!
This week Billy is checking out a mobile game called Upgrade The Game 2 that features a neat concept, but only mediocre gameplay.
Cooking Witch finds you playing the bad guy role, as you need to use children as ingredients for your potions. This of course upsets the local peasantry, who will call out the militia to hunt you down. As a budget title, Cooking Witch is a fun diversion.
A remastered visual novel, Scar of the doll takes players on a journey from a strange disappearance to the uncovering of hidden truths inside a prestigious Tokyo lab. Play as Asumi as she searches for her sister, but choose wisely because not all is as it seems, and some choices have deadly consequences.
The Adam Wolfe game is on a mission to redefine the hidden object genre by adding a great story, interesting animation, action sequences and an episodically delivered plot that will actually have you anxiously awaiting the next episode. For the most part, it succeeds.
The concept of SpiritSphere is both straightforward and weird. You play a Zelda-inspired character in a game of Pong, trying to shoot a magical ball past their defenses over many levels. But unique does not always mean good.
Fans of the Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries TV show as well as point-and-click adventure players will want to check out Miss Fisher and the Deathly Maze, one of the best interactive stories we have run across in a long time.
Take a trans Atlantic voyage on a mysterious ocean liner in the early 20th century in this adventure game that would feel quite at home in the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Live Elena’s memories as she writes in her possessed diary while trying to solve the strange mysteries of the ship. Kult of Ktulu: Olympic is a frightening macabre tale told as a point and click narrative.
This week out residential Time Waster is hitting the virtual lanes in Doodle Bowling, but he’s really not all that into it. Find out why rolling all strikes every time makes this Time Waster a bit of a gutter ball.
