Not every single game we play has to have a deep plot or hundreds of hours of roleplaying content. Some games are just silly and fun, like the gun-toting gameplay found in Trigger Witch, a cute 2D shooter that combines cute pixel graphics with white hot action.
This week our Modern Gamer does some seriously cute cart racing in Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, which is known as Flaklypa in its native Norway. If you are Norwegian, the game is probably nostalgic, but anyone can enjoy the amusing mini-games and racing action.
With the 1.5 patch and a move to next generation consoles, we finally get the Cyberpunk 2077 game that we all wanted. The road to get here has been unbelievably rocky, but now we can all enjoy the glory and grime that makes up the magnificent metropolis of Night City.
If you like mazes, then you will love Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective, which offers an entire city chocked full of interactive labyrinths just waiting for some clever players to try and solve. If that sounds like you, then come enjoy this relaxing experience for all ages.
Downhill bike racing, snowboarding, wingsuit racing, skiing and pulling off epic tricks are just some of the extreme sports thrills you will experience in Riders Republic. While the realism might be a little bit off, the fun is really jacked high.
Demoniaca Everlasting Night is a game that tries to marry together two different genres, Metroidvanias and beat-em-ups, to varying levels of success. When Demonica is working well, it’s almost epic. But when it falters, it falls down hard.
With obvious influences from games like Journey, Scarf is a beautiful and easy-going platformer that tells the tale of a creature of light (that’s you) and a red dragon scarf as they jump, glide, fly and explore magical worlds together.
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction takes the realistic squad-based shooter into new territory, adding an invasion of space zombies to the world as a new enemy for our elite operators to face in challenging tactical battles.
The Watch Dogs Stars and Stripes novel is a really excellent example of how an action-packed book can push a game’s narrative in an entertaining way. Stars and Stripes also brings back Aiden Pearce with all his two-fisted diplomacy and ninja cyber skills.
Cold Verdict is a visual novel that pulls inspiration from movies like SAW. You wake up in an abandoned complex with four strangers and must pass a series of tests to try and figure out why you were all placed there, and how you will survive.
