Turrican: Flashback as it is, allows new and old players to experience these games on new hardware in a way that allows the authentic experience to shine with a few modern fixes like save states and the ability to rewind a bad jump, or when you’ve pushed into enemy territory a bit too hastily. Unfortunately, the lack of it being a complete collection of the entire series or anything to honor its legacy does hurt the overall package, especially at the $29.99 USD price.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - The Game : Complete Edition
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was, at the time, an incredibly challenging and solid beat’em up. While the original game was pulled from digital storefronts a few years ago, it’s back and playable on current and next-gen consoles. While the game is certainly still a great time, the genre has seen several amazing games released since that have caused the title to feel just a tad bit dated.
Teratopia
Controlling a group of mindless minions isn’t a new concept to videogames. Pikmin and Overlord are just a few examples of having hordes of small creatures do your bidding. Teratopia is the latest title to pull this off, a charming blend of creature beat’em up and platformer that has a very Conker’s Bad Fur Day look to its cast of characters, mixed with the parody aesthetic of a Rabbids game.
The Pillar: Puzzle Escape
The Pillar: Puzzle Escape does have some good ideas, but many of them come too little too late. The world itself is set to be mysterious but lacks that sense of mystery to be so. While the game has several different puzzles, a single type simply dominates too much of the game, making for too much of a been there done that design.
Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story
Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story is a visually pleasing and mostly entertaining adventure-horror game, one that unfortunately doesn’t take advantage of its cyberpunk setting enough. While many of the stories that the game tells are enjoyable, the backtracking, convoluted item puzzle order, and combat, hold the game back from being something I can truly recommend diving into.
Godfall
Godfall is exactly how I remember most launch games being for new hardware; an incredibly basic premise, visually striking, but dramatically shallow. That said, Godfall still does a lot right, offering a fairly enjoyable 10-15 hour experience while it lasts, but its story and world did absolutely nothing to keep me engaged on even a basic narrative level.