Starless Abyss is a unique roguelike where players are charged with jumping fleets of spaceships across realities to fight eldritch horrors. It’s a brilliant mesh of sci-fi, horror and roguelike deck building that offers unlimited spacefaring adventures.
Not every horror title has to be an action-packed fight to the death. This week Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney enjoys the subtle horror of working in a call center for customers with mysterious monster problems in Home Safety Hotline.
Many gamers wear out their controllers pretty quickly, but replacing them can be complicated and expensive. To help out, we tested a new 8bitdo Ultimate 2C Bluetooth budget controller for Nintendo Switch which punches well above where its price would suggest.
When Flowstone Saga combined RPG elements with Tetris to form a colorful and expansive campaign world, it really caught Save State columnist and GiN’s veteran RPGer Vincent Mahoney flatfooted but in a very good way.
Just like in a great Indiana Jones movie, the year is 1937 and lots of really bad people are searching the globe for an ancient, world-altering power called the Great Circle. In the title Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, only a charismatic archaeologist with a quick whip and a quicker wit can stop them.
Filled with holiday cheer and maybe too much eggnog, Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney pens his entire holiday column this year in a glorious (he made us say that) rhyming style.
Ten years after the previous title in the series, developer BioWare finally released the next great RPG in the Dragon Age series, Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Although it changes a lot, Veilguard maintains the core RPG goodness that made the series so fun to play.
Faced with a bit of free time as the holiday season ramps up, Save State columnist Vincent Mahoney tries his hand at deck building with a fun title called Chrono Ark.
After an accident involving a shelf full of Nintendo DS games, Save State’s Vincent Mahoney uncovers a hidden gem: his old Lost in Blue Nintendo DS cartridge. So now, he’s getting lost with it, again.
Metaphor: ReFantazio features some unique and experimental JRPG-type game mechanics with compelling characters and combat, all tied together by an exciting and well-crafted narrative.
