We Don’t Dread the Return of Samus
With Metroid Dread right on the horizon, our jittery Save State columnist dives into another revered title in that series, Metroid II: Return of Samus. Lets see how he does with this really old-school shooter.
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Celebrating the joy that all different kinds of videogames can bring, our Save State column is written by longtime gamer and GiN reviewer Vincent Mahoney. He plays way too many games to be able to officially review them all, but we can tap into his amazing gaming world and learn about some hidden gems right here in Save State!
Fighting Games: Striving for Perfection
Our Save State supreme columnist admits that he is pretty much rubbish at fighting games, but that has not curtailed his love for pugilistic pummeling. This week he takes a swing at Guilty Gear Strive. Will it be a knockout?
Hitchhiking Down The Mysterious Road 96
One of the most unique adventure games to come out in a long time, Road 96 puts players on a sometimes bizarre journey where you try to escape a totalitarian regime by hitchhiking to the border with a rotating cast of strange characters.
Acing Attorneys and Reaching for the Sky
This week our Save State Columnist gets pulled into quite a trial, or actually a series of them with The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. He gets so into it that he needs to take a break by heading into space with the classic Nintendo DS Game Meteos. It’s been a strange time, but the games are great!
Pushing Through The Worst Game Ever Made…For Fun
Hoshi wo Miru Hito is a piece of video game history, and a reminder that not all history can be ideal. Is this the worst game ever made? Maybe not, but it earns its way into the top ten, so join us for a very punishing Save State.
Spectacular Shmuping Yesterday and Today
This week our intrepid Save State gamer tries out two very different Shmups from two eras of gaming. First up is the classic Sigma Star Saga from the Gameboy days, followed by Black Skylands on Steam, which is still in early access but is already pretty fun to play.
Loving Poetry and Pokemon: Doki Doki Arti-chokey
Our intrepid Save State columnist plays two very different games this week. First he lets out his inner beast in a Pokemon Unite battle royale. Then he indulges his sensitive side with a little poetry reading with the girls from the Doki Doki Literature Club.
Enjoying Some Classic Gaming with a Modern Twist
This week our intrepid Save State columnists enjoys two classic games. The first is a true classic, a decades old platformer named Braid. The second is a brand new game called Dark Deity that harkens back to a Fire Emblem type of game that no longer exists.
Save State Enter the Evolving Metal Units
This week our intrepid Save State columnist goes deep into his Steam library to find some real diamonds in the rough. He battles brutal enemies in Metal Unit and goes back to the Gameboy glory days in the quirky but cool Evoland.
Building Cities That Span Generations
This week Vincent finds a diamond of a game in 13 Sentinels and deals with an alphabet soup of genres in the form of Frozenheim. But it’s all in good sci-fi and city-building fun.