Tunnel Rush immediately made me feel like Han Solo, guiding a spaceship through speeding light beams and avoiding obstacles that seem to pop up out of nowhere. But this game has a far more retro vibe that comes from arcade-style graphics and a simple enough concept.
Extinction puts players in the role of a roguish hero trying to defend his homeland against a hoard of ravenous, giant monsters. He does this by climbing up their bodies and crushing their heads. It’s all very Attack on Titan-eske, but pretty fun for an RPG with a twist.
This week Billy is looking at another game that isn’t out yet called Renaine and he’s getting some major Shovel Knight vibes from this one.
This week the Time Waster is all about Aura of Worlds. This is a 2D rogue-like game still in Early Access that Billy is planning to keep an eye on.
In a world where Earth is dying, battles are fought over limited resources using giant mechanical suits, called BattleFrames. Welcome to the world of Project Nimbus: Code Mirai, a very odd little title that might appear to players looking to put some more mech in their lives.
When it launched 10 years ago, Burnout Paradise was a revelation in racing games, where spectacular, slow-motion crashing was even more enjoyable than the racing part of the sim. Burnout Paradise Remastered offers a better visual punch, without changing nearly anything else.
This week Billy is checking out a platformer called Copy Kitty with a major focus on mixing abilities to create different weapons.
Mulaka is a solid, fun entry into the action-adventure genre. But the greatest and most enduring feature that Mexico-based developer Lienzo treats its players to is a well-researched and deep cultural history of the Tarahumara region, history and peoples.
I’m finally off my new smartphone high this week and am returning to browser games. This is always where the heart of the Time Waster has been, and this week we look at There’s Just One Boss, a clever game whose title is slightly deceiving.
This week’s Time Waster is Trap Dungeons 2, which promises to frustrate players that enjoy difficult and cheap platformers.
