Excerpt: Sonic Forces takes a little bit of a darker turn for the beloved series, with Sonic captured and players expected to fight to liberate him. Thankfully, its all in good fun, making Sonic Forces yet another hit for the franchise.
This week, our Modern Gamer gets repeatedly blown up playing Tank Maniacs. But it’s all in good fun, especially when the art style and gameplay for this single or multiplayer tank battler is so smooth. As a bonus, she plugs in a new Steam controller to her PC. See how that goes!
Williams Pinball: Volume 5 features three classic tables from the golden age of arcades. All are faithfully reproduced with beautiful graphics and accurate ball and gameplay physics. Tables in this volume include Tales of the Arabian Nights, Cirqus Voltaire and No Good Gofers.
Lace up your racing shoes and join Modern Gamer Melissa Pierce this week as she combines old school with new cool in the delightfully fast play of Sonic Mania and the Encore DLC.
The aptly named Dead Dungeon is like a fun master class for platformer experts. It requires pixel-perfect movement in order to traverse its 50 levels while gathering deviously placed collectibles along the way. You’ll also probably die in this one, a lot!
This week we launch the inaugural Modern Gamer column with brand new GiN Host Melissa Pierce. She’ll be taking over the Time Waster slot on Saturdays. First up, a game that has slowly expanded to every single gaming platform, the odd but good GoNNER.
Children of Morta is a rogue-like action RPG that puts you in charge of a family of monster hunters and wardens of a fantasy world fighting an evil corruption. Its got a surprisingly good plot, smooth combat and is pretty much all around a delight to play.
There is a lot to like about Hellmut, but some questionable design choices means that most of the content will be locked away from the majority of players. That’s too bad, because Hellmut could have been something really special in the Bullet Hell genre.
Billy is checking out Stickfight Archer this week and the game offers a decent way to kill some time, and enemies, for those willing to play.
Billy is taking to the skies in Fly Sky High to complete levels, dodge obstacles and unlock new plans in a casual mobile game.
