Puzzle games are among my favorite genre, and Is This Seat Taken? finds itself in a unique position within it. Starting with a problem to solve, it then requires deduction to eliminate possible problems and the pieces start to come together. The game essentially has you playing an inverse “Guess Who?” as you know the players, you just need to know what position they will fill. The final element to the game is ensuring all needs are fulfilled and do not clash with others around them. Is This Seat Taken? is a quiet, cozy gem of a game that will occupy only half a dozen hours of your time, but is incredibly well spent.
Prior to release, the game was known as “Ghost Bike”, which was actually a more apt title than what we got with Wheel World. This is a game that goes at the pace that you set, but as you try to make your way to the finish, it gets gassed out. There’s a lot of missed opportunities with nearly every aspect of the game as none of them feels as fleshed out as they should be. Wheel World is a game that makes a great first impression, but doesn’t ever form a meaningful relationship.
It’s been a while since the “Hot Import Nights” banner has been attached to a game, with the latest being Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights which recently exited Steam Early Access thanks to new publisher Current Games. This is a cyberpunk vehicular combat game, and while it’s premise is full of promise, it’s almost immediately squanders its potential. There’s nothing offensively bad here, the game just doesn’t come together in the ways it should to feel like a complete experience. Really, Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights feels like rolling the car onto the track as it’s still being built, and that’s when the wheels fall off.
Wildgate is one of those games that came out of nowhere and pleasantly surprises you at every turn. This is the debut title from Moonshot Games, an internal studio under the Dreamhaven banner, and it’s clear from the outset that this isn’t just another rote space shooter. Wildgate offers tactical ship-to-ship combat and fast-paced first-person action. After spending many hours navigating getting it space shootouts and and engaging in frantic boarding actions, I can confidently say that this sets a high bar for what a multiplayer sci-fi experience can be. Wildgate is an amalgamation of Sea of Thieves and FTL to be a stellar blend of space dogfights and on-foot mayhem.
The Game Kitchen, best known for developing Blasphemous and Blasphemous 2, a team that is a perfect fit for NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound. The developers excel at retro visuals that have a mood, and a movement system that feels deliberate with controls being precise. This extends to NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound, where everything coalesces beautifully, and while it isn’t impactful as the developers prior games, provides a soulful entry that’s a joy to play. NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound sees the series return to the 2D plane to be a bloody exciting ninja adventure that’s not to be missed.
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