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New York, 2329. Mortality Department Detective James Karra is assigned to retrieve the ichorite from the corpse of Mr. Green, one of the city's most influential persons. Despite the lethal outcome of the case, Green's ichorite - a digital encoding of his consciousness - will allow him to see...

When Nintendo launched Metroid Dread in 2021, there was no doubt in our minds that it would inspire more fast-paced, gritty Metroidvanias later down the road. MARS 2120 is one such title; a sci-fi romp that attempts to capture the same magic that made Dread so special, but ultimately falls at...

As an M.B.U, you're destined to be a mind without a body, hijacking someone else's mind and taking control over their body. When you end up in the mind of one Jason Dai, you find yourself embroiled in covert missions targeting Vision, one of the country's major corporations. What will you...

Anyone who's tried to cultivate a garden knows it's hard work. You can't just plant some flowers, water them once a week, and leave it at that. Every single flower, plant, and tree requires a different level of care; seasons and weather affect plants' growth, and some can't survive certain...

Right out of the gate, you'll experience a wonderfully unique combat system. Traversing the grid in the four cardinal directions, and as you do, you'll find weapons to equip to each of these directions. Combining combat and movement leads to a very strategic combat flow, as you have to both...

Metroidvania fans seem to be living through a golden age. Hollow Knight and the Ori series, indie hits of the last decade, have established themselves as all-time classics, spurring on a horde of imitators, tributes, and new ideas. Even just 2024's entries range from the imaginative, lo-fi hit...

Shinto is one of those things that most people who know anything about Japan have some vague concept of, but don't really know anything about. From experience, they're also rarely interested and that's depressing. Tourists in Japan do cheerfully visit Shinto shrines, before mistaking them for...

As a Kingdom Hearts superfan since the PS2 era, I was thrilled to hear that the entire series would be available on Steam, and even more excited to play it on the Steam Deck. Having platinumed every title on PSN and spent countless hours immersed in its magical blend of Disney and Square Enix...