I love claw machines, which sucks because most of them are entirely rigged. Anytime I find one that isn’t, I walk out with an armful of stuffed animals that I have absolutely no use for simply because I like playing with the claw machine. Dungeon Clawler turns the concept of claw machines into a rogue-lite deck-builder which unsurprisingly, grabbed my attention.
Reptilian Rising is like Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, but instead of gathering historical figures for a school presentation, you’re gathering them to fight an evil reptilian invasion throughout time. Sure, they might have generic names like “Bert,” who is obviously Einstein. However, naming conventions matter little when you can have a T-2000, a talking Ankylosaurus with a southern accent, and Winston Churchill on the same team.
Marathon’s a fascinating experience for me. I have enough to criticize about it that I likely would have dropped a lesser game altogether. However, Bungie is good at shooters, and you can really feel that long running pedigree in Marathon, it simply feels good to play. So much so, that I’m continuing to play it despite the fact that I think it has a real identity issue. Not aesthetically, of course. The brightly colored visuals, unique setting and AI Corpo lore are another high point for the game.
Mewgenics is a game that completely exceeded my expectations, and that’s saying something because the pre-release hype had me pretty pumped. By that I mean I consumed every single video that the game’s creators, Edmund McMillan and Tyler Gael put out as I impatiently waited for the game to release.