Marcus Nebro

My feelings with this game are very conflicted. On one hand you can easily see the care and dedication the team have put into it, pouring their heart and soul into Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom. As a result we get a beautiful game, with a fantastic art style, moving music and and interesting gameplay mechanics. Unfortunately though, the experience is marred by laborious level design and a lack of information.

Blowfish Studios' newest venture is an attempt to translate a beloved children's story into a game. It's an interesting proposition as nowadays we rarely see story adaptations in the games industry, let alone a book to game adaptation. It poses many challenges unique to this situation, some of which Blowfish Studios handle with great ease. But the whole experience gets marred down by a few glaring issues.

Shadow of Loot Box doesn't hesitate to poke fun at the games industry at every turn it can. Taking aim at the tendency to release buggy unfinished products, to the true emptiness found in most open world games, Ratalaika Games take no prisoners in their attempt to point out the idiocy of some of our practices. While this provides a ton of room for creativity and diversity, the game fails to execute on many levels.

Licensed games are not nearly as prevalent as they used to be. It might be easy to forget just how shameless some of these were in trying to making a quick buck at the expense of young fans of the respective properties. Still, nowadays we see some of them come around every now and then, allowing us to often turn a blind eye. On the off-chance you might pick them up, they tend to be rather poor in quality. I think it was this ingrained low expectation that made my time with Nickelodeon: Kart Racers as enjoyable as it was.

It's been years since the JRPG had the same clout it used to. Unfortunately, the near 10 hour journey through the world of Chronus Arc does little to aid this.

Pizza Titan Ultra delivers on the absurdity that is its promise. You play as a 10-story tall mech running through 8 distinct maps and 32 missions, punching holes through the sides of buildings to deliver pizza. Each delivery gives you more time on the always running out clock, and more money to your total. The maps are littered with items to collect, including floating future money, time pickups to help keep the clock at bay, walk-in clients and hidden special ingredients.