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State of Decay 2 – Games of 2018
Flimsy undead shamblers are quite old hat by now, but there’s a reason they remain a staple of the horrific survival genre. It’s not about how formidable they are, but how well our weary-eyed and quite alive human can manage them. Regular ones, tubby ones, halfsie-ones, screamy ones… you know, your usual high school cliques.…
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They Are Billions – Games of 2018
We’ve all gotten more than our fair share of the killing zombies experience in first person, in third person, and with Resident Evil 7, even in VR (shudder). But it took Numantian Games’ They Are Billions to bring the zombie hordes to the RTS realm. With a steampunk aesthetic and shambling corpses numbering in the…
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The Messenger – Games of 2018
With The Messenger, we’ve received the Ninja Gaiden successor we didn’t know we needed. I haven’t abandoned parental duties in favor of it, but oh man, can I feel the urge. Despite the presence of airborne enemies, none of them are as obnoxious as the crows you saw in its spiritual ancestor. Frankly The Messenger…
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Destiny 2: Forsaken – Games of 2018
Peace is nice. Acceptance is powerful. After years of misunderstandings, I feel like Destiny and I finally know who we are. It really just makes it a lot easier to enjoy each other’s company and in the end all we ever wanted to do was to just hang out. I wrote off Destiny 2 for…
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Cultist Simulator – Games of 2018
While not the very first card-based game I’ve played, it was definitely the most macabre. Deciding whether to earn funds in order to build my cult or deal with hunger while I float around the underbelly of the astral plane was a new kind of if/then for me. However, having come from the founder of…
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Dusk – Games of 2018
I’ve never felt at home on a farm before. I’m not sure if it was the low polygon character models, the weapon selection, the demonic overtones, or the combination of all of the above, but Dusk made me feel downright nostalgic during my country flashback. It also helped that I wasn’t working on the farm,…
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Yoku’s Island Express – Games of 2018
Apparently, I’ve become a bit of a digital pinball snob because it took me way too long to embrace the idea of pinball working as platforming game. Once I gave it a chance, Yoku’s Island Express immediately sucked me in to its charming postal adventure. It’s rare for a game to hit my completionist triggers…
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Detroit: Become Human – Games of 2018
A David Cage game is like a movie you direct yourself. It may not stick the landing with all of its characters or hit the right notes with its entire story, but I felt ownership of my decisions when the credits rolled on Detroit: Become Human. I navigated three androids (clumsily) to a happy ending…
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Subnautica – Games of 2018
Feelings of fear and adoration surround my relationship with Subnautica. There’s so much beauty contained within a game that could not contain more personalized deterrents from me ever playing it. Naturally, that just increases my attraction to it. I have never wanted to truly conquer a game so much in my life. 2018 was not…