Some games make you feel like a gaming genius, while others leave you pondering whether you hands have forgotten how to work. Flipping is Hard falls firmly into the latter category. Developed by Elegant Horse, this precision platformer turns what should be a simple journey into a test of patience, timing, and how you react when a small mistake leaves you in free fall. A Phone With a Problem The story is brilliantly daft. Flippy, a brick phone, gets separated from little Jeff after a banana peep into a storm drain. You job is to climb back and reunite the pair. It gives the challenge a purpose beyond reaction reaching the next platform. The catch is that the aptly-named Flippy has no legs. Movement relies…
There are some games where the title tells you almost everything you need to know, and Punching a Dirty Wizard falls right into this category. Developed by Odale Studios, this is a game about, well.. it’s about punching a dirty wizard. Not metaphorically, either. You are going to punch that poor old guy A LOT. In fact, you’re apparently going to punch him 5,000 times. Thankfully, there is much more going on here than relentlessly beating up an old man while watching his health bar slowly disappear. Meet Dogman What immediately caught my attention with Punching a Dirty Wizard is how much personality has been crammed into such a daft concept. That star of the show, the wizard himself, is funny enough, but the supporting…
Developed by Majestic Twelve, Car Wash Simulator is exactly the sort of game that on paper looks like a relaxing experience. You get a filthy car, grab a pressure washer and slowly transform a complete eyesore into something that looks like it has just rolled out of a showroom. It’s a simple premise, but one that has worked surprisingly well in other simulation games like the vastly popular hit, Power Wash Simulator. Unfortunately, while there are moments of enjoyment to be found here, Car Wash Simulator currently feels like a game that needed considerably more time in the garage. Getting Down and Dirty The basic concept is straightforward. You take on various jobs, clean vehicles using different tools and gradually build your own business. There…
RIN: The Last Child is guilty as charged of giving the player a sprawling map and expects them to remember where they have been. Personally, I can barely remember why I walked into the kitchen, never mind which suspicious-looking doorway I passed three hours ago. This dark-fantasy Metroidvania understands the appeal of vast exploration, but it occasionally turns the experience into a test of my increasingly questionable memory. Beneath the confusion, though, there is an attractive world, an interesting story and a magic system with plenty of potential. A Dark Fairytale Adventure The story draws inspiration from the myth of Cronus and his children, while adding its own ideas about freedom, obedience and responsibility. It is not always straightforward, but the mystery surrounding RIN and…
Developed by Jutsu Games, Infection Free Zone puts you in charge of building a new settlement from the remains of the old world. It’s not going to be easy, either. You’ll need to find somewhere suitable to establish your base, gather resources, bring survivors together and slowly turn a ruined area into somewhere capable of supporting human life. Meanwhile, the infected are waiting for their opportunity to ruin everything you’ve worked for. I’ve played more than my fair share of zombie games over the years, so it takes something a little different to make me sit up and pay attention. Infection Free Zone managed that pretty quickly, mainly because it takes something I wouldn’t usually associate with a zombie strategy game and makes it one…
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