Kaze and the Wild Masks is a pure stage-based 2D platformer, a genre I admittedly have little recent experience with. I've played Rayman Legends and Origins, and the Crash Bandicoot remasters, and of course some Mario games, but that's about it.
Artifact Adventure Gaiden DX has the honor of being the first game played for my Game Library Project, where I attempt to play every game in my library and share my thoughts.
Artifact Adventure Gaiden DX is an open world RPG stylized like a Gameboy Color game.
The Ramp is a very simple skateboarding game. There is no campaign or story mode - the goal is simple: across the 4 tiny maps, get as much air and speed as you can. It's a fun diversion for a few minutes, but not much more.
The Procession to Calvary is Joe Richardson's follow-up to the excellent Four Last Things. Richardson retains the same art style and music that made the first game so unique: public domain paintings - subtly animated - and fittingly classical music gives this series a wholly unique style.
Astlibra Revision has been taking Steam by storm recently, sitting at 97% positive with over 5000 reviews. It's rare that an indie game comes out of nowhere with so little hype and has such success, and this one seemed to have all the elements I look for in this type of game: flashy, quick combat
Pentiment tells the tale of a 16th century Bavarian abbey and the townsfolk it rules. You play as Andreas Maler, journeyman artist from Nuremburg contracted by Kiersau abbey to complete illustrations in the abbey's scriptorium. A slow burn,
My name's Mike, and this is the Lore Depository - my spot online where I can write out my thoughts on games, books, tech, movies, and anything else I find interesting.
My biggest project is my Game Library Project. I have a ton of games collected throughout the years, and have barely played any of them. Check out the linked post to learn more about the project, and click here to be taken to the category page where you can see all my posts for the project.
Other content comes mainly in 3 forms:
• Reviews, where I post longer-form writeups
• Thoughts, short & quick first impressions posts
• Guides, detailed how-tos and walkthroughs
Click the links to go to each category's page, filtered by newest post.