Mechanicus 2 is a decent strategy game, but the original was a vibe, as the kids say-if the kids spent a lot of time playing turn-based tactics games where cybernetic zealots fought robot mummies.
"Young and old, gather round / Everybody hail the new king in town."
Arcanum meets Bioshock Infinite in a speakeasy.
Everything's open world now, even QWOP.
The Rogue Prince of Persia shows there's life in the Prince yet, by killing him repeatedly.
Take an indie platformer like VVVVVV or Downwell and up the ultraviolence, that's Shotgun Cop Man.
Not hard enough to be a challenge, but not painless enough to be relaxing.
An action RPG for people who aren't that fussed about action
Actually the C in CRPG stands for Cogs, which you put on your top hat.
The first CRPG in the Warhammer 40,000 universe gets the tone right, but the combat's a drag.
The Pacific Northwest's radio waves are being haunted by time ghosts, again. Don't you just hate when that happens?
Like a Miyazaki-movie love of food, from the glorious ramen Mr. Saitou slumps next to at an izakaya to the strange confectionery available at a convenience store run by fungus. And the RPG Maker interface that you'll need to hit F11 to force into fullscreen. And a soulful bittersweetness that means it's likely to, cliché as it sounds, make you laugh and make you cry. At least a little bit. It's not the full emotional rollercoaster of Rakuen—it's more of a bite-sized experience, a quick ghost train through a bouncy castle where you can whip to the last stop in a single sitting if you want.
After stripping the fantasy out of Diablo to combine it with an FPS, creating the looter-shooter on the way, Borderlands adds the fantasy back in.