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River City Girls 2

1. River City Girls 2

Pretty fun beat 'em up, but the minor load between every single screen kinda killed the momentum occasionally. In my memory, that wasn't an issue in the first game, but maybe I have rose-colored glasses on. The soundtrack in this one didn't hit nearly as hard for me, either.

Harmony: The Fall of Reverie

2. Harmony: The Fall of Reverie

This feels like a smaller, more slimmed down version of Dontnod's earlier games. Like if Life is Strange was stripped bare to a visual novel where they explicitly show you the whole map of possible choices up front. The art is really pretty and there is some great voice acting, but the story didn't really resonate with me all that much, sadly. I think there is too much "tell don't show" in the writing and that hurts it a lot.

Planet of Lana

3. Planet of Lana

Really pretty puzzle platformer, enjoyed it quite a bit. Plus you get a cute companion!

Cocoon

4. Cocoon

Fantastic puzzle game, I burned through it in 2 sittings. Really neat mechanics that are trippy but manage to make you feel pretty smart without being complete brain burners. This might have bumped Viewfinder off my GOTY list from 2023 if I had played Cocoon last year.

Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo

5. Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo

This game is insane in a lot of ways.

Process of Elimination

6. Process of Elimination

Neat concept for a game, using SRPG mechanics as the investigative gameplay in a detective game. I just wish the ratio of investigation section to visual novel reading was higher. They become more frequent near the end of the game, I just wish it was paced that way earlier on.

Ravenlok

7. Ravenlok

Cute little fairytale inspired action game, I think I liked this better than the developer's previous game, Echo Generation. You can see a lot of the shared DNA with the voxel art and the point-and-click inspired "use item on item" puzzles, but this game felt more focused, I found myself getting lost far less often.

Nuclear Blaze

8. Nuclear Blaze

Cool little firefighting platformer. Gets challenging at times, you really need to hunker down and concentrate to clear out the big areas where fire is constantly spreading.

Bramble: The Mountain King

9. Bramble: The Mountain King

I wasn't expecting this to go so hard in the Grimm's Fairy Tales sort of direction, there's some pretty creepy enemies and nasty stuff you encounter that I thought was cool. Enjoyable little puzzle platformer.

Radical Rabbit Stew

10. Radical Rabbit Stew

Fun arcade/puzzle game!

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