2018 Videogames – Play Critically

Golf Peaks Review

Golf Peaks is a smart but featureless puzzle collection.

Guacamelee! 2 is an awkward combo platter of triumphant platforming, stagnant combat, and weak comedy.

Flipping Death is a silly and morbid good time.

Dusk is a retro love letter to Quake packed with horrifying images and clever level design.

Hidden Object Games are fun, bite-sized throwbacks to the plot-and-puzzle-driven adventure videogames of the 1990s.

The Messenger is an excellent and efficient retro platformer.

I’m not trying to sound hyperbolic; CrossCode is just that good.

House Flipper’s design is too shallow to be rewarding and too dull to be entertaining.

Way of the Passive Fist is a beat ‘em up with the twist that I never beat anyone up.

Let’s look at some of the standout indie titles released for Switch in its sophomore year.