In a unique little fishing game called Dredge, there’s always this uneasy sense that something is not right. And one of the most obvious examples of this are the aberrations, bizarre and sometimes outright grotesque mutations of normally mundane fish. Having now gotten 100% of the trophies in the main game, I was required to…
Category: Indie Games
Arietta of Spirits is a Pleasant, Streamlined Mini-Adventure
Arietta of Spirits opens with Arietta and her parents visiting the island where her grandmother once lived before her recent passing. It’s not long before she discovers that she can speak to spirits, including her Spirit Guide Arco and her grandmother’s ghost. During her subsequent quest to defeat the Roamers who have overrun the island,…
Dredge is a Seemingly Relaxing Fishing Game with an Eerie Undercurrent
Dredge is an intriguing fishing game where something sinister lurks beneath the surface. Shortly after you are hired as the fisherman for a sleepy little town by the name of Greater Marrow, you soon catch on that something’s not right. People warn you not to go out after dark. The mayor asks you to deliver…
The Gravity Trickster: Demo Review
The Gravity Trickster is a puzzle-platformer where you play as a robot and navigate floating stages to collect keys and reach the exit. The full game is 150 levels, while the demo spans 10 of those. Various hazards include slippery ice, dark levels with low visibility, and electrical panels that appear when you approach. You…
Resonance: First Steps
Unravel is a puzzle-platformer starring a little guy made of red yarn named Yarny who travels through (mostly) natural landscapes and revisits the memories of an old woman. It can sometimes be a rather emotional game, though not always for the reasons intended by the developers. As I progressed through the game, I actually struggled…
Tetragon: Demo Review
Tetragon is a 2D puzzle game that follows the story of a father looking for his missing son. The demo covers a good handful of these puzzles, all of which take place within a square-shaped space. While your character cannot jump, he can climb and utilize two tools for changing his environment. First off, you…
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is a Beautiful Dream
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince follows three heroes, Amadeus the wizard, Pontius the knight, and Zoya the thief on their quest to find Prince Selius and figure out a solution to the young man’s rampant nightmare magic. The game is a puzzle-platformer, and thanks to each character’s unique moveset, there are multiple ways to progress…
The Duck’s Ten Best Games of the Last Ten Years
Ten years have gone by, and now it’s time to list the Duck’s ten very favorite games from the last decade, ranging from horror to Metroidvania to expansive adventure and platformer games. The last decade saw the release of some pretty amazing games from well-known series, along with a whole bunch of amazing indie gems. …
Fall of Porcupine: Demo Review
Fall of Porcupine follows the story of a new doctor named Finley at the underfunded St. Ursula’s Hospital in the small town of Porcupine, inhabited only by anthropomorphic animals. The demo took me about 1.5 hours to complete, and in that time, I mainly focused on treating three patients, hanging out with fellow coworkers Karl…
Two Point Campus: A Great, But Unstable, Sim for Newcomers
I’ve never really been big into simulation games. My only two experiences happened many years ago when I was in school, and neither went well. I once played a game where you ran your own zoo, except instead of normal animals like zebras and lions, you kept dinosaurs. Being in elementary school and not yet…
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