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Tag Archives: video game review

Review: Silence! The Elder Speaks (PC)

August 19, 2016by MostStrange 1 Comment

As a toolset for budding game designers, RPG Maker has long been a staple of the scene. Silence! The Elder Speaks joins games like To The Moon in building a unique […]

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Drinking from the Flame: A late-comer’s love affair with Dark Souls

July 9, 2016by MostStrange Leave a comment

Warning: This article contains extensive spoilers for the Dark Souls series, and many terrible Dark Souls puns. I make no apologies. Unlike many other recent converts who have been drawn […]

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Review: Kholat (PC)

June 11, 2015by MostStrange 1 Comment

I’d never heard of the Dyatlov Pass Incident before playing Kholat. Movies, books, and now video games have drawn from its horrific premise to wonder in horror at what happened to […]

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Phantasmal and Monstrum, a rogue-lite survival horror showdown

May 24, 2015by MostStrange Leave a comment

You know that feeling when you just want to step into a randomly generated set of cold, brutally functional rooms that are littered with otherworldly monstrosities that may or may […]

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Review: Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds (PC)

January 26, 2015by MostStrange 2 Comments

Phantom Breaker is a fighting game series that has been difficult for fans outside of Japan to get a hold of, but thanks to the Steam release of Phantom Breaker: Battle […]

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Review: The Old City: Leviathan (PC)

December 5, 2014by MostStrange Leave a comment

I’m sick of all these so-called “walking simulators” bombarding me with too much action. I want walking. I’ll open a door or two if I have to, as long as […]

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Video Review: Alien: Isolation

October 15, 2014by MostStrange 4 Comments

Evan explores the space station Sevastopol, or its lockers and ventilation systems at least. We look at a small section of gameplay as Evan lets us know what he thought […]

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Video: The Action Points Podcast looks at Walking Simulators

October 7, 2014by MostStrange 4 Comments

Evan takes  a look at “Walking Simulators” You know those “games” where there’s hardly any gameplay, and you just walk through an environment? Evan presents a collection of some of his […]

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Phantasmal – An Action Points Playthrough

September 29, 2014by MostStrange 2 Comments

Evan treads where Aaron dares not… in the randomly generated horror title, Phantasmal. Currently up on Kickstarter and on Steam’s Greenlight, Phantasmal has to reach $15,000NZD by Friday, October the 10th, […]

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Review: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (PC)

September 28, 2014by MostStrange 5 Comments

Polish studio, The Astronauts, have created the most visually beautiful game I’ve ever played. There is the danger of assuming this is just another “walking simulator”, in the style of Dear […]

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Review: Curtain, by dreamfeel (PC)

September 15, 2014by MostStrange 1 Comment

Warning: SPOILERS follow for Curtain, by dreamfeel. If you’d like a fresh experience that costs whatever you feel like paying, head over to their website and download Curtain. You won’t […]

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Shovel Knight (PC, Wii U, 3DS) Review

June 28, 2014by MostStrange 1 Comment

One of the latest Kickstarter success stories to see the light of day is Yacht Club Games‘ Shovel Knight. What Kickstarter does best is show us what the market can look […]

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Race the Sun (PC) Review

March 16, 2014by MostStrange 5 Comments

Evan talks about another highlight of his recent gaming binge. He raced the sun. And lost.

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