mini-review posts

Mini-Review: Love+

by James Murff May 31st 2010 @ 9:00PM

There's something supremely entertaining about a simple, lo-fi game that doesn't aim to complicate its mechanics. Love is such a game, and the developer has outdone himself with the remake Love+. A love song (which makes the title appropriate!) to the era of tough platforming, Love+ is fun, polished, and best of all, available for whatever you want.

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Filed under: Features, Action, Indie

Mini-Review: Gratuitous Space Battles - The Order

by James Murff Mar 23rd 2010 @ 9:00PM

Gratuitous Space Battles is still receiving support from its developer. When we initially reviewed the game, we also covered an expansion released shortly afterward titled The Tribe. It focused on a group of environmentalist aliens, in the same way that each of the other factions focused on a different trope or joining element. The newly released expansion pack The Order adds yet another group of aliens to the fray, but like The Tribe, it also throws in a few things besides just some fancy new ships graphics.

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Filed under: Features, Indie, Strategy