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Moon Raider (Switch). Under a couple of quid for about 3 hours of 16 bit style Metroidvania lite action.

7.5/10. Well worth a punt.

Dark Nights with Poe and Munro (PC)

The FMV follow up to "Dr Dekker" and "The Shapeshifting Detective". A bit less interactive than those entries (here you just click icons to pick one of 2-3 options each time) and sometimes the icons do not give a very clear indication of what they will do, but each episode (of which there are 6) has a very different feel to it (one of them is even a throwback to one of the earlier games), which helps keep it fresh. They are also quite funny in an almost surreal way which I really appreciated.

6.

Bluesky

Inside

Had this installed for a while and decided to play it on a whim. It was mostly the kind of experience I was expecting (and I did see a bit of someone play it) but it was good.

Celeste - 9/10
Try, try and try again in this excellent platformer / game of precision. Not without moments of frustration; there were sections that felt completely insurmountable, however, through repetition I honed my skills and surprised even myself! Just don't ask how many deaths I had on the final screens of Core (thanks to those bloody lava blocks

). Still got Farewell to go, but I've seen how hard that gets. :dread:

Kriken wrote:Inside

Had this installed for a while and decided to play it on a whim. It was mostly the kind of experience I was expecting (and I did see a bit of someone play it) but it was good.

I may be stating the obvious but I'm hoping you've also played it's predecessor Limbo. It's also very, very good.

Bluesky

I was supposed to play Limbo first but for reasons too boring to get into I didn't end up doing that. Definitely will get around to it though. It sounds like it's even shorter than Inside so I may as well.

Open Roads

Enjoyed this. Felt like a very polished beautifully presented 4 hour game, which is a real sweet spot for Game Pass.

Obviously not much real gameplay in this one, but it really is one of those cases where the more effort you put in exploring, the more you will take from the story. Also looks lovely with an ambilight TV, with lots of soft orange and yellows hues getting projected against the surrounding wall.

7

Little Nightmares 2 (Switch). I enjoyed it bit I honestly thought it seemed shorter than the first game,and would have been even shorter if it wasn't for some of the frustrating parts that took an age to get past (some of the axe swinging bits and the Dr Who Blink episode influenced part with the torch, aaaaaaarrrrrggggh that was fiddly as strawberry float). Dodgy ending being stabbed in the back.

Too short at its full price (I got it for about 8 quid), some fiddly parts and a distinct lack of variety in locations stop it being great. Some really good sections though take it above average.

5/10 at full price
6.5/10 under a tenner.

First name to come up in the credits was Henrik Larrson, multi talented guy eh.

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Point and click adventure with enough modern sensibilities to keep things moving at a good pace throughout. Exceptional tone, writing and spoken dialogue performances. It's a really unsettling story that does not resort to any jump scares and is stronger for it. Fantastic music also.

The only negative I have is that I did not enjoy the final act as much as the rest of the game. It felt very mechanical compared to what had come before. But a strong recommend to fans of the point and click genre.

8.5

VVVVVV - fun platform game with the stylings of Atari but with the death / reset counter of Super Meat Boy, can be complete in 1-3 hours - great little game.

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