What Lies Beneath features frustrating puzzles, confusing voice actor swaps, and all around unnecessary changes – but still manages to squeeze in a bit of interesting storytelling.

Ultimately I recommend Lion Quest as a sale title. Although I don’t see myself returning to it to find hidden keys, gems, or to grind out high scores in the arcade mode, I most definitely will keep it installed as a relaxation tool.

Momentum requires pixel perfect movement and precision to the point of insanity. The only option for progress is through trial and error. Over and over and over.

It’s an interesting mix between butt-kicking horde fighting and resource-managing tower defence that challenges you to find the right mixture between the two.

Panda Love bears little worth. It’s hard to justify paying the small fee for it on Wii U seeing as how you can play it for free online.

Repetitive level formatting is a curse many roguelites have to contend with to some degree, but it rarely strikes as soon as the one hour mark.

If you feel that static/simplified tower defence games are a bore… then maybe Infinium Strike is what you’ve been looking for.

Claire: Extended Cut is a title that fails to live up to the greatness that obviously inspired it.

There is no doubt that Hack, Slash & Backstab contains all the ingredients to make a very fine solo experience, but it’s just far too tough to do anything other than frustrate you.

Sky Force Anniversary is a great modern shmup that unfortunately pads its content by pushing players to the max. Not only that, but there are implementations, such as the specialties, that feel arbitrary. Detractions aside, I liked the game quite a bit and the addition of co-op and Remote Play was a godsend. Sky Force Anniversary didn’t evolve the genre, but it created something moderately pleasant in our modern architecture.

The difficulty [of Shiny Gauntlet] is often too much to bear and rarely encourages you to come back and try again.

It’s a typical bullet hell game that doesn’t do much more than the bare minimum. It’s got a beautiful aesthetic, great sound, and a fantastically appropriate soundtrack. A solid upgrade system and ship selection will keep you going for a while, but that flame will burn out.

Pizza Express is one of the most intense, complicated, and truly fun management simulators I’ve ever played and truly came out of nowhere! I love its art style (apart from some hard to read pixel text) and retro feel, along with its loveable characters and overall entertaining story and gameplay.

Bears Can’t Drift!? is gorgeously designed with multiple brightly coloured levels and smooth character animations.

Avadon 3 proves that the classic RPG isn’t, and nor should it ever be, dead; as long as we have people like Jeff Vogel creating these involved and terrific worlds full of choice and enjoyment the genre will never leave us. Some people may scoff at the visuals or at the lack of a soundtrack; others may be put off by the sometimes poor UI or the intrinsic slowness of it all, but even those things add charm to something like this.

I, Zombie [feels] almost like a flash game, nothing more than a momentary distraction.

Playing Tetraminos with a couple of friends is without a doubt some of the most enjoyable split-screen action that I have experienced in a number of years.

One mark of a great game, for me, is how well it can pull you back after a crushing defeat, and this one’s got quite the lure.

If you’ve stared at music visualisation algorithms for hours on end wishing they could have depth and place you squarely in their 3D space in some kind of magical VR land, then Dimensional Intersection is exactly what you’re looking for.

Working out the real from the fake, the safe from the damaging is all just part of the game’s mystique, and [hackmud] is almost entirely player driven; nearly everything has been built by other players.

It’s strenuous trying to enjoy a game that has four difficulty settings that can all be worked around in the same fashion.

I’m sure that The Hive is a game that many experienced RTS lovers will enjoy due to its compelling story and fantasy world, but it simply isn’t a game that’s suitable for newcomers to RTS games – and that’s where it falters.

Put simply, Farabel is tough. To some, it may seem unfairly so, although the strategy and tactics required to actually make your way through the game are enticing.

Space Hulk Ascension is a love letter to the source material. Not a single pixel does not show the passion and respect that the makers must have for the original board game.

You can expect well made puzzles, gorgeous graphics, as well as a really interesting story line that will have you on the edge of your seat.

The biggest problem with Last Will is the amount of technical issues that plague it; it barely touches the line of what is acceptable in a game’s technical performance.

If you’ve got some mates, hopping into local multiplayer will ensure Axe, Bow & Staff is at its most rewarding and enjoyable.

There are great concepts at play here in terms of the weapons and gameplay, but Ironguard is unfortunately let down by pretty much everything else.