MOBAs have grown in popularity in years and are expanding even more; with League of Legends and DOTA being two of the most popular ones out there at the moment. But what if a MOBA was mobilized? It sounds a bit crazy. Typically with MOBAs players…
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Giant monster movies are awesome, and while western attempts at capturing that smashy magic have resulted in Fat Godzilla and Cloverfield, that’s not to say that we can’t do better. Maybe interactive media can help communicate the fun and carnage of destroying hundreds of homes,…
JRPGs these days have fallen a bit into the “hey, it’s pretty!” category, but have long forgotten what fun gameplay really is, and tend to push the envelope in the wrong direction. I’m looking at you, Final Fantasy. New JRPG Celestial Tear: Demon’s Revenge has…
Everywhere I turn, I keep seeing really amazing Kickstarter campaigns for RPGs and JRPGs; I can’t seem to get away from them. But it makes complete sense; my generation grew up with tons and tons of beautiful RPGs and RPG series. When I see some…
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse – Episode 2 Reviewed By Mitchell “Moe” Long [divider] When we left our heroes George Stobbart and Nico Collard, the duo was stranded on the roof of a burning building. After months of anxiously closing and reopening Steam, hoping…
Welcome to our weekly feature, “Question Of The Week.” As you can tell from that entirely original title each week we pose a question to our panel and they chime in with their opinions. No one sees one another’s responses until the story is posted,…
We’ve already talked about Contact Vector here on Cliqist, both in an overview and a review of the proof-of-concept, but it seems goals were not met during the last campaign. Developer Stephen Moorhouse hasn’t lost heart, however, and he’s brought Contact Vector back to Kickstarter,…
Few games really appreciate that multiplayer gaming is more than just talking to your guild mates through a headset. Multiplayer gaming is about sharing laughs and strangling your friends, and every time that kind of multiplayer is included in a game, a blue shell gets…
Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect Reviewed By Mitchell “Moe” Long [divider] It’s rare that a game receives a sequel after 18 years, but considering the series, this should be expected. Tex Murphy is among the most unique franchises in the game world, thus it’s only fitting…
The tactical beat-em up Treachery in Beatdown City has had quite the life on Kickstarter. The initial campaign sometime back fell short of its goal despite widespread press coverage from a number of larger gaming sites. Not one to give up, the games’ designer, Shawn…
Tex Murphy Retrospective By Mitchell “Moe” Long [divider] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen I first loaded up the “Tex Murphy” series on my computer, thanks to the friendly folks at GOG.com, I didn’t quite know what to expect. Sure I’d researched the detective, and knew the buzz words: “action-adventure,”…
One of the unfortunately things about the extremely narrow focus of our coverage here at Cliqist is that while we’ll happily cover a game while it’s funding, if that funding campaign fails then we move on. Sure, we may post a brief news blurb at…
Dammit. Every time I proclaim that I’m sick of pixel graphics another game comes along to pull me back in. The latest drug is the beautiful looking Kingdom from Thomas van den Berg. Originally released last year, Kingdom is a strategy game puts players in…
Harmonix is known for some of the most popular and influential music oriented games out there, like the original Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and Dance Central. But Amplitude is the game that paved the way for music games all the way back in the early…
Another World attracted a lot of attention back in the early 90’s for its brilliant storyline and balance of cutscenes and gameplay for dramatic effect and ultimate immersion. It drastically changed the way we look at games and the overall design of one. Ah, young…
Olympia Rising – Previewed By Julie Morley [divider] Olympia Rising gets you right in the feels with some mythology in an enthralling epic tale of bravery, self reflection, and a quest for some answers. The underworld is nothing pleasant to speak of. Merely torment and…
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