It’s Spring and love is in the air, or at least it would be if the NPC’s in My Time at Portia would just let me love them. Instead, they have thwarted every one of my romantic advances. Whether this is due to actual game…
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Joanna Mueller is a lifelong gamer who used to insist on having the Super Mario Bros manual read to her as a bedtime story. Now she's reading Fortnite books to her own kiddo while finally making use of her degree to write about games as Cliqist's EIC.
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After eight years, developer Data Realms has finally released the followup to their cult classic Cortex Command. Their new questionable physics adventure, Planetoid Pioneers launches today, complete with the team’s proprietary Crush2D physics engine tools. Planetoid Pioneers tells the harrowing tale of a team of geriatric…
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Every person you encounter has the same dead-eyed stare and plastic features. It’s a bit unsettling, but once you get past that there is the potential for some gooey narrative goodness inside Wreck Tangle Games’ Alaska. Developed by a one-man dev team, Alaska promises a…
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As part of our Game of the Month coverage we’re going to help you survive and thrive through your first quests in My Time at Portia. While the game holds your hand at first, it’s easy get overwhelmed once commissions start flooding in. This guide will…
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The decapitated head of my enemy lays upon the ground before me. I deftly scope it up and hurl it at his comrades laughing gleefully before tearing them to shreds as well. This is Wulverblade. Following up a successful Switch release last Fall, Developers Fully…
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Back by popular (aka: EiC’s) demand, it’s time for Cliqist’s Game of the Month. We’ve done this in the past with both crowdfunded and not-so crowdfunded titles. Every month, our crack team of editors will select an exceptional indie game to highlight. To start things…
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Previously we covered the abysmal Life is Feudal MMO Newbie Island tutorials. Here we’ll touch on all the ways the game sets new players up for failure once they hit the mainland. The newbie experience was a frustrating mess that would send most sane players running…
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Now available on Steam Early Access, Life is Feudal MMO is a game that prides itself on hardcore mechanics and a steep learning curve. After character creation players arrive on the shores of Newbie Island. Here new players are encouraged to visit the NPC town…
Joanna Mueller
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There is a certain difficulty in attempting to review (or in this case preview) an MMO. In a single-player game your experience with the story and mechanics is a fairly accurate prediction of what others can expect. On the other hand, MMOs grow and change…
Joanna Mueller
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Developer Bitbox originally brought their plan for a “hardcore and realistic medieval multiplayer MMORPG” to Indiegogo back in 2013. Historically, MMOs have a hard time with crowdfunding since the sheer scale of the project leaves many would-be backers skeptical of its chances. Life is Feudal MMO was…
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Each new in-game day is full of possibilities. Grow crops, make friends, occasionally receive dire warnings about mankind’s hubris, the usual. My Time at Portia is a colorfully upbeat crafting sim that lures you into a cute world where most of humanity was destroyed in a…
Joanna Mueller
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The guys at Phoenix Labs sent me back home with some extra keys for the closed Beta. If you’d like one, leave a comment below and we’ll pick 5 readers who’ll get keys for Dauntless. In any other game, a group of newbie adventurers would…
Joanna Mueller
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Information is everything, time is running out, and you can’t trust anyone, especially your own people. Welcome to the alternate history of Creative Forge Games’ Phantom Doctrine. Set in 1983 during the Cold War, the game tasks players with overthrowing a global conspiracy committed to…
Joanna Mueller
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“It won’t make sense, but you’ll get it.” This was my introduction to Wattam. From creator Keita Takahashi, who brought the world Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, Wattam is a game about friendship and explosions. After playing the demo at PAX South I can…
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Publisher 1C Company had the strategy genre on lock last weekend at PAX South. Between the squad-based Ancestors Legacy and turn-based strategy RPG Deep Sky Derelicts the publisher also unveiled a new cyberpunk RTS called Re-Legion from Ice Code Games. The game takes place in the…
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After finding success in the board game market, developer North Star Games is about to launch their first digital title. Based on their successful board game by the same name, Evolution the Video Game is all about strategy and adaptation. This is something North Star…