While I love pretty much any kind of adventure game, especially if it tells a story that I’m interested in, sometimes a title comes along that has a unique gameplay element that makes me take notice. In the case of Columnae, this is something they’re…
I’m a sucker for a good adventure game that’s not afraid to delve into “dark humour” which is why I backed both Kickstarter attempts of Vincent the Vampire, a story about a dead dude helping out undead dudes. Or something like that. I only cared…
Visual novels are great diversions in and of themselves, but sometimes you want one that tries something different. while we don’t know an awful lot about Anime Studio Simulator, it certainly brings that something different to the table. For better or worse it’s not just…
Variety and player experience customization are becoming very important in video games recently. The costs to make a video game are gradually increasing so it is understandable that games need to be created with the largest accessibility in mind. However, appealing to every single person…
Lightime intrigues me a lot. On the surface, it seems like just another low poly puzzle platformer Kickstarter, but there’s a lot of ambition in this project. Lightime focuses on time as a mechanic for solving puzzles. I don’t find the actual mechanics particularly innovative,…
Kickstarter and Steam aren’t exactly known for being “adult” friendly when it comes to allowing mature content on their platforms. Which means that every time I hear about an 18+ patch or even base game being offered I sit up and take notice. In the…
Something I always find endearing is when developers give nods to each other. Usually we see this via homages inside of a game but rarely do we see this outside of games. Howeve Greg Lobanov has done just this in his latest Kickstarter update for…
Kingdom Come: Deliverance has received a fair bit of coverage here at Cliqist with 10 articles dedicated to the first-person, ‘dungeons without dragons’ RPG since it debuted on Kickstarter in January 2014. However seeing as our last look at Warhorse’s ambitious medieval-sim was almost a year…
As I have mentioned before, I know next to nothing about the System Shock series beyond what basically amounts to the “back of the box” snippet. I did install and I did try to play the “enhanced edition” but I didn’t get very far into…
I’m all for giving to a Kickstarter campaign almost blindly without seeing how it plays out or knowing more than a couple paragraphs of plot in the pitch, but sometimes a project comes along that has me very much on the fence. In the case…
When I first saw Hyper Sentinel on Kickstarter I thought of Space Invaders. Admittedly I thought of Space Invaders on steroids, but I was definitely thinking “oh look, it’s new age Space Invaders”. Maybe I should have been thinking oh look it’s Space Intruders. I’ll…
Our weekly dose of hot takes, occasionally well formed opinions, and fevered outbursts is back; yup, it’s the Question of the Week! This week it’s all about the big guy. Yup, those big name developers with their big name games funding through Kickstarter. Do they belong, or should they…
Here’s a quick tip for developers looking to receive crowd sourced funding: don’t make exclusive rewards for different funding campaigns. Unfortunately this is exactly what Gun Media has done with their upcoming Friday the 13th The Game. They have released an interactive developer diary that…
I’m always on the lookout for a good adventure game with an interesting story but I’m especially excited when I see one with some unique gameplay. Moonburnt Studio will be launching their Kickstarter for Columnae on July 7 and according to the press release that I…
In visual novel Eldet, players assume the role of Kunal, a man in his early 20s. Set in an alternate version of Earth that’s “based loosely on Andalusia (southern Spain), Sweden, Cambodia, Algeria, and India” and is full of magic, Kunal’s Big Dilemma is that…
Remember the times when magazines and demo disks were the holy grail of gaming? Not only could you read about the latest in AAA, but there was also the chance to play the hottest demos around the block, getting to spend a few precious minutes full of carefully orchestrated gameplay…
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