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From the first seconds you spend on the fractured concrete of its surreal Underworld, Skate Story makes plain that it’s not just another skateboarding game. Sam Eng’s direction – long anticipated and finally realized in this project – marries stripped-down skating mechanics with a bizarre, symbolic narrative: you control a demon forged of glass and pain, tasked by the Devil with skating to the Moon and devouring it to win freedom. The storytelling here sidesteps conventional exposition; there are no full voice performances, no long cutscenes, just a sequence of poetic intertitles and almost absurd encounters with other damned souls – from forgetful animals to speaking statues – that overlay an already dreamlike journey. At times, this surrealism elevates the premise into something genuinely poetic, but it occasionally risks drifting into abstraction that some players may find difficult to emotionally invest in. Continue reading “Skate Story review (PS5)”

From the moment Sleep Awake unfolds on PlayStation 5, it is clear that Blumhouse Games and EYES OUT set out to craft something uncommonly vivid: a first-person horror that dwells at the intersection of dystopian survival and psychedelic surrealism. What begins as a simple premise – humans in a crumbling city must avoid sleep at all costs lest they vanish into “The Hush” – quickly unfurls into a narrative both compelling and frustratingly opaque. The game’s conceptual foundation, courtesy of industry veterans Cory Davis and Robin Finck, offers a rich tapestry of existential dread and sensory overload that few horror titles attempt, but the payoff feels uneven at times. Continue reading “Sleep Awake review (PS5)”

Wartorn begins with a narrative premise that is refreshingly earnest: two sisters, Yara and Elani, cast adrift from their home and journeying through the shattered archipelago of Talaur, striving to reach the sanctuary of their ancestral fortress. From the outset, the game blends storytelling with its central systems so that progress through the world map feels like a lived experience rather than merely a sequence of tactical encounters. The roguelite structure is tightly interwoven with the lore – failed runs reset with narrative justification and yield heirlooms and story revelations that both expand the sisters’ journey and enhance future attempts. This approach gives Wartorn’s narrative arc a compelling pull, even as it occasionally struggles to balance exposition with gameplay flow. Continue reading “Wartorn review (PC)”