Mr. Skeltal's thoughts deposit

I'm a retro-gaming enthusiast, I love playing games from the past, especially if I've never heard of them. There are a lot of experiences worth discovering and game preservation is a topic I really care about.    The work of some independent developers and producers to remaster/fix abandoned titles helps a lot and it is a purpose I fully support.   While I can't say I enjoyed playing S.W.I.N.E, I'm still glad it has been remastered and made available on modern platforms. Aesthetics A moment of respite before returning to battle The graphics used have aged well, the remastering work has given a good polishing to the title, which is pleasing to my eye, of course, the cartoony graphic style with bright and vibrant colors helps. Not much to say about the particle details, when they have to represent explos...

The exploratory platformer/Metroidvania is a genre that has resisted the influences over the years and has remained one of the most popular game type. It is not difficult to understand, the mixture of exploration and fighting is a good combination, captivating and fun. Cathedral is one of many products released in this genre. To stay up to date, follow me on steam or twitter . Aesthetics Always keep your guard up The game uses pixel art graphics, with a style is reminiscent of titles released on 8-bit machines, but can be considered more as an evolution of that kind, similar to many platformer releases in recent years. On a negative note, the game engine struggles a lot during the most intense action scenes and makes everything lag. The animations are done competently, without major slips or technical excellence. There is no trace of a dubbing or sounds to simulate speech. The soundtrack uses synthesized instruments, while it's not bad, I wish were used programs with modern sou...

In recent years, there has been an influx of games made in China   to online stores.   Most of these are avoided by gamers as they aren't quality products or are plagued by systems that many find unbearable, such as dishonest and unbalanced microtransactions.   However, there are also developers who want to create more classic titles and The Rewinder is an example of this. Aesthetics Remember to say hello to your local frog spirit The game uses pixel art graphics and honestly I've seen games use this drawing technique in a more refined and detailed way.   The looks are lifted by the visuals inspired by the style of Chinese ink paintings , without this inspiration it is very likely that the game would have had a less pronounced appearance.   The animations are ok, without infamy and without praise.   Voice acting only appears on two occasion...

During the sixth generation of video games, the most popular genre at the time was the linear action adventure game, almost every title that was released belonged to this genre. Despite not reaching the popularity of others, Enclave is part of this category. Aesthetics Despite the age, it's possible to admire charming visuals The pure graphics are child of the sixth generation, with a graphical style influenced by the most typical fantasy, this isn't bad since it gives the game enjoyable scenes despite the texture being a bit low resolution. A small note, rise the brightness a lot, sometimes it becomes so dark to strain the eyes. The particle effects are ok, they are not the most pronounced but not invisible either. The animations are janky, they aren't ...

In the last years, point and click adventure games have fallen out of popularity, bested by titles that mix intriguing narratives with more elaborated game mechanics. This doesn't stop independent developers in trying to reinvigorate the genre with their productions or create love letters in the name of the titles of the past. Detective Gallo belongs to the second category. To stay up to date, follow me on steam or twitter . Aesthetics It's a quiet night in the knives district The game utilizes bi-dimensional graphics with a style vaguely reminiscent of Mickey Mouse comic books with protagonist either Donald Duck or Scrooge McDuck It's nice to see, functional, and it gives a nice cartoon effect to everything. The animations are fine, there isn't much to say, they do the neces...

Sometimes it happens that a title gets lost in a period of releases of similar games of the same genre in a short span of time and it gets forgotten. Rising Kingdoms is one such a game, but it doesn't mean it should be ignored.  Aesthetics You must always be ready to battle The game utilizes bi-dimensional graphics with pre-rendered sprites and saturated colors, a bit out of the norm for 2005, since almost all developers had switched to the use of 3D polygons, but it is curated enough to not be a negative. The particle effects are a bit underwhelming, it can happen that you are not able to see them in the heat of battle. It is a bad thing when they must depict important actions like healing. The animations are ok, with the ones dedicated to the destruction of structures particularly well de...