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Torn Away Review

Torn Away is a poetic and unfortunately very timely look on war through the eyes of a child. Set during World War 2, it places you in the shoes of ten-year-old Asya, a Soviet girl that escaped her fate of becoming a labor camp worker and is now facing the greatest battle of all – crossing Germany and Poland to return to her family. She doesn’t fight, but she can sneak and hide in this touching side-scrolling adventure that mixes stealth, platformer, puzzles, and cinematic first-person segments.This War of MittenWith a deep focus on narrative while taking you into this melancholic

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Neon Abyss Review

Neon AbyssDescriptionCombining furious run ‘n’ gun action and deep, roguelike mechanics, Neon Abyss pits you as a member of ‘Grim Squad’ – a task force set-up by Hades himself to infiltrate the Abyss and defeat the New Gods. Death is not the end as every time you die, you’ll find yourself more empowered than before.Released on the 14th of July 2020, Veewo Games brought us Neon Abyss, with a mass array of weapons, hatchable eggs and items for you to find and equip.Published by Team17, Yooreka Studio (China)Neon Abyss is a dungeon crawling, exploration type of game, where you drop into

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Hell Pie Review

Hell hath no fury like Satan with a craving for birthday pie. Such is the premise for new platformer Hell Pie from developer Sluggerfly. This is the perfect time to warn everyone that despite its occasionally harmless cartoon appearance, Hell Pie includes violence, gore, wiggling devil Chef butts, unicorn sacrifices, and the worst of them all… bland Hawaiian t-shirts.It’s great then that this is a superb throwback to 3D action platformers of old, specifically those with a duo of heroes taking on the world, such as Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, and the like. Hell Pie brings challenging, diverse, and

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Death Tales Review

Death TalesDescriptionThis game is meant to be played with a controller.Embark on an adventure as a new Reaper who has gone rogue! Collect equipment and spells, learn powerful attacks against hordes of enemies, complete quests for a cast of quirky characters, and make difficult choices in this grim yet richly illustrated 2D world. Play alone or with a friend in local co-op and serve Death together!Death Tales was released on the 1st of October 2020, by Developer and Publisher Arcade Distillery, under the franchise Plague Universe.A solo or co-op game for you and one of your friends to play. You, a

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Mayhem in Single Valley Review

A peaceful morning turned chaotic that forces you to travel across a single valley stumbling upon a mysterious plot hidden in the town seemingly involves endangering every single soul in the valley and it’s up to you to correct the course in battles without a fight, puzzles without a hint, in a world coated in pixel arts and 8-bit music.Story as the Context for All the MechanicsMayhem in Single Valley is exactly what the title suggests - in a single valley a chaotic incident happens that causes mayhem in which you are somehow involved and it is up to you to

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