Category: SYCH Reviews

  • Zero Sievert: Slavic Urbexing

    Zero Sievert: Slavic Urbexing

    Developer: Cabo Studios Genre: Top Down Survival horror MSRB (At time of publishing): $19.99 Platform: Steam Game Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/668580/Atomic_Heart/ The ideas that were created from Arkady and Boris Strugatsky’s “roadside Picnic” have been ever present in gaming since the first S.T.A.L.K.E.R game was released. The nearly Lovecraftian idea of a zone that manipulates time and…

  • Atomic Heart: First Impressions

    Atomic Heart: First Impressions

    Developer: Mundfish Genre: First Person horror shooter/ atompunk MSRB (At time of publishing): $59.99 Platform: PC, Xbox, Playstation Game Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/668580/Atomic_Heart/ Atomic Heart has been a game in the making for the past half decade, with the weird steampunk inspired art style, from the mysterious developer Mundfish leading the charge. Through a lot of up…

  • Project Warlock: Magic Wolfenstein

    Project Warlock: Magic Wolfenstein

    Developer: Buckshot Software Genre: Retro First Person Shooter MSRB (At time of publishing): $12 Platform: PC Game Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/893680/Project_Warlock/ If i had a dollar for every time someone compared Project Warlock to Wolfenstein 3D I’d have enough to help John Carmack fund whatever new VR headset he’s pouring his psychic Carmack magic into. I completely…

  • Aquatico: Tasteless as Sand

    Aquatico: Tasteless as Sand

    Name Aquatico Developer: Digital Reef Games Genre: Underwater Colony Simulator MSRB (At time of publishing): $24.99 Platform: PC Game Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1812300/Aquatico/ I have a love-hate relationship with the ocean: On the one hand, I find the ocean and its aquatic life utterly beautiful and mesmerizing, and on the other it’s a terrifying place full of…

  • Gorn: Long Live the Emperor

    Gorn: Long Live the Emperor

    Name: Gorn Developer: Devolver Digital  Genre: VR first person brawler MSRB( at time of writing): $19.99 Platform: Oculus Quest(1&2), HTC Vive, PlayStation VR Developers Twitter: https://twitter.com/gornvr?lang=en Game Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/578620/GORN/#:~:text=GORN-,GORN,of%20Broforce%20and%20Genital%20Jousting. When buying your first VR game, be it the HTC Vive or an Oculus Quest 2, it’s always good to have a few mindless, yet fun…

  • Robo Recall: Shame it isn’t free

    Robo Recall: Shame it isn’t free

    Name: Robo Recall Developer: Epic Games Genre: First Person VR shooter MSRP( at time of writing): $29.99 Platform: Oculus Quest( 1&2) Oculus Rift, HTC Vive( with mods) Game Link: https://www.epicgames.com/roborecall/en-US/home Like many people when they first got their Oculus Quest 2, I immediately picked up Robo Recall. It was both the first game I saw…

  • Blade and Sorcery: Fantasy meets VR

    Name: Blade and Sorcery Developer: Warpfrog Genre: Hack and slash/ first person RPG MSRB( at time of writing): $19.99 Platform: Oculus Quest, Oculus Quest 2Game Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/629730/Blade_and_Sorcery/ While the drought of PS5 and Xbox Series X is annoying, its given a much smaller, and more niche system to forge ahead: VR But maybe you see…

  • Protected: Darkest Dungeon: ASMR in A Spooky Dungeon

    Protected: Darkest Dungeon: ASMR in A Spooky Dungeon

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  • Dying Light: Parkour and Dropkick in the Apocalypse

    Dying Light: Parkour and Dropkick in the Apocalypse

    Name: Dying Light Developer: Techland Genre: First Person Survival Horror/ Parkour MSRB( at time of writing): $29.99 Platform: PC, Xbox 1, PS4 Game Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/239140/Dying_Light_Enhanced_Edition/ My God, zombie games have become new and interesting again. It’s easy to forget in 2021 how oversaturated the zombie game genre was. It filled every type of genre, from…

  • Amnesia: The Dark Descent: Unmatched Horror

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent: Unmatched Horror

    Name: Amnesia: The Dark Descent Developer: Frictional Games Genre: First Person Horror/ Narrative based game MSRB (at time of writing): $19.99 Platform: PC Game Link:https://store.steampowered.com/app/57300/Amnesia_The_Dark_Descent/ Amnesia’s title is eye rolling-ly generic if youve spent more than a few minutes in the horror games category. The “I have Amnesia” trope has been worn thin through constant…