Sunless Skies
Sunless Skies is, in many ways, the game that Sunless Sea should have been. This time, Failbetter finally becomes comfortable …
What Remains of Edith Finch
The ‘walking simulator’ subgenre of adventure games (or, as some prefer to call it, the ‘environmental narrative’ subgenre), has always …
Hollow Knight
Indie developers, due to the fact that they don’t respond to a corporate bureaucracy of an AAA studio, are able …
Planescape: Torment
Warning: this article contains major spoilers for Planescape: Torment, including references to the game’s ending. The worlds(s) of Planescape When any …
Project: Snowblind
Deus Ex: Invisible War was supposed to be followed up with a third game known as Deus Ex: Clan Wars, a tactical …
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
The idea of making the next Deus Ex game was quite popular around Ion Storm and Eidos, but for a long time …
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Deus Ex: Invisible War is widely considered to be a disappointing sequel. The main complaint directed at the game is that …
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Troika Games was a short-lived game development company started by former Black Isle and Interplay employees: Leonard Boyarsky, Tim Cain …
King of Dragon Pass
King of Dragon Pass is an extremely unique game. Everything from its setting (the decidedly non-Tolkienesque fantasy world of Glorantha) and …
Toment: Tides of Numenera
Warning: this article contains major spoilers for Torment: Tides of Numenera and Planescape: Torment Torment in times of Kickstarter As the success of …
Banner Saga 2, The
The Banner Saga 2 feels less like a sequel and more like another set of chapters added to the first game. …
Sunless Sea
Lose your mind. Eat your crew. Sunless Sea was quite an ambitious project for Failbetter Games – both fairly original …
