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American Arcadia creates a strong retro tone and spins its yarn at a perfect pace - a puzzle-platformer worth experiencing.

Visually the game is truly stunning and packed with detail once again, fully embodying its pixel art tones and blending it with gothic and religious iconography… adding a real under-tone of gruesomeness and foreboding to it all.  Sound wise it’s outstanding as well from the epic soundtrack building to a crescendo in the heat of a battle, to it just ticking away in the background forging an atmosphere as you explore.  Blasphemous 2 takes what made the first game a hit, by amplifying and refining it all, movement and combat are improved, the world is deeper and bigger and the big bads are bigger and badder.  If you’re a fan of the first game you will love this, whereas newcomers will find a tough, but fair challenge if they can keep the faith.

Visually DE-EXIT has a striking voxel art style; similar in ways to Minecraft, where blocks and smooth shapes are the way… blending fairy-tale and sci-fi themes together.  This visual choice gives everything an almost childlike feel at times.  An interesting choice when you look at it given the games core theming, tale and subject matter.  Sound wise music is used sparingly, though there are some nice synth strings tracks to be found, but most of the time it heavily relies on ambient sounds and build an atmosphere with more than a hint of wonder.  There is also some voice acting for characters you’ll find along the way, which adds to the tale nicely even though you never speak.  DE-EXIT – Eternal Matters is an interesting and at times charming title that aims to bring up some real questions, that will have you thinking about what it’s asking long after the credits roll.  Although it’s a bit rough on the technical side at times and the puzzles never get too taxing, it holds together for the most part.

Visually Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova looks good with a nice art style that mirrors that of the show, as for sound a lot of voice talent from the show returns; including Kate Mulgrew as Janeway, Brett Gray as Dal R’El and Ella Purnell as Gwyndala… to name but a few.  Although there are issues around audio mixing with the overall music being washed out by the sound effects and voice more often than not and oddly subtitles matching up with the actual spoken lines at times.  Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova is a light hearted outing that delivers a deeper dive into a world that fans will enjoy, serving up a solid experience and fun co-op along the way too.