The Stanley Parable is actually one of very few PC games I’ve completed. Certainly before I got my Steam Deck, anyway. It was funny, silly, and I enjoyed it very much. The “don’t play for five years” achievement was also a bit of a struggle because I did want to play it again in that time, but had to wait. I did though, then played it some more. But! Then! This happened! Ultra Deluxe is, on the outside, the same …
I don’t know what the one true ending is. I don’t know if that’s the one I reached. I reached many endings, most of which involved the death of poor Stanley, but one, the final one shown in my spoiler-filled video, seemed to be “the end”. I found the credits at least, anyway. To describe the game gives too much away. What I will say, is that it is genuinely hilarious, as the narrator tries to tell you what to …
Imagine a cross between that weird hypercube animation optical illusion thing and The Stanley Parable, and you’re some of the way to understanding Superliminal. Like The Stanley Parable, it’s a narrative discovery game in a series of corridors, offices, warehouses and… other places. Whereas Stanley is trapped in a Groundhog Day style scenario, your nameless hero here is inside a dream which has been engineered to help them deal with something in their life. So, almost the same thing. However, …
My personal roundup of the best games I’ve played in 2015, and the game I’ve chosen as my Game of the Year.
Fantasy Life (3DS 03/01/2015) Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure (Wii U 20/01/2015) The Starship Damrey (3DS 21/01/2015) SteamWorld Dig (Wii U 30/01/2015) Picross e5 (3DS 31/01/2015) Weapon Shop de Omasse (3DS 04/02/2015) 3D Afterburner II (3DS 06/02/2015) Shovel Knight (Wii U 09/02/2015) Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition (Wii U 10/02/2015) 3D Fantasy Zone (3DS 15/02/2015) Rock Boshers DX (Vita 17/02/2015) Mario Golf: World Tour (3DS 19/02/2015) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (360 20/02/2015) Pokémon Shuffle (3DS 28/02/2015) Assassin’s Creed: Rogue …
