Teamwork is everything in It Takes Two, a cooperative-only experience that dazzles with its gameplay variety and ability to unite player individuality in dynamic ways. It’s one of the most fascinating experiences of the year and truly hits best when you know as little as possible going in. It goes to incredible, unexpected places and is worth seeing through to the end. Every discovery is a chance to learn more about your desperate circumstance and advance further towards freedom.ĭaniel Mullins Games’ Inscryption is unsettling at times and downright wonderous at others many of its best moments are ones we won’t spoil here. From there, Inscryption masterfully weaves puzzles in and out of its card game and exploration sequences.
Peering from the pitch-black shadows are the orange, spiral eyes of your captor, who acts like a D&D game master, roleplaying your opponents in his sinister deckbuilding roguelike gauntlet. You learn the ropes of the game in a dark cabin, with only the table to which you’ve been shackled visible in the flickering candlelight. New mechanics and resource systems continuously appear throughout, providing plenty of viable builds to explore. The core of Inscryption is a robust card game similar to Yu-Gi-Oh and Hearthstone that grows and changes over time. Tearing it away shows the true layers at the heart of the narrative, slowly revealing what the game actually is and how you, the player, are instrumental to its story. However, its impressive introduction is just a façade. The title is thick with atmosphere and mystery from the opening moments, taunting you to ask questions from the start screen. | Our ReviewĮxcitement for Inscryption swept through our staff like wildfire at the year’s end. Psychonauts 2 is a superb throwback to the platformers of yesteryear and it’s Double Fine’s magnum opus. Most admirably, the writing handles mental illnesses with respect and empathy instead of ridicule. Hanging out with Raz and his gang of old favorites and fun newcomers, including his entire family, left permanent smiles on our faces. The espionage story stands as the highlight, thanks to its surprising twists and turns.
New powers like conjuring a goofy, wafer-thin doppelganger are welcome additions. Raz’s psychic abilities, such as telekinesis and pyrokinesis, are as fun as ever.
We’re glad that actually playing them proves just as entertaining there’s no Meat Circus to be found. Exploring bizarre mental destinations such as a casino/hospital mash-up or a puppet-driven twist on Iron Chef was always an exciting prospect. Exceptional level design across an array of wildly imaginative worlds showcases the more finely tuned platforming. Psychonauts 2’s gameplay serves as a marked improvement over the original. Fans waited years for this sequel, and, against all odds, it not only lives up to expectations but shatters the perception of what Double Fine is capable of. This trend finally ended with Psychonauts 2. That is to say, an experience that overflows with personality, humor, and imagination and gameplay that, while usually serviceable, doesn’t reach the same heights. The original Psychonauts set the template for what would become the quintessential Double Fine game.
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