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PC Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Souldiers

May 31, 2022May 31, 2022 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Dear Villagers, Killing You Platformer, Metroidvania, Pixel Graphics, Retro Forge, Souldiers, Soulslike

Spoonful of death? More like a gallon of the stuff. If you’re up for a challenge in a beautifully crafted world, Souldiers is calling your name. It’s only trying to lure your into a trap to kill you, but now you know that before you jump in…

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Alphas/Betas/Demos/Early Access Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Panzer Arena

September 16, 2021October 5, 2021 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Arena Shooter, FTP, Indie, LODZERO, Panzer Arena, Tanks

Aside from being fun, Panzer Arena makes me feel like I’m playing with my military Micro Machines again.

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines

August 10, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Indie, Nintendo Switch, PC, RPG, STEAM, The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines, The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild, tinyDino Games, Twin-Stick Shooter, Xbox One

There is a fair bit of use to the time-stopping ability that stops it from feeling like a gimmick and I’m happy to see they struck that note just right.

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Alphas/Betas/Demos/Early Access Impressions PC Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Record of Lodoss War – Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth

March 16, 2020March 28, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Metroidvania, PLAYISM, Record of Lodoss War - Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, RPG, Team Ladybug, Why so serious?

Maybe it’s the “pixelated Metroidvania” aspect of the game, but I felt right at home.

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Impressions PC Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Sky Cannoneer

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Element Games, Indie, Rampart, Single Player, STEAM, Strategy

You don’t need to be familiar with the classic Rampart game (even though you should), you just need to have a desire for fun while blowing things up.

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Kickstarter Highlight Nintendo Switch Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Kickstarter Highlight) Savior

October 2, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Kickstarter, Kickstarter Highlight, Nintendo Switch, Open World, Platformer, Savior, Starsoft, Starsort Entertainment, STEAM

 I know I haven’t posted anything lately and that’s because I’ve been putting my efforts into my own game.

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Warhammer: Chaosbane

June 2, 2019June 4, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, ARPG, Bigben Interactive, Co-Op, Eko Software, Old World, RPG, Warhammer, Warhammer: Chaosbane

“… wherever you are, whoever’s face your blade meets, it’s still a joy to kill all of the things and that fact helps me gloss over a lot of the issues I have with the game.”

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Driven Out – Demo

May 16, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments 2D, Action, Adventure, Driven Out, Indie, Jens Kolhammer, No Pest Productions, STEAM, Swordplay

Driven Out’s demo needs to be game length because I want more now!

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Nintendo Switch Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Assault Android Cactus+

March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Assault Android Cactus, Bullet Hell, Indie, Nintendo Switch, Twin-Stick Shooter, Witch Beam

So much explosive fun to be had here!

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Gunpowder on The Teeth: Arcade

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments 2D, Action, Arcade, Demo, Gunpowder on The Teeth: Arcade, Gunpowder Team, Indie, Platformer, STEAM

I love the aesthetics, but hate the barbed wire. If you’re up for a platforming challenge… here you go!

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Nintendo Switch Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) JackQuest: The Tale of The Sword

February 3, 2019February 7, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Crescent Moon Games, Indie, JackQuest, JackQuest: The Tale of The Sword, Nintendo eShop, Nintendo Switch, NX Games, Platformer, Playstation 4, PS4, RPG, STEAM, Xbox One

What’s this sorcery? A hard-ish platformer I can finish? Check out this game that doesn’t leave a bruise where it kicks you!

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Element: Space

January 9, 2019January 10, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Element: Space, Inca Games, Indie, RPG, Sixth Vowel, Steam Early Access, Strategy, Turn-Based Combat

Element: Space delivers where a few others haven’t in the same genre. With a good narrative and good looking aesthetics (and checkpoints), I think we’ve got a winner here.

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Edge of Eternity

December 20, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Edge of Eternity, Indie, JRPG, Midgar Studio, Playdius, RPG, Steam Early Access, Strategy

What is here is impressive and if the whole game holds up what this first chapter has built, it’s going to be an awesome ride.

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Indiegogo Highlight Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Indiegogo Highlight) Proto-G

December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Benua Softworks, Demo, Indie, Indiegogo, Proto-G, STEAM

What’s better than robots? Robots that fight each other of course!

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Book of Demons

December 13, 2018January 13, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, ARPG, Book of Demons, Casual, Diablo, Indie, STEAM, Thing Trunk

In the grim dark future, there is only loot. To get said loot, one must travel through dungeons and reek chaos and death up on evil baddies until you beat the loot out of them! This seems about right.

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-(5/31/22) Yes I’m doing some reviews lately. I’ll get back to dev’n when I’m done with my current reviews.
-While patching my first game Mazungeon, I broke it so it’s off the Play store. You can see on the site what it was like when it worked. You can also play a previous version here.

-Thank you to all developers and PR people who make this wild ride possible. It is a pleasure!

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