I can’t compare my experience writing a review for The Splintered Sea, the first paid expansion for the dastardly clever physics puzzle builder Besiege, to that of a journalist keeping a diary facing deadly storms on the horizon. But if we take for granted the idea that a review is only really valuable as an insight into the player’s experience, I haven’t felt particularly good this week. That in mind: Splintered Sea is more Besiege, carefully applied to the already extensive toolkit. More importantly, it’s currently bringing me deep and much-needed moments of untainted, childlike, vaguely-Orcish joy.
Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate (Switch) – Hades In A Half-Shell
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) From the outside, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate looks a lot like Hades. The room-based gameplay, upgrade and power-up systems, approach to storytelling, and hack-and-slash combat will be no strangers to those who’ve played the award-winning godlike roguelike. But that’s no bad thing. Imitation is, after all, the sincerest … Read more