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Terrifier: The ARTcade Game

If there was one title I had a lot of hope riding on, it would’ve been Terrifier: The ARTcade Game. I’m a horror girlie, so Art the Clown has been an icon on my radar since the first Terrifier film. Unfortunately, unlike that first evolutionary, if not tasteless film, this title really doesn’t reinvent the wheel at all. In fact, this game is actually kind of boring in a lot of ways. Most specifically, the combat. The amount of the same repeated enemies and attacks you’ll dole out just adds to the monotonous nature of this title.

What this title does right is the way it brings the source material into the gaming medium. Attacks can be creative and done just the way the various villainous characters would carry them out. And the landmarks we’ve all come to know and love from some of the iconic scenes we’ve all seen from the trilogy of films do make you point like the Leo meme. If you’re a die-hard fan, then of course you should own this. If not, I’d just pass along.

Of Ashes & Steel

Another unfortunate, boring title that I wish had landed on the landing a bit is Of Ashes & Steel. A title I was hoping to be my next RPG hyper fixation turned out to be yet another clumsy title I’d delete off my PC once I finished my time with it. What the game does right is in the unique character models made for the vast array of enemies. The more ghastly the better, honestly.

Though looks can only take you so far, especially as the game doesn’t look all that great in all areas, the enemy. What's worse is that the game is a bit cheap-feeling. Movement is stiff and often unresponsive, characters’ animations are horrid and not synced with audio, and combat is a slow-moving, messy affair. This simply isn’t a game that feels like a complete product. It’s giving Steam Early Access.