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Just finished Little Nightmares, very slick, but short game that feels like the Indy darling Inside meets the anime classic spirited away. There are some very memorable moments in the game, and you’ll never forget most of the amazing and grotesque characters that populate the bleak, creepy, well executed environment (kept being reminded of Bioshock). Little Nightmares has some of the best lighting effects and reflections off of surfaces I’ve seen in any game, coupled with an incredible mood setting soundtrack and great, fear inducing sound effects, all add up to create the game’s dreary, grimey atmosphere. This is a very short, and sadly overlooked little gem, grab it if you see a sale and want a refreshing break from the usual fare, what an awesome game!

Yeah, there were some demented and beautiful minds at work with respect to character design! The whole package is great, but yeah, CREEPY ASS characters you will not forget!

Doing some PC gaming lately.

They Are Billions has become an addiction for me over the last couple weeks. An RTS with a very simple premise; make your colony survive in a zombie apocalypse wasteland for a certain amount of days. I'm playing it on normal difficulty and still find it brutally difficult. As the days tick by the infected gradually go from docile to agitated to insanely homicidal. Not to mention every couple of weeks hordes of increasing size and strength throw themselves at your defenses. Addictive economy, resource and defense management all rolled into one. The tension is always high as your limited colony space fills up quickly and you send out scouts and soldiers to look for resources and clear out the infected to expand your settlement. Sometimes one little zombie will find a crack in your defenses and make your whole game come to a crashing end as they start infecting your population and your colony collapses like dominoes. The game is enraging and yet I can't stop playing. It's still in its Early Access phase, there is actually a single player campaign coming out for it at the full release, but even as is now, the game is fun to play.

Battle Brothers dubbing itself as a Mercenary Company simulator is a game you could actually write out your entire experience as a novel or short story if you don't do that well. Minimalist graphics combined with insanely detailed gameplay. The premise being your mercenary company has been ambushed and only a handful of survivors remain with you as the new captain. You now have to rebuild your mercenary company managing rosters and equipment but also take on contracts to expand your warchest and deal with the political environment of the factions you come into contact with. Not only that but you have to manage the morale of your company, pay wages and create an operational hierarchy in your company to keep things running smoothly as it grows. The minamalist graphics are made up for with an insane amount of detail and nuance in the gameplay. Combat is your standard turnbased grid style, but a text scroll keeps track of intricate details as they play out providing an exciting on the fly narrative and even your little mercenary avatars will show battle damage as they receive or give it, including a surprisingly gory and satisfying decapitation animation. Of course you also have the ability to name your company, pick your banner and rename all the mercenaries you hire. Interestingly enough all the characters have in depth back stories to not only help add to their character flavor but also give hints and clues on special skills and abilities they may also have.
A new DLC just came out for it that expands the game considerably as more fantasy elements have been introduced as well as customization abilities to really give your mercenary company it's own style.

For the THOUSANDS of Critical!Club members out there with xbox ones two other Critical!Club members out there with xbox ones, the newest set of reverse compatible games that were released this week include Kingdoms of Amalur . I missed the game somehow, and being a fan of the Fable series, I've had TONS of people telling me that I need to try Amalur because it is everything Fable should have been. Anyway, just thought you two other xbox owners might be interested. :)

I can assume you've played RDR2? Or...

Nope, not yet. I know, I know. I haven't even been snooping around in the thread here, I want the game to be a total surprise. I've been holding off because I have a backlog to deal with AND festivus is on the way, maybe it will show up then?...:)