Bone Robot Games

 Momodora:  Reverie Under the Moonlight is a delightful entry into the side-scrolling, action-adventure genre.  I play as many as I can, and they are usually bad.  Having played through so many mediocre titles, I wasn't expecting much from Momodora, but I was happy to have been proven wrong.  A "Metroidvania-lite," Momodora makes the case why maybe more Metroidvanias should be this way. There isn't too much to this game, and that is its biggest strength.  Everything about it is simple, but executed brilliantly.  It has a retro feel with its graphics and art style. The story is told in very short quips from a small amount of NPCs.  It deviates from basically every other Metroidvania I've played, and I welcome it with open arms. Pixel-style  graphics are usually a style choice I don't enjoy, but after the initial disdain, I found myself enjoying it quite a bit.  The lack of imperious elements on the screen gave it a quaint spectacle. ...

 Turbo Kid is an example of a game that does just enough , and that is okay. Better than being horrible.  Games are often too ambitious for their own good, and by the end of the game, I'm sick of it.  Turbo Kid is closer to a standard entry in the genre, with some flaws, but some really cool things, and it excels for that. Not every game needs to be genre-defining, generational, or upper echelon. It is enough to be competent and fun, and that is where Turbo Kid succeeds. If you have played a handful of search/action games, they all start to blend together for the worse. This game starts strong with removing itself from the cliches of the genre. I wish it would have leaned into these ideas even more. To get away from the classic movement traps like dash, wall jump, and double jump, they give the player a bike to ride.  This is a really interesting movement mechanic that functions like a lite version of the Trials bike game.  It's cool for traversal, and for quick...