Avoiderdragon: There are quite a few games out there that look very different from most other games, and some of them go on to become classics in their own right. A lot of the others though tend to populate bargain piles for the most part as their distinct aesthetics either wouldn’t be enough to make up for insufficiencies in gameplay or would be outright bad to look at due to developers having tried too hard in being unique. This may sound like a hyperbole of what has been going on lately with some of the more visually unique titles out there, but betrayal cannot be easily forgiven
CapnMikeM and MAINEac17 kick off August with a new episode of the Gamers In Beta podcast. One host ripped through a bunch of PS4 games while the other was consumed by a certain game which was in Alpha over the weekend. Beyond that the duo talk about upcoming games, news from the past week, and CapnMikeM conducts an interview with Last Limb Games, the developers of Organic Panic.
(CRiticalIndieGamer) Red - the colour of love, the colour of passion but most importantly, it is the colour of danger. Red is the only colour in Betrayer, a stylish first person action adventure game from developer Blackpowder Games.
Continue Play's Heather Williams takes a look at Blackpowder Games' Betrayer. "Betrayer is not a game that you would expect from the people who helped to create the F.E.A.R. series, but it does just enough right to make you think that they could be on the right path. Perhaps, with a little more refinement to its core systems, a sequel to Betrayer could be something rather special. As it is though, Betrayer is a gorgeous game with plenty of atmosphere – but also a lot of frustration."
