

Challenging and thought provoking, Papers, Please is the Good Stuff. A unique effort, for sure.īy using your powers of observation to analyze their documents and history against the clock, Papers, Please keeps things interesting by adhering to an ever-fluctuating immigration policy – folks from one country that were deemed fit to pass for example, may not be the next day you come to work. Papers, Please is as much a running social commentary on immigration, as it is a fiendish, rapid-fire puzzler. The goal, seemingly, is to let in the good folks in order to meet a quota, whilst also striving to keep out the bad folks – however, that is easier said than done. A puzzler that presents players with unique set of conundrums, Papers, Please puts players into the shoes of an immigration officer at the border of a fictional dystopian Eastern Bloc country. Odds are that you’ve never played anything like Papers, Please. Even with the likes of Hollow Knight, Dead Cells and Guacamelee! doing the rounds, Rogue Legacy remains steadfast as one of the finest examples of the genre.Ĭouple this with wholly unique mechanic with a castle that can be continually upgraded to buff your character, a superb New Game + mode and some of the best chiptune music ever heard, and it’s no surprise that as one of the best roguelike Metroidvania offerings in recent memory, Rogue Legacy confidently stakes its claim as a resolutely fantastic game and a must-have for PS Vita owners everywhere. As a knight that must raid a castle and defeat the boss, each time you die you give birth to a successor who in turn can inherit one of a number of positive and negative genetic traits, such as gigantism, blindness or deadly allergies. Rogue Legacy excels on account of its hugely easy to grasp premise and its super-solid action platforming beats. From encouraging players to use the rear trackpad to mimic pushing their fingers up through the paper world to cutting out different paper shapes for use in the world, Tearaway is overflowing with imagination and simply essential for PS Vita owners everywhere. Tearaway remains one of the most imaginative and charming games you can buy for *any* system.īoasting an adorable premise, Tearaway has folks navigating their way through a charming papercraft world to deliver a message to the player in one of the most underrated meta-narratives seen in recent times. Famed for not just its arresting visual veneer, Media Molecule’s PS Vita standout earned its place as one of the portables best games in how it channeled the British developer’s breadth of imagination to utilize almost every single function of Sony’s second-generation handheld.

Media Molecu le’s enchanting papercraft platforming adventure Tearaway was a revelation when it released back in 2013.
