The most amazing KickBoot McStomperstein simulation experience on steam to date. Kick orcs, zombies, spiders and people off cliffs, into boxes or off cliffs or into spike racks. Great fun for the whole family.

-- Really though. Solid singleplayer experience for fantasy style combat. Stupidly difficult of the unfair variety at times, but the first half and the last quarter of the game is satisfying.

It's Cave Story with updated graphics and sound. It has translation errors, but that doesn't detract much from the story that you probably already know. To the uninitiated, cave story is a sidescrolling, high difficulty shooter with a whimsical style that makes it hard to get mad at the game for filling you up with bullets. It has a bit of replay value with three endings that, for the most part, are determined through the second half of the game.

Dying would be punishing by today's standards, with no lives system and only the ability to reload. It's a small thing to overlook considering how spoiled we are by quick loads.

BIT.TRIP RUNNER is an oddity, particularly because it's a Wii port and that's a bit on the strange side to begin with. There are three levels divided up into eleven stages and a 'boss' stage, in between each stage is a challenge stage where the real high score hunting comes in as it's relatively easy to unlock each one through normal play, as the path the game takes puts the gold blocks required right in your way.

As a game, it's relatively simple. You automatically run forward and have to duck, kick, block and jump through a stage full of obstacles. This sounds very shallow in depth, but the patterns introduced can be a bit of a shock to encounter at first, but are satisfying once conquered. The game is all too aware of how long you hold the jump button. This belongs among games such as Super Meat Boy and Jamestown - Difficult without being punishing, but satisfying when finally beaten