Mato
2023
2023
While suffering from some hiccups like tonal/presentation inconsistencies, Undertale Yellow is a true love letter to its original. It nails down the feeling of playing its progenitor, but allows itself to be its own thing, with its own pacing, scale and ideas. In short, it's like eating your best friend's food - it might not be the best ever but it sure as hell feels good and sentimental.
2015
2018
2023
A very good example of a short and enjoyable game! While it contains some semblances of combat and story/worldbuiilding (?) platforming is definitely the focus. Speaking of which, I really liked the movement mechanics and how using them together feels! On top of that, the audiovisual presentation is nice and I bet it hits some nostalgia spots for a lot of people.
2022
An exquisite psychological/survival horror game, tight in resource managment, cool puzzles and beautiful both in style and themes. It all connects beautifully and creates a hard to decipher (and sometimes overwhelmingly freeform), but emotionally rich narrative. Also it's very gay, that's always a plus.
2014
2021
Solar Ash is very fun and enjoyable, on top of being a stylistic treat. Although I have several problems with it, most of which boil down to the skill ceiling being inoffensively low and Heart Machine proving that unspoken storytelling is their stronger suit. The ending, while not jawdropping, redeems the game a bit though.
2019
2020