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A Pizza Delivery’s saving grace is definitely nestled into the narrative it manages to tell despite the wrinkles left in its design. The escapist fantasy on offer is one in which you can revisit the regrets of your past, and even if you can’t get a second chance at doing the right thing, maybe you can help other people not trek down the same road you did. This is a world in which you can find another stranger out in the lonely city, paralyzed by their own memories and freezing half to death. You can save them by reminding them that the only way out is forward, and maybe even warm them up with a nice slice of pizza.

Everhood 2 is an indie game that I can see a very niche group of people enjoying heavily. The music for the most part was really good, and I enjoyed the battling for what it was. Walking around these worlds being completely lost was not enjoyable to me. I would be interested to see how many ways this game branches off for players to have unique runs. I don’t think I have it in me to try another run through a campaign, but if it’s heavily tailored towards giving everyone a unique experience, that is definitely commendable.

Cozy gaming is not my main genre of gaming, but Is This Seat Taken? gives me that good brain feeling as I perfected each scenario. While I found the story not entirely interesting, the gameplay loop kept me more than intrigued as I kept passengers happy across its many levels. If doing a few levels before bed had a poster child, I could see this game contending for that prize.

Moonlighter 2 carves out its own place in gaming, being a mix of a delightful shop-keeping simulator, with its newly added action rogue-like mechanics to differentiate itself from the gameplay of the original. Every change over the original game was welcome to me, with deeper and more varied combat, and more engaging shop and town management. It’s a tale of two games, and Digital Sun Games has given us an improved and more rewarding experience across both.