Buddy Shell

Review: Buddy sees Too Many Cooks director Casper Kelly overcome some significant pacing hitches to deliver a singular horror-comedy that delights in subverting the treacly sweetness of kids’ TV with lots of sticky blood and a smart take on some heavier themes.

In the increasingly crowded Soulslike genre, a game's opening minutes need to do a lot of work. The good news for Mortal Shell 2 is its opening is superb, starting as well as it continues, and condensing the magic of its next 30-odd hours into a few minutes with aplomb. Read more

This sequel's expansion into a large scale action-RPG is mostly a successful one.