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2 days ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Anusha Ganapathi
By Anusha Ganapathi Regardless, what he has left you is an addictive puzzle to solve. Your end goal is constantly in view - the antechamber is ever present on the map. And knowing that you just need another parlour, another gemstone, another key card, or access to a secret garden - to get in there, is just so tantalising and wonderful. I think this is how my cat feels when I hold a treat out for him, and keep it just, ever so slightly, out of reach.
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2 weeks ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Anusha Ganapathi
I’ve lost count of all the RPGs that start with the lead character slowly regaining their senses, having been washed ashore after surviving a shipwreck. And considering that I’ve played enough of these, I feel like the sentence “I woke up as a Godlike diplomat to find a mushroom-associated epidemic gripping the lands” is hardly the first time I’ve said it. Don’t get me wrong — I’m not taking a stab at the flashy new RPG ‘Avowed’ here.
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4 weeks ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Anusha Ganapathi
In Shadows, we play as two characters with their own motivations, story arcs, and a unique set of skills and weapons. Naoe is your stealthy, crafty assassin. She climbs tall fortresses, uses her grappling hook to swing through tight corners with ease, and is extremely handy with her hidden blade. However, she’s incredibly useless in front-facing combat, unless she’s super overpowered in terms of sheer skill levels.
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1 month ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Anusha Ganapathi
Explaining Monster Hunter Wilds is rather redundant. You have it right there — the name couldn’t have been more clear. You hunt monsters, most of which are in wild forbidden lands. Wilds is the latest game in the series, and the visuals are as spectacular as ever. The series itself has been around for 20 years, so this review is for those of you that have kept yourself shielded from all of it for this long. One elaborate character creation menu later, the game jumps right into it.
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1 month ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Anusha Ganapathi
I’ve often wondered what it would be like to go on a very long road trip — those trips where you need to take an entire month off work, all responsibilities, and the comfort of home. I would meet new people, explore new terrains, watch sunrises and sunsets, and the stars in clear skies. And maybe… discover myself? It all sounded to me like a wonderful adventure.
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2 months ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Anusha Ganapathi
My hottest take is that Action-Adventure videogame is the wrong place to have an elaborate universe with never-ending lore and dialogues. Why? It is because I am simply here for action and adventure. I am here to rescue the prince, to slay a dragon, and/or to save the nation from a cruel dictator. Give me only the most heroic quests, no more. Spare me the whining from the common folk, who bore me with their daily to-dos.
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2 months ago | 
newindianexpress.com | Anusha Ganapathi
A couple of years ago, I picked up Final Fantasy VII (remake) with a very limited understanding of what the series was all about. At the time, I thought that it was a very pretty-looking RPG with excellent graphical rendering of the hairstyles of all playable characters. So I am quite grateful that the Pixel Remaster of the original (rather primitive) games are finally out on Apple Arcade and mobile in general. It gives me the opportunity to observe a little more than just its good looks.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
newindianexpress.com | Anusha Ganapathi
CHENNAI: Retro Arcade style games are making an undeniable come-back in the thriving indie games niche. There was UFO 50, which created waves last year with its package of 50 different retro style games and 8-bit graphics. And now, Pinball, and other Pachinko-style mechanical games have found a new avatar in Ballionaire, which has a very fascinating bumper-based mechanic. Ballionaire is very simple to explain.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
newindianexpress.com | Anusha Ganapathi
2025 looks a lot more different than 2024 for me - with most of the games on my ‘to be played’ list being big AAA titles. What are these games then? I’ve played a set of incredibly unique games in the last year, and I am so excited for the year ahead. The list that follows contains three games I’m looking forward to. Don’t be shy – you can try some of them even if you are very new to videogames!Set in feudal Japan, this game is a sequel to the famous Ghost of Tsushima series.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
newindianexpress.com | Anusha Ganapathi
CHENNAI: Is solving the Sunday morning cryptic crossword getting a little too easy for you? Of course it is. That’s a puzzle for newbs. You are more intense than that. You crave something with a little more complexity, don’t you? You want the kind of puzzle that changes its rules everyday. And maybe they don’t even tell you that they’ve changed up the rules. You want to wake up every morning to pin up the answers on a giant conspiracy board trying to make sense of it all.
