Tag: Akupara Games
News Behind the Frame Paints a Pretty Picture on PS4 in 2022
Hand-drawn adventure coming soon
Some games try their hardest to not look like a game at all, and it seems as though Behind the Frame is attempting to fool us in this way. Developer Silver Lining Studio has clearly been inspired by the likes of Studio Ghibli with this calming adventure title, as it apes that painterly style. The game is confirmed...
News The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark Brings Supernatural Thrills to PS5, PS4 Next Week
Ghostcase
A sequel to The Darkside Detective, which first released on Steam back in 2017, The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark is bringing its supernatural investigations to both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 next week, on the 15th April. The game's a combination of point-and-click adventuring, light puzzle solving, and dumb jokes. Here's...
News Narrative Adventure Game Mutazione Receives Zen-Like Garden Mode in Free PS4 Update
Green thumbs up
Mutazione is secretly one of 2019's better games. A small narrative-driven adventure game from Die Gute Fabrik, it's also one of PlayStation 4's most relaxing titles, with a slow pace and cosy characters you'll get to know pretty well. One of the game's more interesting ideas is a gameplay feature allowing you to grow special gardens...
Review Mutazione - A Human Story Told by a Cast of Mutants
Dramatic reading
"Mutant soap opera" is an odd phrase to describe an adventure game, but it does a good job of summing up Mutazione. You play as a young girl named Kai who travels to the titular island to help her grandfather, who has fallen gravely ill. However, once you arrive in the sleepy setting, it's not long before you're introduced to each...
News Monsters and Drama Mix in Mutazione, Coming to PS4 Next Week
New trailer released
Mutazione caught us off-guard when it was announced earlier in the year. Billed as a "mutant soap opera", you play as a young girl named Kai who travels to the titular town to help her ailing grandfather. It sounds odd on paper, but it looks like an intriguing, and certainly different, adventure game. We're definitely looking...
Review Desert Child - A Fantastic Retro Racer That's Way Too Short
Eat my red dust
Desert Child is pretty special. Stylistically, it’s a magical experience, its ‘90s adventure game art style mixing well with an absolutely fantastic soundtrack. Set on Olympia, a city on a fully-colonised Mars, in a not-to-distant future, its world is an intoxicating mix of cultures, from Aussie beach bums to Middle Eastern...
News Desert Child, a Sci-Fi Racing RPG, Gets a Bizarre PS4 Trailer
Out next month
If you think the constant barrage of blockbuster games is getting too much, consider the indie side of things. Smaller scale games are released all the time, and this time of year, they're unlikely to get much of a look-in -- so it's nice to see Sony still promoting them via the PlayStation Blog. The latest is Desert Child, and as you...
