Roaming a Tokyo filled with nothing but monsters from Japanese horror stories and the empty clothes of citizens who have been ghosted out of existence might sound like a terrifying prospect, but Ghostwire: Tokyo makes it a thoroughly enjoyable experience. It’s a rather short jaunt, and you shouldn’t come for the combat or the platforming so much as the mind-benders and environments. It has perfectly balanced puzzle-solving to be rewarding without being numbingly easy.

The combat is semi-serviceable and the platforming a tad floaty, but the puzzles are where this title shines.

The opposite is true in the case of Benedict Fox. Oftentimes for games that style themselves as a hybrid between a puzzle game and a platformer, puzzles are second considerations to the platforming aspect. Lovecraftian themes are perfectly encapsulated in the game’s art style, and luckily the game gives you a lot of space to breathe in this mesmerizing atmosphere.The second thing you’ll notice as you wind your way through The Last Case of Benedict Fox is how challenging its puzzles are.

Sharp purples with hazy orange backgrounds mix with eerie shadowed tentacles and pink globules as you help Benedict navigate the inner workings of memories and other dimensional spaces. The first thing about The Last Case of Benedict Fox that catches your eye is its striking visual style.

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