# Pyre (2017) Mort's Video Game Backlog 21 / 37 Backlog 2021-10-04 Mort O'Della 2 min read Pyre was made by Supergiant (the studio behind Hades), so I was really looking forward to it, but it hasn’t gripped me as much as I hoped it would. As with Hades, the presentation is top-notch, and…
# The Forgotten City (2021) Mort's Video Game Backlog 20 / 37 Backlog 2021-09-28 Mort O'Della 8 min read This is might be the newest game I’ve added the the backlog, but after hearing The Forgotten City be described as “Outer Wilds but in ancient Rome” I just had to check this out. Outer Wilds, but with…
# Mutazione (2019) Mort's Video Game Backlog 19 / 37 Backlog 2021-09-19 Mort O'Della 4 min read If you’re into games that focus heavily on storytelling, go give Mutazione a play if you haven’t already. In it, you play as Kai, a young girl visiting her dying grandfather on a post-apocalyptic…
# One Year In Mort's Video Game Backlog 18 / 37 Blog 2021-09-16 Mort O'Della 2 min read A little over a year into this project and I’ve gotten through less than half of my original list. That said, it’s been a complete success. It’s really expanded my horizons in terms of what games…
# Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003) Mort's Video Game Backlog 17 / 37 Backlog 2021-02-11 Mort O'Della 3 min read The recent Star Wars movies left me kinda “meh” on Star Wars as a setting, but Knights of the Old Republic has been doing a good job of re-interesting me in the universe and lore. KotOR is the…
# Monster Hunter: World (2018) Mort's Video Game Backlog 16 / 37 Backlog 2021-01-23 Mort O'Della 4 min read So, it became apparent really quickly that the four-hour window I came up with for these backlog games was absolutely not going to cut it for Monster Hunter: World. The number of systems that the…
# Kids (2019) Mort's Video Game Backlog 15 / 37 Backlog 2021-01-18 Mort O'Della 1 min read Well that was weird. Kids is an “interactive animation” that I feel belongs on an iPad at the MoMA. Presentation-wise, the black and white visual style that seamlessly blends the interactive and…
# Slay the Spire (2019) Mort's Video Game Backlog 14 / 37 Backlog 2021-01-16 Mort O'Della 1 min read I’m a big fan of deckbuilding games so I had a really good time with Slay the Spire. I didn’t think I was that in to roguelikes, but between this and Hades maybe I’m coming around. As with Hades, you…