Krut: The Mythic Wings is a Feast for (aspiring) Mythology Nerds

Most Southeast Asian players may have already heard of Nagas, Kinnarees, or the Garudas. As for the Thai, Himmapan should be a prominent place. For everyone else, however, the side-scrolling hack & slash Krut: The Mythic Wings offers a unique insight into the mythology and legends of Thailand and wider Southeast Asia that we don’t often see in games. In this review, we will check whether the title is a good game in addition to its promising premise.

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Save The Ocean: Samudra Takes Us Into a Dystopian Underwater World

Samudra is an Indonesian term for the ocean. It is originally derived from the Sanskrit word समुद्र and literally means the “gathering together of waters” (saṃ- “together” and -udra “water”). Samudra is also the name of the latest game from the Indonesian studio Khayalan Arts. Most recently, they brought out the horror platformer Incubo, which in its foundations was reminiscent of the narrative platformer Limbo and Inside of the successful Playdead studio, but could not reach the level of its role models due to a lack of balancing and technical inadequacy. Now the studio is venturing into the genre again but is changing the setting and even wants to spread an important message. We will clarify whether they succeed with this noble task in the following review.

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Thee shall beest a Fallen Knight if’t be true thee can’t fight

For those who played the Megaman Series, either Megaman Zero or Megaman X, a long time ago like me, Fallen Knight should bring back some good memories where you play as Zero or X and defeat numerous enemies and bosses with your swords, shields and blasters. Fallen Knight is a classic 2D platformer game from Thai-based developer FairPlay Studios, previously released on Apple Arcade and now available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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Hoa is a Beautiful Platformer in a Dreamlike Miniature World

What does Hoa have in common with the classic mobile game Flappy Bird? In both, you accompany a peaceful being through challenging environments and, this is the crucial point here; both games come from Vietnam. Since the release of Flappy Bird, it took a long time for a game from the Southeast Asian country to get so much international attention again. Our review now wants to check whether the advance praise for the platformer Hoa, often framed as Ghibli-Esque, is justified.

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