The Hex

The doors have been opened, the games inside have been devoured, and now it's time to recycle the cardboard. Below you'll find all of our favourite games from 2018, gathered together in a single post for easy reading.

Tagged with Bestest Bests, feature, Freelancer's favourite games of 2018, The RPS Advent Calendar 2018, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, BattleTech, Celeste, Chuchel, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Far: Lone Sails, Forza Horizon 4, Hitman 2, Into the Breach, Jazztronauts, Monster Hunter: World, Paratopic, Q.U.B.E. 2, Return of the Obra Dinn, Slay the Spire, SpyParty, Subnautica, The Hex, The Red Strings Club, Unavowed, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, Yakuza 0, Yoku's Island Express, Zones.

We ask the tough questions here at RPS. We’re like Jeremy Paxman but in a very long bear costume. We once asked 15 developers what they’d do if they were stuck in a room with a clone of themselves. This is important stuff. Today, we ask another question: What would you gift the games industry for the holidays? We put this query to a bunch…

Tagged with 11 Bit Studios, Amanita Design, Chance Agency, Daniel Mullins Games, feature, Grace Bruxner, Inkle Studios, lo-fi games, Mega Crit Games, Robert Yang, Romero Games, Suspicious Developments, Wadjet Eye Games, Chuchel, Frostpunk, Heaven's Vault, Kenshi, Neo Cab, Rinse and Repeat, Sigil, Slay the Spire, The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game, The Hex, Unavowed.

 Look out. The year 2018 is going down in a storm. There are hundreds of games aboard, running, jumping, trying their best to survive the maelstrom. But there’s only one tiny lifeboat, and only enough room for three games. It falls on the sorry shoulders of the RPS podcast, the Electronic Wireless Show, to decide which trio of games clamber onto the life raft…

Tagged with Podcast, The RPS Electronic Wireless show, Ashen, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Celeste, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Megaquarium, Return of the Obra Dinn, The Hex.

Pony Island was one of my favourite games of 2016, a Trojan horse of astoundingly clever ideas and arch critique, and incredibly funny. So clearly I was interested to see where developer Daniel Mullins went next. I'm very delighted to report it's the extraordinary The Hex. A game that defies me to tell you anything about it, not that I'm convinced you'd believe me if…

Tagged with Daniel Mullins Games, feature, review, wot i think, The Hex.